Model Trains and Things

My partner and I lived in Tasmania for a number of years and one of the most interesting railways we came across while we were down there was the Ida Bay Railway. We only visited it once and I didn’t get to take many photos while we were down there but that railway has been lurking in the back of my modelling thoughts ever since 2001.

With locomotives like this Malcolm Moore on the roster and a background of hauling limestone in a very lonely part of the world it’s hard not to find the Ida Bay Railway interesting. Just how lonely it can be down there on the Ida Bay Railway you’ll see when you read Sad and Lonely

Then at the beginning of December I  found that a very similar loco was now available in On30 through two hobby shops here in Australia.

One look at that model and I began to wonder if it might be time to switch from N to something bigger … something that my eyes might be able to handle a little better. So I began to search the Net for information about On30 and I’ve come across some very interesting and very informative sites out there.

I’ve also come across the On30 Conspiracy - a Yahoo group that is definitely worth joining if you’re interested in narrow gauge O scale. Now I’ve got some On30 bogies coming in the mail, I’ll be picking up some timber to start building layout and I’ve really been bitten by the modelling bug once more.

Now I don’t really think that I’m going to model the Ida Bay Railway but I certainly do blame the Ida Bay Railway

You’ll find the kit for this Malcolm Moore loco available from Bergs in Parramatta and Christmas Every Day on the Gold Coast.

Here is the very spartan cab of the Ida Bay Malcolm Moore loco and I’ll post some more photos from our trip at a later date. Until then you can find out more about this interesting little railway here.

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