Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

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Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by gregh » Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:22 am

Three of us got together at my friend Geof's Barron Tableland Railway to have a Christmas 'test' of his new track arrangements.
If you want more info on the BTR see here...
http://www.trainweb.org/btr/index.html

Geof's railway runs through a very 'rain forestry' garden providing a beautiful backdrop for the trains.

I ran my "Ugly" loco with a snack train of cherries and chocs. Each time the train passed, you had to have a snack.
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Mark had his big GM diesel which pulled the Grasslander express and he managed to visit all NINE stations on the line. His train also provided transport for a number of Santas travelling to the stations.
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Geof's drop-on body tram style loco
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Mosquito Flats covered station in the rain forest.
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Unfortunately there was a major collision involving the snack train which resulted in the snacks being scattered all over the track. Both drivers deny any alcohol involvement in ignoring the (non-existent) signals.
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Geof's relocated Engine Shed.
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We then did justice to a sumptuous morning tea provided by the Railway Refreshment Rooms (Thanks Chris)
A great day - what garden railways and mates are all about.

and of course there is my video..... here...



And Geof's video... here....
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Re: Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by philipy » Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:35 am

Looks like a great time was had by all. Thanks for sharing, Greg ( he says looking out the window at the grey drizzly sky),
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Re: Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by -steves- » Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:20 pm

Very Christmasy, looks great :thumbup:
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Re: Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by ge_rik » Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:46 pm

Looks like a good time was had by all. Plenty of train action plus food - who could ask for more?

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Re: Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by Andrew » Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:41 am

I enjoyed both photos and film, thank you! Personal favourites were the shed scene, and your (very nice) little diesel struggling to start - very impressive sound effects...

It looks like a great line, interesting to operate and very well maintained.

All the best,

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Re: Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by ge_rik » Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:23 pm

Andrew wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:41 am I enjoyed ...... your (very nice) little diesel struggling to start - very impressive sound effects...
I forgot to mention that. Are the expletives from the driver part of the sound effects or 'live'?

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Re: Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by gregh » Sun Dec 13, 2020 10:21 pm

ge_rik wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:23 pm
Andrew wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:41 am I enjoyed ...... your (very nice) little diesel struggling to start - very impressive sound effects...
I forgot to mention that. Are the expletives from the driver part of the sound effects or 'live'?

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The sound system is one of those small TF-type MP3 sound recorders, and one of the tracks is my voice recording. With other tracks of idle and 3 running speeds.
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Re: Barron Tableland Railway Christmas 2020

Post by Old Man Aaron » Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:05 pm

Looks a good time running on an interesting line with a great ambiance. So much great modeling there, too. :thumbright:
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