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Next time I'm at my dad's, I'll take a quick snap of his 'table' system. While his isn't designed to be transportable, with some clever engineering it could be dissassemble-able. The best bit (aside f ...

I was at the footbridge by the ICB this morning, hoping in vain to catch the double-headed steamers, when I noticed the two rakes of full coal hoppers, each about 40 wagons long. Seems a bit odd havin ...

Yeah, my photo above was earlier this morning (about 10 o'clock I think?) - I couldn't get close enough to see the platform at the time.

I had *roughly* the following conversation with my tutor driver, when I was driving a QR 3900 electric freight loco, during my training:

"If your loco gets struck by lightning, then it would blow u ...

A cattle train was parked up at Dinmore about 15 mins ago (empty) as I drove back from Rosewood. Only train I've seen on the line in my travels today.

I couldn't see the Ebbw Vale landslide from th ...

Wow. I've gotta drive out to Rosewood tomorrow, so I'll have a little squiz at what's still awry Confused

What's the Booval station platform made of?

I'm pretty sure booval is a run-of-the-mill earth with brick facade at the track edges and bitumen surfacing. Or was Confused

With his self-professed interest in collectability (see the 'original' 81/G class), I find it hard to believe that'd be the whole truth to the matter. If the Southern Spirit concept (in real life) is ...

A reason I have heard that a certain Victorian producer is using another company for their N gauge, to who they use for HO, only what I heard, but cannot confirm.
The only mob I can think of doing bo ...

Not really railway related, but some sensational civil engineering went on here. Gosh, I hope the new NSBT fares better...

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6358684,00.jpg

from news.com ...

That's a pity, I've always had a soft spot for 1042. By no means beyond repair though...

My pick of the Queenslanders... (photos nicked from Wuiske Models)

2600 class before rebuilding:
http://www.wuiskepromotions.com.au/prototype/diesel/2600/2600_2606_002_.jpg

Oddball 1225 (and in ...

Ooh, am I hearing ill of BR's loco designs Evil or Very Mad

I will throw the Class 15 into the hat though...

http://www.sjohnson40.fsnet.co.uk/BR%20PICTURES/Class%2015%20Front.jpg

And remind you al ...

Hey mate,
It'd pay to find an excuse to stop at Dutton Park station (near Wooloongabba, on the south side of the city), as a number of track machines are stationed at a small depot in arms' reach of ...

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/mxbrisbane/newracqrailline.jpg

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/mxbrisbane/racqmotorway.jpg

To save the masses trolling through mX's tripe...