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The original SPL - a basement layout
HO, Southern Pacific / New Zealand combined (a what if scenario: after WWII New Zealand was so damaged that the USA rebuilt the railroads and owned them).
Port Bonifacio
An HO double-deck sectional shelf railroad featuring double track Southern Pacific main somewhere near Port Costa in San Francisco, a steam museum, two decks and a train elevator, all in a 10 foot by 11 foot study while still making room for a workshop, windows on two walls and a wall full of bookcases!
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.
Last Run
Submitted by rob on Sun, 2010-05-09 10:42.
The Pukerua Bay wind stayed away, the mist and drizzle washed the tracks, then the watery autumn sun warmed the railroad for the Grand Opening and the Last Run.
Demolishing a railroad
Submitted by rob on Thu, 2010-03-18 21:40.
It is a tough call to demolish a railroad. it is an even tougher call to retire from one scale and sell all your gear. But that is what I am doing.
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!!
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.
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.
Much gandydancing on the W&MR
Submitted by rob on Wed, 2009-06-24 10:07.
Serious progress on the roadbed, more than half done. About 70% of the main loop has roadbed.
Made in New Zealand 