Christo Perera

Hi, The project is now running. It was started off at a small island south of Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital city. However we have run into some bad weather situations for several months and the visitor turnout has dropped drastically. I am now looking at shifting the model to the capital. Rgds Christo

The trains next stop is app 140m lower at Demodera.

A GP 15, Athearn DCC loco moving out of Ella Station

I agree. It's super workmanship from the master. I can't wait to get the balance of his work on the model.

Thanks and noted.

3 trains at Demodera. Unusual for a quiet hill station but still workable due to the long double tracks at the station. The Sri Lankan upcountry service is a single line operation with multiple tracks only at stations. Demodera actually has 3 tracks but due to space constraints the model has only 2 tracks. Below the station is Tunnel No 42. the green bushes on the mountain is a tea plantation which gives you Pure Ceylon Tea .

A Hitachi Class M5 loco climbing to Demodera station. The passenger train at the station above is waiting till the M5 arrives to get clearance to move down.

A telecom tower atop Demodera with a red flasher

A goods train on the upper track at Demodera. In the foreground is the Finlays Tea Factory

Ella Station awaiting the next train

A passenger train is moving out of Ella Railway Station.

I am sharing new images of my HO scale model located in a small island called Kirala Island in Sri Lanka. Kirala Island is a few kms south of the capital Colombo. This image is of the Demodera Railway loop. The train on the lower track has just moved out of the station and taken the loop, approaching a tunnel which is right below the Demodera station. The train above is moving out of the platform on its way to Ella. Demodera is a popular town at 900m above sea level about 200kms away from Colombo.

Good to hear

Th Thanks Paul

Thanks Paul. I haven't heard of them but will check out and contact them. If you do have a contact No pls share with me.Thanks again.

Thanks for that. I am looking out for a 3D printing guy in Sri Lanka. There should be for sure.

welcome and I wud love to see you. My no is 0094 716805900. Contactable always.

Still more to go with filling up. People vehicles foliage trees and much more not in da layout yet.

Hi All, Thought of adding some images of the progress being made on this project in Sri Lanka. It's coming along quite well. The project is located at Kirala Island, a small island a short distance away from Colombo, on the Bolgoda Lake. Access to the island is by boat. The island also has a restaurant open daily from 10 am to midnight. I am hoping to open the model for the public in about another 2 weeks. It's behind schedule but costs and manpower has been an issue.

I would be interested in getting the S12 DMU done. Any idea of the price?

Thanks for posting Ron. Shall keep you updated of the progress once the landscaping takes place.

Thanks for rotating the images. Yes this is an extremely expensive subject and that's one of the reasons why it has not developed that much over here, but Sri Lanka has a great history with the railways, originally built by the British and you may probably notice from the image of the Demodera station that it's an old English style. That's how a majority of the stations in Sri Lanka are.Ideal for a model layout.

Hi to all, I thought of sharing some images of my layout, now in its first stage, covering a hill station called Demodera. It's 900m above sea level and I am sure some of you who have been to Sri Lanka and taken a train ride up country, would have surely gone there. The structures are thanks to the model engineering skills of our good old friend in this forum, Ron Heggs. I will share more images as we go along. If any of you are keen to follow up on what we do pls check our FB page ChrissLeisure@modeltrainvillage It's an interesting page with a fast growing fan base all over the world. Would be nice to have modellers joining the page. Cheers Christo

Well hitherto most of the models that have come out lacked detail. I am not taking away anything from those who have done layouts, because I am sure everyone of them have had to work hard to get a layout completed, but for me realism and detail are pretty much important.Ron has shown the way with his work.

It's been a tremendous experience working with you Ron. Your work is just fantastic.its brought model railroading in Sri Lanka to another level.