Australian screenshots

You would be surprised just how much fun Aussie trains can be on smallish layouts

I would suggest that you put 1-2 gums in random spots

If you take a look at the built-in 'Wadalbavale' layout in TRS, that should give you a good idea of what the majority of Eastern Australia looks like (Well, New South Wales and parts of Vic ).
Zec

8256 leads 4 sister units on a loaded coal.

8256 rounds the bend ouside Wattle Creek.

Climbing the hill.


NR32 leads another NR and 2 AN units on a full container train.

You like the wadabavle route don't you cook

Zs301 had it's first ever outing in TRS today. Took some screenies. Remember, this is ther first time the loco has been in TRS (Well driven in TRS anyway).





Zec

Raichase said:

Have not shared anything for a few pages, plus I have a question...

...been doing some coast work on my route, as you can see below:



Can anyone recommend any beach-style objects, such as foilage for the dunes etc? I'm going to do a DLS search now, but anything anyone wants to recommend, I'll have a look at .

Cheers guys!
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Hi Raichase,

There's various people, change shacks, boat-houses, volleyball courts (sand & grass?), lighthouses, sand textures & even a 'surf' texture.
And don't forget the sunken ships & wrecks. One's a large ship -rocks & seagulls circling. Oh & also pool-side table-chairs & umbrellas.

Just try searches for 'water/beach/pool/ocean/river/boat/ship/wreck', etc

And don't limit your searches to just the item's name. Try description searches too.

ad602000 said:

for vegetation on dunes, I've never seen anything but sparse long grass or brightish green ground cover vine type stuff(not a gardener, you can tell cant you)

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Yes there's some bluey-grey dune textures, & various shrubs/ground covers you can get.

Raichase said:

I studied the dune ecosystem in highschool, and the scrubby grass is 'spinifex' but the distance away from the railway means I'll likely impair performance but putting down thousands of grass objects. I'll likely put down some scrubby trees and bushes for effect, and leave it at that.

Colhad, cheers for that mate, I had a look, and I see the ones you mean .

Anyone know if there is any NSW Surf Lifesaving stuff out there, i'm mostly interested in the red/yellow flags, or some kind of beach "HQ" for them (usually called a surf lifesaving club?)

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I'm pretty sure there's some flags, also amenities/change sheds etc.
Try caravan park searches.

Not much to see here...

Why are your pictures to blury.
And is that 38 class from the same guy who made the 38 that can't be gotton anymore?

Just to show I haven't been faffing around.

Thanks to everyone for the hints, I've found some interesting things to add as part of the finishing touches

Still searching for the red/yellow Surf Lifesaving Flags though, if anyone knows of models of them, I'll snap 'em up





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(Yes, that is a LVRF/IRA container train - we just need some clapped out, broken down 44's and some silver MZ's to add to the mix )

I know nothing about LVR so is it alright if i ask even though it has nothing to with trainz.
1. Does NSWGR still run on that line?
2. Why Do they have there own frieght company if there only a tourist operation?

0099 said:

I know nothing about LVR so is it alright if i ask even though it has nothing to with trainz.
1. Does NSWGR still run on that line?
2. Why Do they have there own frieght company if there only a tourist operation?

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Hmm.

Well, in answer to 1. - NSWGR doesn't exist anymore. Cityrail/Countrylink are all thats left that is government owned and operated, and yes, they do run on this line, which is a *fictional* line somewhere on the south coast.

As for 2. LVR at Cowra and LVRF (now Independant Railways of Australia or IRA for short) are two seperate organisations. LVRF did lease some locos from LVR (IIRC), but they are otherwise not related. LVRF/IRA is based in Minto in Sydney, and run trip trains between Minto container siding and Botany/Cooks river, as well as northern cotton trains and southern super phosphate fertilliser trains.

They are known as the dodgy bros railway operators, was out trackside yesterday and they managed to break one of their 44 class locos (pushed the old girl too hard up the hill out of Cooks River and she spat the dummy, thank god they'd swapped the 47 for a Helga at the back to help push the train out), and another one of their trains managed to split the points at Cooks River, blocking the yards access to/from the mainline...

I'll e-mail you a link to some photos when I've uploaded them, but here are some from Cooks River. Apologies for the zoom, but my mate and I were standing outside the fence - if we had gone any further we would have been on private property, and would likely have been escorted out again. (Thats 4708 in the background, with faded Candy and a massive tag on the side...)

Interesting take on the Family.Comes.Last logo.

Sorry for the name but my sister used to work for FCL and their teams name was Family Comes Last one year, has stuck ever since

Tom
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Boobless_ed said:

Not much to see here...

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Are those marls 38 classes and good work

Say what?

Anyway, I've finished the 4-baseboard (2-wide, so as to give plenty of ocean to see) section on the coast. Perhaps it'll be more visually appealing with a coalie easing down the grade.

I've still got to do the 8-10 baseboards between Linxton and Gooraburra (the town I showed last, with the coal mine and the pub), and then it's onward to... well, I don't have a name for the next town, but it won't be too close to the sea. If we had some... blast, what are the wagon codes... NPZH's and RHGF's (and perhaps the occasional RHIF wagons if we run out of modern rolling stock), could run a stone train from a quarry. As it is, it'll probably end up having a wheat silo or another container siding or something. Or perhaps nothing but an abandoned yard and some rusting infrastucture...

Shut up Raichase, post some screenies.









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(Although, if we're adding rolling stock to our wish lists, some modern CFCLA Chinese built container flats would be nice for modern trains run by IRA/ARG/etc...)

I can confirm that the C38 IS Marl's and NOT a new one.
As for the route, that is the so-far in-complete Blue Moutains route.

Please excuse me for replying on be-half of Jim but I figured some-one should reply now
*Jim's away and won't be back till Monday/Tuesday*

Tom
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A little somthing I've been working on. I've done the yard, the town and a little bit of the track outside the town.

Love the atmosphere in that shot cook, looks a goodie. What timeline were you modelling?

Love it

I can confirm that the C38 IS Marl's and NOT a new one.

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There the ones you can't get anymore right?
Or are they on the DL/S?
Good picture cook.

0099 said:

Why are your pictures to blury.
And is that 38 class from the same guy who made the 38 that can't be gotton anymore?

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That is a great shot almost like an old painting, that 38 is still around and so is the builder. If the is the loco that cannot be gotten how come people have it.