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The Junee Loop in N gauge. At the TeaHouse in Bethungra.

I return to Junee today, from Hobart. The XPT from Southern Cross Melbourne will be replaced by a bus.

An XPT service from Sydney to Melbourne has derailed, killing the driver and an ARTC pilot travelling with him.

The german legislation relates to a "banned political party"; and using associated symbols relating to those organisations. I have never seen any loco portrayed with the Nazi swastika as depicted above. All imagery I have seen has been of the Reichsadler, the german eagle suspending the swastika from its feet. This has been placed in the same locations as the previous logo for the DRG. The BR18 has it on the front of the cab also. Models displaying this have altered the swastika to resemble a diamond or check pattern in most cases. The topic of the discussion, the BR06, has its version on the tender.

Great Southern at Adamstown just after the southbound XPT? I didn't see you waving ... Here it is at Broadmeadow from the XPT heading north

Upon belatedly viewing the video and re-reading some posts: Artitec is your friend for all the WWII vehicle models, including tanks; and the heavy flatbed wagons. They do and astounding array of landscaping models. Marklin did several sets that have P109 planes as the cargo Liliput did 2 or 3 versions of U-Boats, I think one even in Prussian markings. The coach set appears to be from Liliput, also.

With regard to "only two ever made" - the S2/6 was only ever a single loco. Brawa got it out in several liveries before Marklin/Trix did the same thing. This included the DRG BR15 of which there is no evidence that it actually existed as anything other than a roster number. I'm also not convinced that the Marklin and Brawa S2/6 are produced by different manufacturers, either. We may still see the "armoured" BR06 in matrix packaging yet. An important historical point is that The Flying Hamburger streamlined, diesel railcar had been operating since 1932 and seriously challenging steam producers. These late thirties s/l locos reflect the steam builders' response to that challenge. I have both Marklin's BR05 in 1938 black paint; as well as the Winter camo BR53. I'm stumped as to what I can haul with either...

I'll be using Griffstande Pufferbohle as the name for my next online game character.

Osterthun's site Start here. If you can't find what you're looking for, then you're looking for something pretty unusual.

How extraordinarily generous of you.

PLANT. That's all you need to know. Plant does not require explanation. It's main purpose is to cause bewilderment.

In addition, Any models after 1997 should be able to use Trix wheels.

A bit earlier in time, these were labelled 'Fast Electric Parcel Van'. It's weird livery. The yellow emblem on the front used to be on diesel rail cars, I think. I used to travel red rattlers regularly from Blacktown to Granville, then onto Yennora, until I got my first car. Didn't catch a Sydney train until 2007, after that. Gone are the days of standing next to the open (because it couldn't be closed) door. Of course, once you came into a station it would close from the momentum of braking and then wouldn't open. Have done trips in the early 1970's from Strathfield to Cootamundra on the old Intercapital Daylight; Southern Aurora; and Spirit of Progress. Also from Liverpool to Coota on the Riverina Express. Once went from Cootamundra to West Wyalong on the Temora Mail. This was a regular train service to Temora; then a rail motor to West Wyalong. With the chickens. Sorry, I was too young to notice much outside of the carriage that we were in to add anything else. The current batch of models done here should cover most of those trains mentioned. "Please Stand Close" was the only sign that didn't have a 20 Pound penalty notice.

My favourite mystery. These were used for Fleche DÓr services. My understanding is that the containers came off the ferry, rather than the whole plat. But. Maybe you meant these? ETAT version. At Pierre Dominique's

I prefer the Roco 40395 for my purposes. Replacing all the couplers on any collection will take time and money, so you need to be sure of what you want first. I run Marklin's 3rail C-track. I have a couple of Marklin's decouplers lying around somewhere. The decouplers work by 'flicking' the coupling from underneath. I will be sternly disappointed if they don't work with the Rocos as I want to be able to separate rolling stock on the track, without manual intervention. Or at least I did 8 years ago, when I bought them. The 'swing links' are referred to in eurospeak as identified kurzkupplungskinematik (kkk). Anything made in this century should be OK, but check first. I have a few Trix cars from the 80s/90s without this mechanism; and the results have never been pretty. Doing your research on this will save you a lot of angst.

Hey. Is difficult. Here's the first tip: Get all your catalogues in the DE (german) language and learn German. Then do your searching in German, otherwise Go-Ogle will muck you about. Here's the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gessellschaft list of DRG loco classes. The DRG amalgamated all the former 'kingdom' railways, after the first world war. As a result, it rationalised all rolling stock and re-classified it. This classification remained until 1949 (AFAIK). Beyond that, I have little knowledge. The most confusing point in this period, the legal change from Deutsche Reichsbahn Gessellschaft (DRG); to Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR or DRB). DRG was incorporated into German legislation to generate income for WWI reparations. Technically the DRG stopped paying reparations in 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor. The legislation was officially changed in 1937 when the Nazis came to power. At this time, the Reichsadler, including the nazi swastiker, replaced the DRG's eagle logo. A further complication to all this is that the former East Germany continued to use the name Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) So you really need to understand what that DR really means on your coal wagons.. Aside from the obvious elephant in the room, ERA II German rail is a unique snapshot of political and industrial development.

