Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: Touring in my caravan

2022/09/21

Touring in my caravan

No model trains as I am still touring in my van. I am heading south again,though slowly.

So here is a pictorial history of the last few days.

Before departing Port Douglas my son fixed the water leak in my hot water service. We were going to bronze it up, however I found a new unit for $1065 in Cairns So decided to replace it.

Badly installed dissimilar metals. Could not budge it, Finally sheered it right off.

plywood floor was probably saved by this aluminium tray,

We could have ordered a new steel tank, however no idea how long it would take.

Here my son attacks the brass fitting knowing it would certainly break.

The leak dribbled for several weeks and finally burst. We tapped away all the rust and found this hole,

The leak probably started behind this badly welded bracket? left lower...

This was supposed to be new unit, but cannot find that picture.

Anyway unit went straight back in and works very well

Cheers

Rod

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Anonymous21/9/22 9:14 pm
Those are the trials and tribulations of caravanning/motoring . . . . The other consolation is that slowly temperatures will start climbing here also. Safe travels, Rod. :-)
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Anonymous21/9/22 9:15 pm
Cheers, Hank
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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!

2022/09/21

Touring in my caravan

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