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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by ge_rik » Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:06 pm

Mitch stack wrote: Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:04 am Hey All, sorry for the lack of postings, working a part time job and having a car + Volunteering at two railways has taken up a lot of my time for running Steam trains in my garden lately, All the locos are performing well, the porter is due to be converted to Battery Power very soon by a friend of mine for use on the CCT .

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Good to hear from you, Mitch. I like the way one of your reasons we haven't heard from you is "having a car ...." I can somehow see how owning a car can be time consuming ... Certainly my first couple of cars proved to be very time consuming as I must have spent more time repairing them than driving them ..... :lol:

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Old Man Aaron » Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:10 pm

Good to hear from you, Mitch. I'll throw a "me three" in with you both on fixing the car. :roll:

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Mitch stack » Sat Oct 29, 2022 11:20 am

Hey all. been a good few months since ive updated .
The trackwork in the cutting is being reworked as the foundations are being relaid.
I have gotten my Bachmann Porter Converted to Battery Power by a friend of mine.
Ive also aquired a bachmann lyn 2-4-2 (Newer Version) which will be converted to battery next year.
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Post by ge_rik » Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:43 pm

Good to hear from you Mitch. The newer Lyn is far better than the original version which was under-powered. The new one also includes a chuff cam as standard which is a useful feature if you intend using a soundcard.

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Mitch stack » Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:00 am

Hey All, Apollogies for being so long between postings, a fair bit has been happening on the line as of late.

#1 a Accucraft Mabel has ordered and is due for delivery very soon, will be manually controlled and a 0-6-0, gotta work out a name for it now ;)

#2 the track has seen some improvements and the biggest work will be commencing shortly with the releveling of the trestle bridge.

#3 Two Battery Powered Locos have Joined the fleet, a Bachmann Porter that i have mentioned in the past has been converted to battery around 12 months ago, and a Bachmann Lyn 2-4-2 (newer Run) has also been converted.

Will post more shortly once mabel and the bridge are completed.


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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Mitch stack » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:21 am

Forgot to Add These Pics last post ,had my 21st birthday steam up in September, thanks to Alexander (MelbourneSparks) for taking the pics for me
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The ESET SP Car passes through the tanks at the summit of the grade
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The Thermo Electric Tram is Assisted by the ESETs Ruby
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SP car on the trestle for a photo stop
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Thermo Electric Tram runs through the cutting
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Various forms of motive power and rolling stock at the loco
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A roundhouse Lilla with some slate wagons pauses on the trestle for a quick pic .

Enjoy the pics ,

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Post by dudeface » Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:27 am

I like the SP car, where can I find more info about that?
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Post by Mitch stack » Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:38 am

The SP car is a scratch built unit with a mix of marine steam products adapted to conventional rail use. it’s a mighty fine machine and runs superbly well.
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Post by dudeface » Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:16 am

Mitch stack wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:38 am The SP car is a scratch built unit with a mix of marine steam products adapted to conventional rail use. it’s a mighty fine machine and runs superbly well.
I wanted to know if you had a thread about it on the forum, or something else on the internet somewhere. It looks very interesting, and impressive! :thumbright: :thumbright:
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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Mitch stack » Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:19 am

Unfortunately no thread on this forum at all to my knowledge, it belongs to a friend of mine and I believe he is planning to put one up at some point.
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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by ge_rik » Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:29 am

A great set of photos Mitch. Your railway is maturing nicely. I can't recall seeing the trestle before, but my little grey cells might be deceiving me.

Happy 21st BTW

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by ge_rik » Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:37 am

Hi Mitch
Just found photos of the trestle in a July 2018 post. Clearly the grey cells aren't what they were......

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Mitch stack » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:10 pm

Thanks Rik, looking forward to getting the bridge fixed up and my Mabel Arriving in the not too distant future .
Have had thoughts on adding a couple more sidings in but not too sure .
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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by dudeface » Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:16 pm

Mitch stack wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:19 am Unfortunately no thread on this forum at all to my knowledge, it belongs to a friend of mine and I believe he is planning to put one up at some point.
Looking forward to seeing that. :thumbup:
ge_rik wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:29 am A great set of photos Mitch. Your railway is maturing nicely.

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Old Man Aaron » Sat Dec 02, 2023 5:30 am

Love that mossy cutting in the first photo. Looks like a great day.
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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Mitch stack » Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:45 am

Sure was a great day Aaron, had a blast. everything went well!
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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by invicta280 » Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:04 pm

Some really interesting equipment getting an outing there. The SP car is a stunner. Is that a roundhouse Sammy lurking near the shed?

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Mitch stack » Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:49 am

invicta280 wrote: Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:04 pm Some really interesting equipment getting an outing there. The SP car is a stunner. Is that a roundhouse Sammy lurking near the shed?
Sure is ! not many of them around, especially in red!, good running reliable loco and never given me much trouble, the SP car was built by a friend of mine and runs as well as it looks!.
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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by drewzero1 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:30 am

I had to do a search on the thermo electric tram and read about its story, it just looked so weird and awesome. I really love the outside-the-box thinking that went into it. (Link for the curious: https://www.gscalecentral.net/threads/t ... am.307351/)

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Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Post by Melbournesparks » Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:25 am

drewzero1 wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:30 am I had to do a search on the thermo electric tram and read about its story, it just looked so weird and awesome. I really love the outside-the-box thinking that went into it. (Link for the curious: https://www.gscalecentral.net/threads/t ... am.307351/)
There's been a thread about it on here too, a while back now though. It's fun as a sort of science project technology demonstrator, but a practical mode of traction it is not. It doesn't even run on my line at home since it is way too underpowered for the 1:18 grades. We accidentally set it on fire later that day, though I'm sure it will be back in service at some stage. It is also banned from running number 1 end leading on account of the risk that the driver's trousers will catch on fire.
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