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G'day, I live about 40 mins drive from the start of the sugar cane fields in Queensland Australia. Queensland is the only state in Australia to produce large amounts of sugar cane, much of this cane is transported by rail. The cane is transported in Bins which range in capacity from 4 tonnes up to 8 tonnes. These wagons are essentially a skeletal box covered with a wire mesh. All trains run on 2' gauge and are hauled by deisel locomotives. These locomotives are usually configured in one of two ways... 0-6-0 jack shaft drive locomotives or Bo-Bo locomotives (mostly built by baldwin). If you are looking to model QLD sugar trains in HOn2½ (HO on N scale track) there are many kits currently available for Cane harvesters and locomotives. If you are modelling On30 (O scale on HO scale track) there are still some kits available. I am giving you a list of worthwhile sites to visit to find out more about the QLD sugar industry and models available. http://www.lrrsa.org.au http://www.angrms.org.au/ http://www.zelmeroz.com/canesig/qld/fainges.htm http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ozbob/Projects.html http://www.zelmeroz.com/album/oz/qld/cane9-94/index.htm http://www.wuiskepromotions.com.au/ http://www.zelmeroz.com/canesig/model/supplier/tb/tom.htm I am the owner of Wuiske Promotions and we manufacture approx 350 kits for the Queensland Rail and QLD sugar Cane market. If you have a look on the "Prototype Info" section of our page you will find around 1000 photos of QR wagons, Locomotives and Coaches. This list of address' should get you started and most of these pages have some really good links and include plans for locomotives and rollingstock. Cheers, Adam Wuiske
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