Australia

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rsn48
You can tell. When he types, you have to stand on your head to read the monitor.

So that's what it is! I thought my monitor was going bonkers [:D]

[Favrefan04]

Thanks for all of the advise and the suggestions. I will get my fiance started on getting a copy of Australian Model Railway Magazine. When I get their in late March I will have something to read when I am in the loo. You have all given me some great advice and I will start following up on it straight away.

[GDRMCo]

I reccomened that you model National Rail. one good manufacturer is Austrains as they make excelent locomtives and some rolling stock.

[lyctus]

Quick correction...we are metric day to day, and I can't believe I did it, but of course our most common track gauge is not 4'6", but 4'8 1/2". I'm losing touch with the imperial system faster than I thought !

[lyctus]

Far North Queensland is further from where I live in Western Australia as New York is from Los Angeles so I can't give much info on hobby stores there,but I can tell you that models of Australian prototypes are marketed by manufacturers like Lima and particularly Powerline. Best thing to do is to try and pick up a copy of Australian Model Railway Magazine edited by an old mate of mine, Ross Hurley, which is a class magazine and has lots of great modelling articles, and data and heaps of adverts. Mail order is certainly the best way to get what you want. BTW, a lot of North American prototypes operate on Australian rails, generally built in Oz to local specifications so modification of some US models will yield good results. Most Australian mainline is 4'6" and made by the railway companies 1 foot to the foot, so easy to model. There is a lot of RTR and kit available in HO of the railways of New South Wales so that would be my suggested starting point. Modern image stuff is nearly as colourful as the most adventurous US companies. I think you will like it. I have my home state represented in my collection by a number of Athearn custom repaints/redetail SD45s, almost the same as the US versions. We have Budd RDCs and S/S streamlined coaching stock.
Lastly you could contact M&K Model Railways who are the furtherest north advertiser in AMRM and you can e-mail them [e-mail]
Geoff

[krump]

I previously checked on the Ebay Australia site < Ebay.com.au > as I am interested in the paint schemes on the Austrlian engines and rolling stock ... found some good examples,
but since I'm not taking a trip anytime soon, I guess I'll wait for my brother to visit us in Canada.

[WEUSANDCORR]

HaHa Rick werri funny lol

[Anonymous]

You might want to join www.trainboard.com and post your request there. A number of Aussie's hang out there, in fact the guy who runs Railimages (a free picture hosting site) is from down under. You can tell. When he types, you have to stand on your head to read the monitor.

[WEUSANDCORR]

Favrefan04-It is getting quite diffecult to find hobby shops out side of Capital Cities of Aust states that carry stock. Usually you have to order in what you want..Depending on where your fiance comes from ,I gather Qld theres a few in Brisbane,I'm just checking the Australian Model Railway Magazine which comes out every two months
www.australianmodelrailways.com for listing None listed or can email [e-mail]
You can email me [e-mail] I live 4 hrs south of Brisbane maybe I can possibly help in this area. My self I model C&NW but do have Aust as well. N.S.W.{seems to be most available} , QLD, VIC, SA, are getting fairly good showings, but you have to be on the ball to get them Regards Les

[areibel]

Check out this site-
http://locopage.railpage.org.au/
Lots of pics of different Aus locomotives. Some look a lot different , but some look like older US locos, especially old Baldwins and Alcos. And some aren't standard gauge, they use 42" gauge track.
The more modern freight cars look more like North AMerican stuff than European, some of the older cars used 4 wheels instaed of trucks.
There are a couple Yahoo groups about Australian modelling, ausmodelrailways and Aus_Model_Rail, they can give you some hints!

[Anonymous]

Ok here is what i know. As far as i know there is not much of a diffenernce. If i were you i would use european stuff to use. That is all i know.

[CG9602]

Another web site that lists some unique Australian engines is www.djhmodelloco.co.uk
That site is where one can order model kits or Ready-To-Run versions of the Garratts.
Garratts are eye-catching locomotives, to say the least. [swg]

[DSchmitt]

I'm not from Australia, but the link below is to a Hobby Shop Directory from an Australian Modelers Site.

http://pmms.webace.com.au/shops.htm

[Favrefan04]

I am interested in doing a layout of Australia, as my Fiance is from there. I will be going there to pick her up about a week after I get back to the states from Afghanistan, and while I am there I am interested in picking up some Australian Railroad stock (Locos and rolling stock). I am hoping that some of the Australian MRR's out there might be able to help me. I am wanting to know what is a good Prototype to model from there, and also a good place to go to get them. I will be in the North eastern part of Queensland, around Cairns. If anybody is familiar with the area and knows of some LHS's there, that would be great.

Looking forward to seeing the difference in Australian RR's and American RR's.