The NSWGR 44 class diesel electric locomotiveIntroduced in 1957, the NSWGR 44 class was a development of the Alco DL-500 design, using the proven Alco244 V12 engine, generating 1600 horse power. These were built under licence by A.E. Goodwi…
Local Government 100 year anniversary Train. I was recently sent 4 pictures, of the NSW Heritage train, in the Wagga area, that I thought I would like to share.The Heritage Train at Bomen. Double headed Z12, and a C36. The …
Albury staging yard -or- chicken scratchings on the floor6029 visited Junee in June 2019. This image of the engine being prepared outside the roundhouse has nothing to do with this blogpost, just thought I would share a happy memorySt…
The parcel van end of the Southern Aurora heads south across the Edward Street level crossing in Wagga. The train was running very late when Ian McIlwain captured this photo in 1962. Note the illuminated sig…
The largest structure I plan
to build for the Wagga Wagga layout is the Murrumbidgee Milling Company. The building dominated the eastern end of the
Wagga Wagga railway yard, and was a both a destinatio…
Progress steps up a notchOver the last 3 weeks (since my last Blog post), quite a lot has occuredDavid’s layout based on Goulburn, was one of the attractions at the NMRA meeting I attended yesterday (Nov 18, 2023) in Canberra. More pictures of th…
Latest updates on the SM Residence and train room – and a distraction.In the last 2 weeks since my last Blog post, quite a lot has occuredCLP12 “Casper” is a regular visitor to Junee. Here it is on the Turntable entrance road. M…
Wagga Wagga Station Master Residence – construction startsOver the last month, I have not been able to devote more than a few hours to making my model, so things are progressing, slower than I would have hoped. Way back in 2009, I cut …
Slow progress is better than no progressSince my previous post, I am pleased to say that we have had some continued work on the conversion of the back half of my garage into a Train room.A recent acquisition to my achive of useful pictures was th…
Sometimes
one gets some information, that causes a change of focus. Such
is the case with the Wagga Wagga Station Master Residence.Photo taken from the footbridge. Wagga’s SM residence i…
