Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: Hobsons Bay NTH update APR25

2025/04/01

Hobsons Bay NTH update APR25

WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

Although we have been doing a lot here at Hobson's Bay, I have been struggling with adding to this blog for almost a year. Windows 11 is a pain in the ass!

Anyway after the loss of a hard drive and several programs that assisted me in my efforts, its about time to try and get something working again.

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AND SOME MORE The long wait is over! I ditched the Eureka K Class and purchased the much improved SDS version. I am extremely happy with these little beauties!

Thanks to Will James for a quick delivery of some gum trees. Buy them here!

I will now sort out a video to show you all the scenery we have installed in the last few months.

But first I have just found two electrical failures that need my attention. The Led lighting over Wodonga station has failed due to overheated spade conectors (I think) And the newly rewired Alandale Station to Badaginnie section is shorted with the adjacent SG track... BUGGER!!!

Cheers

Rod

2 comments:

Anonymous1/4/25 5:36 pm
isolate the SG DCC then try the affected section. then do the opposite. Then isolate it all so you can use a multimeter on continuity to see if they are connected. This is a big thing as you need all locos and anything that has a light or resister on them. all off the track. Good luck Rod :) (BTW the Eureka K is a SDS one effectively - but eureka's version were limited, SDS had a great selection)
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dthead1/4/25 5:37 pm
last post was me, didn;t see it was anonymous :(
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All comments and suggestions from like minded individuals always welcomed. Help make this railway better :D

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!

2025/04/01

Hobsons Bay NTH update APR25

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