Why Thank you Bill
I will have to go find my old sugar cane map and dress it up a bit.
Cheers
Rod
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Why Thank you Bill
I will have to go find my old sugar cane map and dress it up a bit.
Cheers
Rod
Why Thank you Bill
I will have to go find my old sugar cane map and dress it up a bit.
Cheers
Rod
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danielches
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Just a few quick shots of a grain train passing an old disused goods siding I've been working on this afternoon.
Cheers,
Cheers,
I'm not trying to start a flame war here, but I think people are being too harsh on Stationmistress's platforms - many places in Australia had low level platforms which is what she mentioned - hell, some places in WA and SA had, and still do in fact, have American style ground-level platforms. Not every station had or even needed a high-level platform, as such expense was wasteful when the only traffic was one mixed train a week if that.
And that isn't even limited to country stations either - until recently many stations on the Perth suburban system for instance were quite low even into electrification - I think there still is a couple of stations in Perth like this on the Fremantle line (Grant Street and Loch Street if I remember rightly) - so I think this idea that all Australian stations only have high level platforms is not really accurate. But enough swinging the brickbat for me.
Personally Stationmistress, I think your platforms are excellent and can't wait to use them on my own routes (especially that overgrown derelict one). Good work!
Also, nice pics Axe as usual - Davido's 38s shown hard at work in their prime I see, as they should be.
And that isn't even limited to country stations either - until recently many stations on the Perth suburban system for instance were quite low even into electrification - I think there still is a couple of stations in Perth like this on the Fremantle line (Grant Street and Loch Street if I remember rightly) - so I think this idea that all Australian stations only have high level platforms is not really accurate. But enough swinging the brickbat for me.
Personally Stationmistress, I think your platforms are excellent and can't wait to use them on my own routes (especially that overgrown derelict one). Good work!
Also, nice pics Axe as usual - Davido's 38s shown hard at work in their prime I see, as they should be.
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That is pleasant to know now my curiosity has been eased, thank you for your contributions.
Precisely my point Peter, pardon me for not elaborating.
C'mon Enki, please don't take this out of context mate, no one has mentioned harshness or hostility in their previous posts regarding SM's work by any other means than providing a wealth of information and constructive criticism which has been encouraged and welcomed within the community.
As for the rest of you, your all doing a magnificent effort in all your aussie projects.
Well, I've run out of loose change to donate to this thread, so I expect to tax the rest of you for 0.001% of your earnings for my post.
Cheers
Marty
Thanks for the platforms Stationmistress, nicely done.
Petan - Out of curiosity, I had a look at Nyanda this evening, and it surely would have to be lower than 810mm A.R.L. It did close in 1978 though, so maybe wasn't raised for tin sets. The 810mm looks about right for current platforms, which is what I was referring to.
Petan - Out of curiosity, I had a look at Nyanda this evening, and it surely would have to be lower than 810mm A.R.L. It did close in 1978 though, so maybe wasn't raised for tin sets. The 810mm looks about right for current platforms, which is what I was referring to.
Trainz rollingstock builders may be interested in the above data as it shows the relationship between wheel diameter and wagon floor height above rail. The extra height is the space between the wheel and the underfloor of the wagon or carriage and is usually occupied by bolsters and springs etc between the wheels. So if you know the wheel diameter you can make a better assumption about the floor height of the trainz wagon you are building especially if you don't know the floor height but do know the wheel diameter.
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Peter
http://www.nswrollingstock.com/CTS.htm
Would anyone happen to have any pic's floating around of the inside view of a CTS/NHTF please. I have the drawings and sum pic's from the ARDP Set but no inside view's unfortunately.
Cheers Mick.
Would anyone happen to have any pic's floating around of the inside view of a CTS/NHTF please. I have the drawings and sum pic's from the ARDP Set but no inside view's unfortunately.
Cheers Mick.
It's okay Marty, looking back I'm really sorry if it came across that I was having a go at you or anyone else, which I definitely was not wanting to do - I guess I was just fond of SM's work and didn't want to see it be unduly criticized, which of course, it really wasn't being in hindsight. Having a severe toothache at the time I typed that didn't help either sadly.
Anyway, if it helps, adding further to the Aussie platform height discussion, if anyone is interested, for comparison's sake, as far as WA is concerned (specifically, Perth suburban area), according to John Krietling's book Perth Electric, 910mm was the official minimum height allowed for platforms on the Perth suburban system following electrification, however 1000mm is the standard - naturally earlier platforms could be considerably lower though. John isn't clear about whether this is from ground level or rail level though (I presume the former).
What is clear though is that Perth's platforms aren't particularly high, when compared with other cities. It was especially noticeable for me when I took a trip to Sydney a few years back and noticed just how much taller Sydney's platforms are compared to Perth!
I did have a post here but transferred to the Brisbane thread as it is mainly about the SX tin set cars in Brisbane, Perth and Auckland NZ
see http://forums.auran.com/trainz/show...ityTrain-800x600-pixels&p=1057518#post1057518
see http://forums.auran.com/trainz/show...ityTrain-800x600-pixels&p=1057518#post1057518
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That is pleasant to know now my curiosity has been eased, thank you for your contributions.
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Well, I've run out of loose change to donate to this thread, so I expect to tax the rest of you for 0.001% of your earnings for my post.
Cheers
Marty
Would you believe the cheque is in the mail mate ??
:hehe:And your best is pretty darn good there m'lady
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Glen
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nice platforms station mistress
cheers
ron
cheers
ron
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Ghostryder
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Its been a while since i did this so i hope you like em.
Its February 1974 DH03 is at the head of the Shorncliffe to Central service. Desperate times had meant the DH class were pressed into service to fill the gap.
Unknown DD-17 leads a SX set towards exhibition on the way to Roma St.
Now Central over the years 1966-76
1047 leads a car set away from Central as it looked until the mid to late 1960s.
The uncovered view that would change in the early 1970s
and as it looked with the railway offices under construction and track plan altered.
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Cheers
Ghosty
Its February 1974 DH03 is at the head of the Shorncliffe to Central service. Desperate times had meant the DH class were pressed into service to fill the gap.
Unknown DD-17 leads a SX set towards exhibition on the way to Roma St.
Now Central over the years 1966-76
1047 leads a car set away from Central as it looked until the mid to late 1960s.
The uncovered view that would change in the early 1970s
and as it looked with the railway offices under construction and track plan altered.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Cheers
Ghosty