The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

A place for the discussion of garden railways and any garden style/scale portable and/or indoor layouts
User avatar
philipy
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5000
Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:00 pm
Location: South Northants

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by philipy » Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:08 pm

ge_rik wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:18 pm I still marvel at how your winter is the best time for you to get things done out in the garden.
I thought exactly the same when I read that :lol:
ge_rik wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:18 pm Even with sunshine here today, the temperature outside is only 6C! But what can we expect, it is only spring here..... :dontknow:
Sun, whats that? :dontknow: We had snow flurries here all morning.
Philip

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:35 pm

philipy wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:08 pm
ge_rik wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:18 pm I still marvel at how your winter is the best time for you to get things done out in the garden.
I thought exactly the same when I read that :lol:
ge_rik wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:18 pm Even with sunshine here today, the temperature outside is only 6C! But what can we expect, it is only spring here..... :dontknow:
Sun, whats that? :dontknow: We had snow flurries here all morning.
Summer is just to hot to go out average of 32C, that is why I have the HO in the shed, winter goes down to around 20C on average.
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:10 am

I have now started construction of the sugar mill with the main building being the first to be started.
I have updated my blog with a description and some pictures to give an idea of what I am doing.
Enjoy;
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... st%20Posts
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
Old Man Aaron
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 793
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:08 am
Location: Sunshine Coast QLD, Australia

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by Old Man Aaron » Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:22 am

Your "center-outward" construction sounds the way to go. The corrugated iron in particular looks brilliant; and it'll oxidise perfectly in the weather. I wish one could achieve such a good result with paint! Really looking forward to seeing the mill come together - I need ideas for the mill on my next tramway. ;)
Regards,
Aaron - Scum Class Works

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:53 am

Old Man Aaron wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:22 am Your "center-outward" construction sounds the way to go. The corrugated iron in particular looks brilliant; and it'll oxidise perfectly in the weather. I wish one could achieve such a good result with paint! Really looking forward to seeing the mill come together - I need ideas for the mill on my next tramway. ;)
Aaron
I was/am lucky in that I grew up in Cairns, moved to Babinda then finally finished up in Bundaberg plus visited my dad in Gordonvale so I have been around sugar mills since the 1960's.
If I want to get some more detail I can drive just down the road to the Millaquin mill and get some ideas. Plus the Rum Distillery is right next door.
This is a freelance mill and I am thinking of calling it the "Backa Thocka Binda Sugar Company mill (BATSCO) unless someone can come up with another suggestion (always open to suggestions just not ones that tell me where to go :roll: :( ).
Picture of molasses tank added to blog post No 2
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... ction.html
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
ge_rik
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 6477
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:20 pm
Location: Cheshire
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by ge_rik » Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:29 am

That corrugated iron looks just right. Was it serendipity or did you buy the pool with a half thought that one day it might serve another purpose?

Rik
------------------------
Peckforton Light Railway - Blog Facebook Youtube

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:13 am

ge_rik wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:29 am That corrugated iron looks just right. Was it serendipity or did you buy the pool with a half thought that one day it might serve another purpose?

Rik
It saw it at a garage sale and had a light bulb moment.
SWMBO kept telling me to dump it; so when we moved I rolled it up and packed it in a foam box that sat in the shed out of sight till it's time to shine came.
I always planned to have a sugar mill but never on the grand scale that this one has evolved into. Talk about bigger than Ben Hur. :D
SWMBO is now interested in the progress of the mill.
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:48 pm

The sugar mill is progressing.
I was going to put in a rum distillery, as in what is just down the road a bit, that would use the molasses but have decided to an ethanol plant might make an interesting addition.
I am looking at putting the big tank, which will be the ethanol fermenter, on a separate board that can cover an access hatch.
I still have to make 'the tipper' building which will sit astride where the rail is and the 'carrier' conveyor that takes the cane into the mill.
I made the mill with no openings to keep the weather out as much as possible, might paint some windows on it later but looking at the mill down the road there are not many openings at all.
Merged_document(1).jpg
Merged_document(1).jpg (177.63 KiB) Viewed 3844 times
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
ge_rik
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 6477
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:20 pm
Location: Cheshire
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by ge_rik » Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:16 am

It certainly looks like it will be at home on a sugar cane plantation. I think there's a corrugated iron appreciation society in Australia....

Rik
------------------------
Peckforton Light Railway - Blog Facebook Youtube

User avatar
Andrew
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 3247
Joined: Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:33 pm
Location: Bristol, UK
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by Andrew » Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:28 am

ge_rik wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:16 am I think there's a corrugated iron appreciation society in Australia...
If there was one here, I'd join - that's looking great!

You might start a trend - before long everyone will want an ethanol plant in their back garden...

