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Where
are we ?
We are
situated on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approx 100 Klms
north of Sydney
What are our aims ?
We are currently constructing a layout to New
South Wales prototype depicting the Hunter Valley area with a view to
prototypical operations
Contact Information
E-mail address
mailto:Gary.flack@getronics.com
Members
Our current group of modelers have been together for about the last 5 to
6 years, although we have been in existance for around 10 years. Although all
members have models of New South Wales prototype, we also have members who
model American, British, Canadian and
private railways.
The Layout
The layout
is a representation of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales in the 1960s to
1970s, and is a double deck layout with a helix in one corner and a peninsula running off the helix.
We are
using the Lenz DCC system to operate the layout and have found it to be the
only way to operate the layout in the manner for which is was designed. The layout is basically a point to point layout for operational
purposes, but does have a continuous loop on the top level for testing
and running in of Loco’s and wagons. The
track work is peco code 75, all main line points are electrically operated
from a central dispatchers panel.
The dispatcher is the only one who is permitted to operate these points and all
drivers must obtain permission to
proceed onto the main.
The layout starts at the bottom
level peninsula at the Broadmeadow storage sidings, from there it travels
around the peninsula past Neath, a private coal mine, and into Branxton, the
main station and yard area. It then heads past the Mobil fuel depot and over
the bridge past Ravensworth, a heavy industrial siding and over the Paterson
bridge and into the Helix.
It comes out of the Helix on the top
level at Ray’s Gap, a small rural station, and into Woongarrah station and
crossing loop. From here it travels
past Martins Creek produce siding and past Martins Creek into the top peninsula.
In the peninsula you pass the Wheat silo siding and ether go into the terminus
station of Barrington or travel past Barrington into long flat sidings. From
long flat siding you travel past Hebden
mine and the Quarry siding and back to main line and back down the
layout in the reverse direction from which you just came to finish up back in the storage sidings at Broadmeadow.