rodney mcgiveron
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G'day all. Thought it was time to join a fun and informative forum group ...that no doubt love Model Railways as much if not more than me if that's possible.. I live in a little former rail town St Marys (about 800 population, about 20kilometres (13 mi.) inland in Australia's smallest but second oldest State. We are an island about the same size as West Virginia apparrently..and are about 300 kms off the south east tip of the Australian mainland...Our state's population is about 550,000...
Our only rail company is Tasrail....but fights for business with several trucking companies... locomotives in the past have been English Electric, EMD, Alco's but at the moment $220 million dollars is being spent on new track upgrades , rolling stock and 17 nerw locos from EMD (USA) due to arrive later this year...Only freight trains except for several great scenic rail trips...no commuter services... I model mainly BNSF in HO scale and just commencing brand new room sized shelf layout soon to repace original table one...I switched to DCC 18 months ago and use ROCO and Dynamis equipment.. Have seven sound equipped locomotives and about fourteen DCC standard ones, mostly Santa Fe but also 2-3 UP and numerous DC of CSX, NS, Southern , CN etc....some DCC capable some not... LOVE American stuff....so diverse....buy mainly online ...cheaper and quicker. Our branch line closed in the mid 1980s Was famous for lots of small bridges across two rivers... My house is 130 years old and was a railway cottage built for the track workers in the early 1880's...My dad was the last track ganger to operate out of the town retiring in 1985..
I can't wait to get to know other forum members and to get some expert help as I go and maybe also offer some assistance myself later on...
Cheers to all Rod McGiveron...
Our only rail company is Tasrail....but fights for business with several trucking companies... locomotives in the past have been English Electric, EMD, Alco's but at the moment $220 million dollars is being spent on new track upgrades , rolling stock and 17 nerw locos from EMD (USA) due to arrive later this year...Only freight trains except for several great scenic rail trips...no commuter services... I model mainly BNSF in HO scale and just commencing brand new room sized shelf layout soon to repace original table one...I switched to DCC 18 months ago and use ROCO and Dynamis equipment.. Have seven sound equipped locomotives and about fourteen DCC standard ones, mostly Santa Fe but also 2-3 UP and numerous DC of CSX, NS, Southern , CN etc....some DCC capable some not... LOVE American stuff....so diverse....buy mainly online ...cheaper and quicker. Our branch line closed in the mid 1980s Was famous for lots of small bridges across two rivers... My house is 130 years old and was a railway cottage built for the track workers in the early 1880's...My dad was the last track ganger to operate out of the town retiring in 1985..
I can't wait to get to know other forum members and to get some expert help as I go and maybe also offer some assistance myself later on...
Cheers to all Rod McGiveron...
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