tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204604566382079868.post7174575177575040693..comments2024-02-25T20:32:52.028+11:00Comments on Eumungerie Railway: Same spot, different timesDonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204604566382079868.post-62272071527853231332017-04-20T22:29:50.404+10:002017-04-20T22:29:50.404+10:00Hi Don Can i use these Dubbo photos on NSWHRSI ple...Hi Don Can i use these Dubbo photos on NSWHRSI please?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465489763853525506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204604566382079868.post-9932362855449675922016-12-31T10:26:35.547+11:002016-12-31T10:26:35.547+11:00Hi Col,
Happy New Year!
Many thanks for your com...Hi Col,<br /><br />Happy New Year!<br /><br />Many thanks for your comments, especially about the S truck. If/when I ever get around to re-establishing my model layout (which is based on a cut-down version of Dubbo and the Coonamble line) I will have a better idea of what junk to shove into my resident S truck.<br /><br />Looking forward to many more posts from all readers in 2017!<br /><br />DonDonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204604566382079868.post-10381265805236780252016-12-31T10:19:40.561+11:002016-12-31T10:19:40.561+11:00Haha! I had a similar thought. Just think of the l...Haha! I had a similar thought. Just think of the logistics of balancing one of those boilers, and estimating its stability when full or half full of sand.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204604566382079868.post-77761997892465644852016-12-24T09:44:10.500+11:002016-12-24T09:44:10.500+11:00Hi Don. Merry Christmas to you
It's Always i...Hi Don. Merry Christmas to you<br /><br />It's Always interesting to compare era's and a ten year leap does justice to how a real operating railway becomes all but a ghost train setting.<br /><br />A trip to many small depots used to find neat and tidy situations, even in the dirt of steam days the gardens and areas were generally kept clean, although what seemed at times to be rubbish lying around was often items that were used frequently and therefore placed in strategic positions safely away for walking paths.<br /><br />Railway men took pride in their job and the location usually showed it especially when considered the cab or depot was their home away from home, there were many with prize winning gardens and Dubbo had some nice neat ones, but as staff faced uncertain times and many positions lost, there was basically no one left to do anything other than the bare necessities, even to the point where a lock up box contained the sign on book and crews working sheet.<br /><br />The S truck. An essential item for a loco depot and why was it moved? During steam days, more than one was around as they were used for ash from the pits and also for general rubbish but also one was always on hand to be filled with old brake shoes and other items that would be sent to foundaries for recycling.Colin Husseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10166476334786660482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204604566382079868.post-68776437651089983522016-12-24T08:14:20.096+11:002016-12-24T08:14:20.096+11:00Love the sand tower.
Obviously a left over from a ...Love the sand tower.<br />Obviously a left over from a Saturn V .BOLIVIAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254781330698351532noreply@blogger.com