{"id":123992,"date":"2024-09-10T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=622d5f46cac19d0a70ed34c1a5a1219f"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T01:11:00","slug":"goulburn-model-expo-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=123992","title":{"rendered":"Goulburn Model Expo – 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

 A photo essay of the 2024 Goulburn exhibition <\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

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On Sunday, Ben and Pete accompanied me for the almost 3 hr drive from Junee to Goulburn to attend the first Goulburn Model Expo, at the Veolia Arena<\/p>\n

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On the way home, we detoured via the old Hume Hwy, for a bit of train spotting.  The up XPT was running slightly late, and by the time it arrived, the setting sun was shading the line over the Cullerin Range. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The exhibition was hosted by the Georges River Model Railway Club, and the venue was the one used for the 2022 N scale convention.    The hall is huge.  <\/p>\n

The exhibition contained around 50 exhibitors, and trade stands<\/p>\n

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Layouts  – A small selection<\/u><\/p>\n

Goulburn – by Guilford Model Railway Club<\/i><\/p>\n

It seemed appropriate that the Goulburn Exhibition should feature “Goulburn”.  This layout features an accurate model of the Goulburn station, and was running trains of many eras<\/p>\n

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Muttama – by Peter Beyer<\/i><\/p>\n

Peter is a fellow blogger (Branching-Out NSW), and Muttama was a small station on the branchline south of Cootamundra, to Tumut.  Historically accurate, Peter told me that he met (at the exhibition) a former resident of the gatekeeper cottage.<\/p>\n

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Alp Grum – By Greg Coggins<\/i><\/p>\n

I have been friends with Greg for far too many years when we both lived in the Canberra area.   “Alp Grum” is his latest Swiss layout, meter gauge, and scenically superb.<\/p>\n

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Binalong by Epping Model Railway Club<\/i><\/p>\n

Binalong is a station south of Goulburn.  Epping MRC have modelled it fairly accurately, and were running trains of all eras.<\/p>\n

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Orbost by Paul Blake<\/i><\/p>\n

Paul has chosen to model  (in the unusual 1:500 scale) the end of the Victorian Gippsland line to Orbost, with the trains crossing the 700 metre trestle being a highlight.  The micro scale trains really allows the landscape to dominate and mimics the google earth view of the prototype<\/p>\n

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Wansbeck Road by the SE QLD Group – 2mm Scale Association<\/i><\/div>\n
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A fictional location in County Durham, with a colliery village station, set in the post war period.  It was great to see some British N scale running on accurate scaled trackwork, with structures based on real prototype<\/div>\n

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Micro Layouts by Philip Lowery<\/i><\/p>\n

If you don’t have much space, or you want a project to try out an idea, a micro layout could be your answer.  Philip presented quite a few in various scales, and prototypes<\/p>\n

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