Good progress is being made at the club on the HO layout. A significant length of main line track bed cork has been laid this week. Picture courtesy of Garry West.
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G Scale Construction Commences
Following the removal of the old pond area of the G Scale layout at the front of the club, construction of the new steel framing for the replacement layout has now commenced.
The old layout was showing its age and was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. The new layout will be of much more durable construction and should last many more years!
Also shown in this update are some Mineral Resources locos heading in to the UGL loco works for servicing down the access siding that runs alongside the club.
All photos in this update courtesy of Garry West.
Continue readingG Gauge Pond Removal
A Saturday busy bee was organised on 16 July 2022 to complete the removal of the old G Gauge pond structure — with generous assistance of Rail Heritage with the use of their front-end loader to the bulk of the heavy lifting!
A selection of photos from the day of activity courtesy of Garry West.
Continue readingHO Layout Progress Update
The HO Layout build continues to progress in leaps and bounds! Some more photos courtesy of Garry West showing the state on 29 June 2022.
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Some photos of the latest full-scale movements on the siding adjacent to the club on 29 June 2022. All photos courtesy of Garry West.
Continue readingG Gauge Demolition
The old G Gauge garden railway front pond section at the club was well past its best. The pond liner was leaking so got drained and filled with sand a couple of years ago. The fibre cement sheeting used as a retaining wall was cracking and splitting causing subsidence problems and on going running issues.
So the decision was made to pull it all out and rebuild it using steel framing — the same technique that was used to rebuild the G Gauge yard out the back of the club.
This collection of photos from Garry West shows the demolition crew hard at work on 29 June 2022.
Continue readingHO Layout Progress
Some more photos courtesy of Garry West showing progress on the main HO layout on 22 June 2022.
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Some more photos showing the rapid progress on the new HO layout. Second spiral, old steel mill being relocated and frame being dismantled.
Photos courtesy of Garry West and Michael Smith on 15th June 2022.
Continue readingMini Model Railway Exhibition
A great day on Sunday 5th June at the Mini Model Railway exhibition at the Railway Museum in Bassendean! Glorious winter Perth weather ensured a big crowd and a marvelous time was had by all!
Here some photos from day courtesy of Jan West and Paul Webb.
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Here are some photos of full scale rail movements seen on UGL’s siding adjacent to the clubrooms on Wed 1st June. All photos courtesy of Garry West.
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