A narrow gauge railway between the mines, the sawmill and the explosives factory

Real coal… ooooo… quite jealous

Marty said

Real coal… ooooo… quite jealous

From “Post #290,043”, 8th April 2024, 1:45 PM

Hi Marty

The railway has coal in loads!


 

Hmmm - a bit of excess weight over the far bogie Claus - get someone up there to level the load a bit.

Petermac said

Hmmm - a bit of excess weight over the far bogie Claus - get someone up there to level the load a bit.

From “Post #290,055”, 10th April 2024, 3:55 AM

Don't worry. The load is pretty even. The perspective of the photo is deceiving.

Cheers,
Claus

Claus, that shed looks amazing!!
I love the creativity in building materials.
Darius

Claus Ellef said

Scratch building


The steam locomotives at the narrow gauge mining railway need coal and water.

The water tank is made from a piece of corrugated styrene shaped around the cork from a bottle of mead. The base is balsa wood and the legs a four length of rails. The ladder is made from a thin slice of corflute. The inlet is a short length of wire. The water is 1 mm clear table protector and the outlet is a bit of cord from a Venetian blind.

The coal stage is 1.5 mm balsa wood, a piece of ladder from Plastruct and real coal from the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi.

From “Post #290,014”, 4th April 2024, 12:18 AM

So far – so good

After a few days with the focus on the narrow gauge railway it is time to relax and enjoy the progress.



A watermill used to pump water into the water tank but it looks like, it has seen better days. It is built from scratch, A bit fiddly but it came out all right. Of course it is an example of the 'Southern Cross' windmill.



The water tank is now filled by a diesel pump housed in the little shed. The water comes straight from the creek through the cast iron pipe. The shed worker is having a little time off trying his luck with his fishing rod. The pole with its little cabinet is clearly inspired from the photo in post #289988 .



The fourth photo shows the new pavers along the big shed. The steps from the platform are still in the making. The oil drums on the NQR wagon are branded 'Golden Fleece'. The colours are right but not sure, if the oil company ever had drums this size.

That's all looking great Claus - it's come a long way from conception.