User avatar
Old Man Aaron
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 793
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:08 am
Location: Sunshine Coast QLD, Australia

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by Old Man Aaron » Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:54 am

Looks just right. :)
Regards,
Aaron - Scum Class Works

User avatar
Lonsdaler
Driver
Driver
Posts: 1223
Joined: Tue May 20, 2014 9:50 am
Location: North Yorkshire

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by Lonsdaler » Wed Apr 28, 2021 1:46 pm

That corrugated and galvanised iron is a real find. It's always satisfying when you find something that can be repurposed and look absolutely right.
It's a shame it's not available for 16mm modelling, I'm sure there would be a demand lfor it. And the mill looks 'the biz'. I can almost feel the relentless Aussie sun beating down on it. :thumbup:
Phil

Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds

My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:17 pm

Andrew wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:28 am
ge_rik wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:16 am I think there's a corrugated iron appreciation society in Australia...
If there was one here, I'd join - that's looking great!

You might start a trend - before long everyone will want an ethanol plant in their back garden...
There are plenty of backyard ethanol plants in Australia they just call them "Home Brew" kits. ;)
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Wed May 05, 2021 6:24 am

I have been looking for something to simulate cut sugar cane for my train of cane bins. Turns out I had the perfect material right under my nose, well underfoot any way.
Its Sugar Cane Mulch I use it to control weeds in my garden beds I but it by the bale at the garden shops.
I did not even use glue to hold it in place, it just packs down when the train is run and if I lose any I can always top the bin up.
This will come in handy when I am doing shunting for the mill as I can just empty the train bin contents into a bucket to get an empty to send back out to the farms.
Another upside is that it adds weight to the wagon.
Merged_document(3).jpg
Merged_document(3).jpg (127.19 KiB) Viewed 3604 times
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
ge_rik
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 6477
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:20 pm
Location: Cheshire
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by ge_rik » Wed May 05, 2021 7:17 am

I'm sure there's a word for that .... serendipitous, apposite, fortuitous .....

Or maybe - clever! ( with the R rolled ..... )
200.gif
200.gif (395.66 KiB) Viewed 3601 times
Rik
------------------------
Peckforton Light Railway - Blog Facebook Youtube

User avatar
Jimmyb
Fireman
Fireman
Posts: 492
Joined: Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:43 pm
Location: Weston-super-Mare

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by Jimmyb » Wed May 05, 2021 7:58 am

It looks very good and realistic, and could use similar in my cane wagons, I assume though it will need replacing every year.

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Wed May 05, 2021 10:35 am

Jimmyb wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 7:58 am It looks very good and realistic, and could use similar in my cane wagons, I assume though it will need replacing every year.
No it should not need replacing if it is kept dry and with no contact with soils, I have had sugar cane mulch last for over 3 years lying on the ground.
For SWMBO's rose garden it is replaced on a yearly basis when they are pruned in winter, what I do is throw pelletised chook manure over the old stuff and refresh over the top with the new. The old stuff just rots into the ground hence the claim of it being a "soil improver".
I used raffia for my "whole stick" wagons.
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

User avatar
Jimmyb
Fireman
Fireman
Posts: 492
Joined: Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:43 pm
Location: Weston-super-Mare

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by Jimmyb » Wed May 05, 2021 2:42 pm

GAP wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 10:35 am
Jimmyb wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 7:58 am It looks very good and realistic, and could use similar in my cane wagons, I assume though it will need replacing every year.
No it should not need replacing if it is kept dry and with no contact with soils, I have had sugar cane mulch last for over 3 years lying on the ground.
For SWMBO's rose garden it is replaced on a yearly basis when they are pruned in winter, what I do is throw pelletised chook manure over the old stuff and refresh over the top with the new. The old stuff just rots into the ground hence the claim of it being a "soil improver".
I used raffia for my "whole stick" wagons.
Graham some good info thanks :)

Phil.P
Fireman
Fireman
Posts: 416
Joined: Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:28 pm
Location: Staffs. UK

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by Phil.P » Wed May 05, 2021 7:58 pm

The problem being, I would guess Sugar Cane Mulch, will not be that common in British Garden Centres?

Phil.P

User avatar
GAP
Trainee Driver
Trainee Driver
Posts: 684
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:34 pm
Location: Bundaberg QLD Australia
Contact:

Re: The Ringbalin "Cane Line"

Post by GAP » Wed May 05, 2021 9:32 pm

Phil.P wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 7:58 pm The problem being, I would guess Sugar Cane Mulch, will not be that common in British Garden Centres?

Phil.P
You could use pea straw or any other straw that is available, just may have to shred it a bit with scissors.
Graeme
From the home of the Ringbalin Light Railway
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspo ... -page.html

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests