2022 In Retrospect
Another year has gone by, and while this blog was offline for part of it, sufficient things have happened in the train room this year. The layout has made progress to the point where we can at least run trains, …
Locos
A late 2021 Retrospective
2021 is behind us by over a month already It’s hard to believe how fast such a busy and eventful year can end. The bad news is that not a whole lot has happened in the train room this past …
A look at the SDS Models NR Class NR52 ‘Kungara Mankurpa’
I don’t usually write at length about new models that I acquire. However, every now and then one comes in that just wants to be talked about. And when I got my hands on this beautifully made and exquisitely printed …
My Model Railway Year in Review
Last year, we had a bit of a holiday haul. This year, while some new rolling material arrived over the holiday period, there have also been quite a few additions throughout the rest of the year. So it figures to …
A New Ticker for the Zebra
I’ve talked about the Track Tester, a GE 44-Ton Switcher, a few times. This unit – now having been given the nickname ‘Zebra’ due to its livery – was bought primarily to test the freshly wired layout and tell me …
Fleet Additions
We are not modelling anything specific. We haven’t picked a single era, epoch, country, region or other archetype to go by. What we are building is a fantasy layout, on which it is entirely possible that locos and rolling stock …
Unboxing the Southern Rail Models QR 2300 Class
When we decided to go H0 scale, one of the drivers had been the fact that local model manufacturer Southern Rail Models had announced a model of the Queensland Rail 2300 Class diesel locomotive. Since I see these regularly close …
The Tale of the Track Tester, Pt. II
With the track plan decided upon, and the layout making progress, there was somewhat of a need to test the work being done. I had previously bought a cheap(ish) loco to do exactly that, but it turned out to be …
The Tale of the Track Tester
A few weeks back, after understanding the difference between H0 and 00 gauge, I decided to switch to H0, simply because it offers a much larger variety and is not just limited to primarily British models. I sold my 00 …