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We are four blokes getting on in years but still active we meet most Fridays to run trains it's a social event that goes for the full day and I provide the railroad and the food and drinks in return I get three good operators to help me run the railroad I think sharing our efforts makes life more enjoyable. Here are some photos from yesterday's operating session as usual the railroad performed well and we, the operators, made the mistakes! We had a great time. (I'm the bloke in the Black jacket with the slag train.) We have the program worked out that if we get through it at the end of the day the railroad is staged for the next session (provided I don't decide to "Play" trains during the week by myself which does happen!)  To avoid repetition we vary the rolling stock and quantity we never get bored. There are some photos of the operating plan for the Steel Mill section which takes two operators to control. Roo. 

 

 

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I, as an American, am very flattered that a group of Australians find our railroads sufficiently attention grabbing to model, and operate.  And that is in light of Australia having some pretty interesting - and macho (read 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 Garrets !) - to competitively bid for modeling attention.  Is there much in the way of O Scale equipment available which pursues Aussie prototypes?

There is not much O scale in Australia ready to run, there are some kits but mostly everything would have to be scratch built just not the population to support the gauge.

One thing to remember back in the not so distance past all the Railways in the different states were different!

Different track gauges, different rolling stock, and different locomotives!

You would come to the border and everything would have to be unloaded and changed into a different train it's not like that now we have Standard gauge track linking most states.

That's what I like about American railroads they are universal throughout the country virtually right from the start.

Thanks for the kind words. Roo.

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