G'day Folks

Was at Dorigo today with a couple new acquaintances, measuring a Acid tank wagon that they are producing as a model. Excellent day out and the museum has a lot of other stuff from recently recovered to restored, and every thing in between

please view the following.

There will be no commentary as I have no idea what half the stuff is, Keith owner/proprietor, did talk about the tank wagon, most of it went straight over my head 2BQ bogies, not the more common 2BP bogies ect. ect

The Museum has a web site at

http://www.dsrm.org.au

now the Pics























Standing on the front of a class 30 tank engine, a model Ian is in the process of constructing for a customer

I hope you enjoyed looking.


Robert

That is one destination I have been wanting to head to for the last two years now. Some great photos you have, especially the D53's and Garrett (photos 5 & 6). Dorrigo is a beautiful place as well.
Have to ask, are these models being produced in HO scale or are they one-offs for a private modeller ?

Cheers, Gary.

That's brilliant weathering Robert ……………:roll:

Some interesting stuff there - particularly the Garrett - I've never seen one in "real life" ………

Thanks for the photos.
I've been to Dorrigo many times and on each occasion I came away with the impression that ultimately everything would rust away as there appeared little to see in terms of protecting anything from the elements and no sign of restoration.
Have things changed?

Thanks for the comments guys

Have to ask, are these models being produced in HO scale or are they one-offs for a private modeller ?    Cheers, Gary.

Gary, as far as I know they will be available for sale, probably through Warren at "Gwydir Valley Models at Glen Innes. ian and Andrew the guys doing the modeling I believe have deal going on with warren distributing the models. I will ask next time I talk to Ian.

Thanks for the photos.  I've been to Dorrigo many times and on each occasion I came away with the impression that ultimately everything would rust away as there appeared little to see in terms of protecting anything from the elements and no sign of restoration.  Have things changed?

G'day it does look that way, definately gives that impression, but after talking to Keith they are working on restoring the stock they have and I know that for one loco they have sprayed it with vegetable oil to stop any more corrosion, and the damaged panels that are too far gone he knows the location of replacements from other engines of the same class that were salvaged when they were scrapped.  I did see some pullman carriages that had new aluminum paneling on the roof, but as usual red tape is hampering what they are doing , as I beleive worked stopped on that as workcover no longer allows you to work off ladders, along with many other silly rules like the paddock is classed as a rail yard so the public are not allowed within 15m of the rail, to comply with NSW state rail regs. I took the photos of the locos before i found this out, and could have cost the museum accreditation by being so close to the rail. go figure.

Peter the Garrett was impressive, tho it is missing the center set of wheels, it is huge standing next to it, up until now I had only seen it on a you tube video

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G'day it does look that way, definitely gives that impression, but after talking to Keith they are working on restoring the stock they have and I know that for one loco they have sprayed it with vegetable oil to stop any more corrosion, and the damaged panels that are too far gone he knows the location of replacements from other engines of the same class that were salvaged when they were scrapped.  I did see some pullman carriages that had new aluminum paneling on the roof, but as usual red tape is hampering what they are doing , as I believe worked stopped on that as workcover no longer allows you to work off ladders, along with many other silly rules like the paddock is classed as a rail yard so the public are not allowed within 15m of the rail, to comply with NSW state rail regs. I took the photos of the locos before i found this out, and could have cost the museum accreditation by being so close to the rail. go figure.

Peter the Garrett was impressive, tho it is missing the center set of wheels, it is huge standing next to it, up until now I had only seen it on a you tube video

Thanks for the feedback:thumbs. I recall that many many years ago someone spent a lot of money on old rolling stock and then nothing happened. Its good to hear that some work is being done.