Wettington and Mahawatu Rwy
The Wettington and Mahawatu Railway Company
A G-scale narrow-gauge garden railroad, vaguely based on a New Zealand prototype The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company that ran within a mile of here, was new Zealand's only major private railroad, built on 3'6", and was based on mostly US equipment.
More summer running on the outdoor Wettington and Mahawatu Railway
Submitted by rob on Tue, 2009-12-29 08:50.
Running in the reverse direction from the previous video
Running trains!
Submitted by rob on Wed, 2009-11-18 21:22.
The dual-track loop is completed, the first train ran a full circuit in early November, and a dozen friends from a local model railway club assembled on a chilly evening to watch trains run with no major problems!!
8A DC transistor throttle for garden railway
project in progress, info comeing soon
labelling outdoor wiring using cable ties
Cable ties are dirt cheap and colourful. Tie them round wiring to create colour bands.
Wiring the W&MR
The W&MR has separate cab-control panel, near the seats and drinks, and block-control panel, near the complex junction. Power supplies are indoors with a cable out the window, with an automotive 6-way connector.
Mahawatu outdoor G scale block-control panel
The block control panel is at Mahawatu so that the nearby junction turnouts can be manually set and the corresponding cabs connected, and blocks disabled to hold trains.
Wettington outdoor G scale cab control panel
This control panel contains all the throttles and assigns them to two power supplies and to two output cab busses which are used by the Mahawatu panel to do block cab assignment.
TransBridge G scale liftout track bridge
To be built.
Double-track bridge 1.8 metres long, .3 metres wide.
Not hinged, just liftout
Aluminium angle frame, pop riveted.
Wettington and Mahawatu Railway track plan
The track plan for the W&MR is a simple double loop around the outside of my enclosed garden area, circumference each about 30m.
Made in New Zealand 