Australian Model Railway Magazine

Lego layouts are now a regular feature of most major exhibitions, as the Thomas the Tank Engine craze was when launched 30-odd years ago. While exhibiting Murray River Bridge, we were positioned next to a Lego layout. Over the duration of the exhibit

Bullinga is a fictious location in western New South Wales. Allan was a prolific modeller and Bullinga served as a ‘showcase’ for these models. The most complete version of Bullinga included: • a four-track yard, signal box and a mixture of two-posi

When we decided to build an exhibition layout based on a prototype near-vertical canyon (Cheakamus Canyon) in Canada a new board design was required. It needed to incorporate very deep scenery, a backdrop, lighting, wiring, the lot! In the end we cre

Using his time between jobs away, Robert has developed a technique of 3D design and casting his models. This suits Robert during his down-time lifestyle and can effectively replicate models he needs. Robert models in N scale. ■

The Yarra Valley Model Railway Club put on the first exhibition in greater Melbourne in over a year over the weekend of 3–4 April 2021. It has been two years since its last exhibition. The club observed all the COVID-19 requirements; hand sanitiser e

The Mk I version of Barcoola was featured in the December 2007 issue of AMRM. There were things about Barcoola that could be improved. But re-building a layout can be challenging; there is an ever-diminishing return when rebuilding. A list of changes

On prototype railways, wagons of ore or mineral are transported from a mine or quarry and offloaded at a receival depot or processing complex. Then, the empty wagons usually return to the source of the ore for reloading. If your model railway is anyt

Narrabri North is a dead-end siding on the line between Narrabri Junction and Moree in far north New South Wales (NSW). The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) designates this siding as Auscott Siding (see Narrabri North track diagram). Points f

The simplest form of a small layout or module is the inglenook concept. In HO scale this can be about 1200 mm long and about 250 mm wide. There is a website for an article on railway shunting puzzles for inglenook sidings [Editor’s note: refer to htt

I had started to collect together locomotives and rolling stock from my modelling days in Sydney to put together a small static display for a NSW country show. Somehow my enthusiasm took over and I started to build a small module to operate some of t

For those with better carpentry skills than mine, there is the folding layout that has been perfected by Gavin Thrum for his layouts Great Moor Street, Commercial Street and Port Dock. As can be seen from the photographs, the layout folds up into a c

Auscision Models has received a shipment of its SRA of NSW, CityRail Tangara EMUs and the SAR/ANR/AN 600 class diesel locomotives. Auscision has also announced it will be producing the AN CLF and CLP diesel locomotives. Tooling samples arrived just b

I refer to the letter from Derek Cox and write to support Wayne Hoskin’s article. It was an article about the transition era and was not intended to go into any details of the rolling stock used or the political background to the introduction of bulk