Whar’s going on?
Text and photos from Wombat Creek Consolidated Mines Pty Ltd Posted on Fri, March 22, 2024 17:45:42- Comments(0) https://wct.payne-ellef.dk/?p=766
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Labor Day
Text and photos from Wombat Creek Consolidated Mines Pty Ltd Posted on Mon, March 11, 2024 17:21:39Living up to the name of the day and staying out of the heat (high 30’s) I have be labouring on a new shed for the narrow gauge railway. The photos show the result of today’s effort.
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Tracks down
Text and photos from Wombat Creek Consolidated Mines Pty Ltd Posted on Mon, March 04, 2024 18:13:34The tracks surrounding the turntable are down with a few adjustment still to come. The longer turntable allows for two extra lengths of track with can be used to store one wagon each. The old turntable are stored for future scrapping, which of course will not really take place.
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New turntable
Text and photos from Wombat Creek Consolidated Mines Pty Ltd Posted on Sun, February 25, 2024 14:04:14The chief engineer has purchased a new turntable for the mining railway. The previous home-build turntable was the right size for the railway but never worked as intended. It couldn’t do a full turn, the rails were not centred and the drive was unreliable. After 18 months of trial and error the time has come to scrap the little turntable. Instead a larger turntable of the brand ‘Peco’ has been installed. The new turntable appears too big for such a small mining railway, but the size is also an improvement. As seen, the small shunter and a wagon fit the turntable, which gives more opportunities for sidings and shunting. The tracks to and from the turntable still have to be fixed. The old turntable will still be a feature. With the high number of hours spent on it, I can’t throw it in the bin.
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What happened?
Text and photos from Wombat Creek Consolidated Mines Pty Ltd Posted on Sat, February 17, 2024 17:09:24From this:
To this:
in 30 minutes!
I hope the chief engineer has a plan!
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Last update from the Golden Mile
Text & photos from Wombat Creek Tramways Posted on Fri, February 16, 2024 17:48:50The terraced houses are finished with front fences and steps down. A tree gives some shade for the roses in Mrs. Paterson’s garden.
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All done
Text & photos from Wombat Creek Tramways Posted on Sat, February 03, 2024 17:13:52With the cast iron lace installed above the first floor and the second floor the terraced houses are finished. Still need a fence along the footpath.
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No. 7, Golden Mile
Text & photos from Wombat Creek Tramways Posted on Sat, January 27, 2024 12:47:49It is afternoon and Mrs. Nelson is in her garden reading a gardening book. She needs some ideas for planting along the south facing wall. How do we know it is afternoon? Look at the sunflowers. They are facing towards north west and the sun. Which leaves us with a conundrum. The sunflowers are quite mature for the time of the year. The date is Sunday the 7th of October. How could we know?
Well, a worker at the tram shed is reading about Geelong’s defeat of Hawthorn in the Grand Final the day before. Okay, just a not quite right detail!
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