Wombat Creek Tramways
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The year is 1963 somewhere in Victoria, Australia
Neat problem solving there, Claus.Michael
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With Wombat Creek Tramways in a new room it has been possible to extend the layout to its final size. The extension measures 120 x 90 cm with a further 30 cm hidden under 'Main Street' to the right. For the time being the extension will served as a workbench., but in the future the double track to the right will loop around and connect to the track(s) in front of the 'Regal'. Three points and a crossing near the front will give access to a line towards the 'Explosives Factory' at the far left corner. The 'Big Nugget Goldmine' will sit at the front left corner. A narrow gauge railway will connect the mine to the factory, a sawmill and the 'Small Nugget Goldmine' (situated somewhere under the town itself!). The railway will have its sidings and maintenance facilities near the front. The bottle a whiskey is just to 'stress test' the extension. To be sure the weight wasn't too much I took out a glass or two!
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The Wombat Creek Brewing Company (famous for its Wombat Bitter) has been around since 1854 (OK, since 2017). Here is a couple of old shots from 2018 and 2019Nice whisky extension! Thinking about adding a brewery!?
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The extension to Wombat Creek will serve as a workbench for a while, but it is difficult not to plan for the future tracks for both the trams and the narrow gauge tramway.
The standard gauge points (with one on order) and the crossing indicates, how the connection down to the explosives factory at the far left will be made. The crossing and the right-hand points will also connect to the tracks at the far right.
The six narrow gauge points and the two cardboard cut-outs show the general flow of the little railway serving the goldmine at the front left, the explosives factory and the the sawmill in the middle. The points are a bit 'big' for such a small enterprise, but I paid just $51 for six new electro-frog points from Ebay. The old Heljan factory will have two doors cut into the front and serve as a repair shop / shed for the railway.
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Hi Chris,Exciting. I’ve really got into narrow gauge recently too. Have you seen the track which allowed the narrow gauge and Ho to join and run together? Could be a fun addition to your tramway/narrow gauge coexistence. At least a diamond crossing so they swap over?
A standard/narrow gauge cross-over is not possible. The narrow gauge is running at a lower level allowing it to disappear under the Main Street. Instead two bridges will carry the trams over the railway.
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I will take all the advice I can get. I plan to go 'old school' with the points. They are all close to my controls area, so I would like to change them manually. Have any of you tried to make working levers connecting to the points?I worries. While you in the planning stage I thought I’d mention them as it seemed like a good scenario for their use!
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The last few weeks have seen little progress on the extension of Wombat Creek Tramways. The last points has arrived and the turnout towards the 'Explosives Factory Line' has been put together. And from here work has stalled!
The original idea was to have the gold mine in the middle, but a line-up of the points for the narrow gauge railway showed a better position in the lower left hand corner and the sawmill in the middle. However I was concerned for the delicate works of the poppet head so near the edge. Fortunately (well, sort of fortunately) there is not sufficient room for the sawmill in the middle, so it is back to the original layout again, but…
I will need to put part of the narrow gauge track down before I do the 'upper level' tracks for the trams. I had hope I could wait, but it will be too complicated to do track work under the bridges with the tram tracks. So works have stalled until I get hold of some lengths of narrow gauge track.
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Woody's Timberyard, Wombat Creek, Victoria (photo: 19 August 2018)
Baagøe og Riber, Svendborg, Denmark (photo: 12 April 2022)
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I think a copyright claim will fail. The fence in Svendborg appeared decades before the Wombat Creek version. I just didn't have the chance to photograph it before now.Get a copyright claim in there Claus!
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Do people actually speak that or is it just a tongue twister ? :shock:
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Baagøe og Riber is the name of the company behind the fence. It is Danish.When I tried to read where it was I was convinced you'd been on something illegal !!
Do people actually speak that or is it just a tongue twister ? :shock:
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