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Dear all,
Just finished off a project I’ve been working on for a while. Was going to wait
until I finished the instructions but time just slipped away.
So, I present here, NR 75 - The Ghan
This train, for those who don’t know, runs on the newest trans-continental route
in the world, the Australian North-South from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice
Springs. Mostly its a goods service although once or twice a week a 40-odd
carriage train (over 1.2km long) takes passengers through the long and slow
route up the country.
If you are wondering about the name, it is short for Afghan (like the country)
and is named after the Afghan camel drivers who originally transported goods
across the route.
Since I know nothing much about Australian trains (having developed the train
habit during my stay in the UK) I couldn’t really tell you much about the motive
power or anything.
Well, on to the interesting (I hope) bit, the model is presented in this BS
gallery post
moderation. I’ve thrown the MPD file in there for good measure.
The overall pic is:
which is a thumbnail version of
this
and a diagramatic style picture can be found
here.
I hope to have the instructions done sometime soon, so if you are interested,
please do check back.
Thanks for your time and please leave me feedback (good or bad)
Tim
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| In lugnet.announce.moc, Timothy Gould wrote: Very nice work, Tim! Maybe I will try to build this for our next M>ltc layout! But then I'd have to come up with rolling stock too... (...) It is usually headed by NR74 - the NR class are GE powered, and (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Tim Great job I didn't know you were into trains Mate could we use the instructions to build one for BLTG displays coming up soon on the Gold Coast and in Ipswich? All credits will of course go to you. It would be a fantastic addition to our (...) (19 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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