Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: 12/24/20

2020/12/24

2020_12_24 Christmas Eve.... The golden spike has been ordered!

2020_12_24 The day arrived and finally the new helix was opened yesterday.

A bit of a surprise stopped trains from running as the link behind Honeysuckle is a return loop. Hopefully if Christmas does not get in the way I will be able to install a duplex frog juicer to sort that out :D.

Also Father Christmas arrived on Monday last with a sack of Auscision B Classes!

They test ran ok, and documentation excellent.

TRACK is all joined up!

The final piece of track is in and now the layout is completely laid out. Just scenery to do now.

The top of the helix is now all joined up! The wiring is connected and trains have circumnavigated the entire SG.. WOW all these years, and we are finally here. Just another reverse loop to sort out :(

The supports were easy and my worries about this piece of roadbed were put to bed. You could stand on it, almost :)

Cheers and Seasons Greetings to you all

From my Family to yours

May you all be blessed this Christmas and this new Year.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year :D

Rod Young

About my Railway

The Australian National Railways was established by the Whitlam Federal Government following a commitment made in the 1972 election to invite the states to hand over their railway systems to the federal government. In July 1975 Australian National Railways was formed taking over the operations of the federal government owned Commonwealth Railways.

The state governments of South Australia and Tasmania whose railway systems were deeply in debt, accepted. During the next two years discussions between these two states and the federal government resulted in a number of staffing and operating agreements being made that resulted in all South Australian Railways services (except for the Adelaide metropolitan passenger network) and all Tasmanian Government Railways services transferring to Australian National Railway in March 1978, the latter being re-branded AN Tasrail.

At first Victoria declined to hand over its Railways, however a change of Government after Bolte retired meant Victoria could be absorbed into AN as well.
Despite doing everything they could to tarnish ALP leader Clyde Holding, The ALP were able to defeat Hamer who was seen to be just another Bolte, doing more of the same into the future.

Clyde Holding handed over Victorian Railways to the Commonwealth where it prospered as a division of AN retaining its VR colours until later when AN decided to re-brand it as V/Line.

My Railway thus reflects what could have been ;)
And of course National Rail (Pacific National) has no place in my little scenario. Australian National was never privatised and has continually taken East Coast loads off the Highways. As well many branch lines were upgraded and Whitlam's policy of decentralisation actually moved employment to towns with a ready pool of workers, which of course took the pressure of Melbourne which was starting to expand as bush kids moved away from the Country in search of education and employment ( just as Gough Whitlam envisaged it would do)
Rod Young

Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!

2020/12/24

2020_12_24 Christmas Eve.... The golden spike has been ordered!

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