I couldn't get inside before I left, but will try next time I'm there. There's an N-scale model of the Bethungra Loop at the tea house. The last of nine pubs that serviced the town during main South line construction. Junee Station built 1883. This building was the management centre. It is now occupied by ARTC.

Hi. I've used Pierre Dominique several times for parcels to Australia. I've had no problems. Their stock is not always well described, so you may need to do some research to be sure that you know what you are ordering is actually what you want. The freight prices are reasonable, by any standards for shipments to the end of the line, as Australia is. They also given a 5% discount on every third order. They carry a lot of ancient stock, such as RMA models and old Lima and Rivarossi. I got a couple of France Trains carriages from them a few years back now.

Great stuff here, thanks. Someone, somewhere, mentioned the Bethungra Loop. I'm not sure that I can get photos of it in 1:1 scale, but I can in 1:160 scale. I just need to wait for the Old School House cafe to open. I wasn't aware of Bethungra's real history until recently. It's a place where a kid I went to school with in Sydney in 1973, was born; and my sister met her first husband at the Shirley. The Shirley is still there and remains as the last of the nine hotels that used to be in a town that once had a population of around 3000. Even by today's standards, it was a big town. The Shirley is no longer a licenced hotel and is facing a dim future. They were all there to build the main southern line, north and south, from Bethungra. There is no station platform there any more, although a there is a station building that is now a residence. Further to the south (12km) on the Olympic Highway to Junee, is the little town of Illabo. Some where in between, there are plans to branch the main southern line northwards and on all the way to Toowoomba in Queensland as the inland rail project. Meanwhile.. I was at the crossing at Cootamundra West today as the 'Elvis Train' went through on its way to Parkes for the annual Elvis thang. No, I didnt get any happy snaps :/

Hi. Era II FS baggage. Roco I think, or Liliput.

Hi. I'm also surprised by the lack of activity here. Anyway, maybe that can change. Whilst i have a substantial German collection, my interest in French rail started with acquiring a set of Rivarossi Fleche Dor coaches and then looking for a loco to suit able loco. I then got a three car set of NORD coaches by LSModels. Both are era II. I have since expanded my 'French' collection with several blue CIWL carriages from LSModels and a handful of old France Trains PLM coaches. R37, LSModels and REE are all producing PLM express coaches this year, for those that are interested. REE are doing a range of locos in 2 and 3 rail variants. Finding inexpensive Era II locos is the main challenge for me.

hmm pix. Brawa HO. Might be beer. Brawa HO. Is beer. Is Danish. Brawa HO Wine. Austrian. I suspect that the need for refrigerated beer cars declined as more customers got refrigeration at their premises. That might explain why you're only finding the older cars. I'm pretty sure that these are not fictional representations.

Hi and thanks. But I didn't watch any of the videos. Different countries have widely varying and legislated definitions of the term "made in". "Made in West Germany" might have meant something thirty or forty years ago; it is totally meaningless now. Does anyone remember the J-car from the early 1980s? Some parts made here; some parts made there. All put together in different locations and sold with different badges. Same car. My own personal opinion is that a factory that specialises in making MRR products will meet with its customers and plan what product will provide the greatest profitability for all of them. Marklin and Brawa are both issuing a new Rheingold and loco at much the same time, just in different marketing formats. My GUESS is that all the major componentry will come from the same places. The nice people in Goyr or where ever, will make it look different to the other bloke's model.

I always found this site useful to provide any missing info: DBTrains The menuing is simple, just follow your nose. Not many pictures, but a lot of history, including stuff like coaches types and the different manufacturers used to make them. The manufacturers will boldly promote this when it happens. Sadly, you will need to invest your own time in researching when any new mold was introduced. Assume it's a re-release until you can prove otherwise. Here's why: Wurttemberg C class appears as itself; then DRG 18.1; and later as a DB model. Most times when a re-release occurs, the item will have a different road number. Other times, it will be a technology change. Marklin/Motorola format. Most digital control stations and decoders these days offer several protocols. DCC and MM are usually included. MFX and MFX+ are the latest of Marklin's proprietary digital systems. Usually MM on a decoder will mean MFX also. Usually. A fundamental aspect of digital control is that a digital signal, by definition, is direct current (DC). It's a square-wave signal. Marklin is still known and promoted as "AC", but the current that hits the C-track is 18V DC with a maximum of 2Amps. NEM standards (I think...) define standard radii for curves: R1; R2; etc. Some true 1:87 models will not run on R1 curves. This is why some models will come as 1:93 or 1:100. AFAIK Brawa is the only German manufacturer to make to true to scale models. It's why their catalogue has more of the earlier prototypes than other makers. I think the DBTrains site cover this somewhere. I do know that the u (with the umlaut) signifies a covered connection to the next car A numeral will describe the number of axles. Therefore an AB4u coach has 1st and 2nd class seating, four axles and a covered connection to the next carriage, i.e. an express coach. Try also searching in german language. Google is racist and somewhat recalcitrant.