Australian Model Railway Magazine

Managing Editor Scott Fitzgerald Editorial Assistant Ben Gray Editorial Assistant Jacob Franklin Consultants Chris Jones Office Manager Melissa Cullen Subscription and Sales Coordinator Karen Baldini Illustrators Ian Thorpe Design Keith Pennington De

Recently, I had time to browse the bookshelves at Train World in suburban Melbourne and I was pleasantly surprised by several publications dealing with a very specific prototype subject matter, in this case historical coverage of Hamilton and its bra

Automation of model railways has always been a bit of a ‘holy grail’ of operations. We have all seen those layouts, mostly at exhibitions, that have trains slowing, stopping, changing routes. At the same time, you would see signals operating automati

Has released several South Australian Railways (SAR) or State Transport Authority (STA) railcar kits in N scale. Including: • Brill 55 railcar with and without long nose. • Brill 75 railcar with or without rooftop radiator or ‘Milkbar’ window configu

The NR Story NR Publishing, email TheNRstory@outlook.com Price $55 AUD Complied by Frank Hussey Edited by Mark Carter The NR story is a detailed look at the design, development (mainly from a Drivers committee members’ point of view) and the introduc

GOULBURN – NSW. September 7–8, 2024. The Georges River Model Railway Club Model Railway Exhibition, Veolia Arena, 45 Braidwood Rd, Goulburn. 9am-5pm (Sat), 9am-3pm (Sun). Adults $10, Families $20. Contact: Greg Young 0404 495 349. MELBOURNE – VIC. Oc

Scott raises a few good points concerning the ongoing management of model railway events. While never actually being on the committee myself, I always volunteered my services to help plan, setup and take down the annual exhibition held by Australian