On our way down to the New England Model Railway Convention at Armidale NSW, we stopped for a rest break and lunch at the Tenterfield Railway Museum. On arrival we found the museum was closed on Monday and Tuesday, lucky we dropped in on the Friday going down and not Monday on our return. Admission was $ 7.50. It had been about 8 years since we were last here.
The troop have been busy, all displays, items of rollingstock and station are well maintained. Great collection and excellent reference material for the NSWR Modeller.
Please find below a collection of photos as a record of our visit.
This “Gem” I saved to
last, being a QR and NSWR modeller, here we have both in one. A QR 4 wheeled “L”
class sheep wagon on standard gauge.
Got to be a real classic, what do you think !!!
We cut our visit short, there is more to see, the weather was closing in and we still had a 200 k's to go.
Trust you enjoy.
Some convention photos to come next post.
Arthur H
Great post Arthur! It's reminded me of how many years it has been since I last visited, (I think 8 years now). Often while on camping trips in Girraween National Park, we would arrive shortly before closing time as we forgot the time difference when going across the border during summer time's daylight savings! Looks like a lot of new displays have been added. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip,
DeleteMany Thanks, your comments are greatly appreciated. Yes, a very nice part of our country. The museums is well maintained, would have loved to have more time, a storm was coming across and we when for cover.
Arthur.
Great photos, thanks for sharing Arthur. Image clarity shows the construction method used for the bars on the L sheep wagon. Been thinking for ages of how I was going to attempt this, and this photo will help me attempt an N or NA down the track. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteHi Dan,
DeleteMany Thanks, greatly appreciated. Not to many places today where you can walk around rollingstock and have a good look these days. I was interested in the L wagon as well, just completed an NB Guards Van for the layout, waiting for the sheep to arrive to finish it off. The plan was not the best and I had a number of measurement to check. Once completed and loaded, I will add it to the blog. Arthur.
Modelling ideas can always come from visiting museums. Excellent selection of photos Arthur. Particularly the 20 lever interlocking machine, showing the workings normally hidden from view in a signal box.
ReplyDeleteHi Rob,
ReplyDeleteMany Thanks, always great to hear from you, much appreciated. It’s nice to be able to walk around a railway at leisure. Always a great help to the modeller, often plans are not that crash hot and being able pour over the prototype makes a better model. I pulled levers for 40 odd years and you never knew what was under the floor you were standing on. The interlocking fitters would turn up every few years in their camp wagon and spend a couple of weeks pulling bit out and working under the floor. The back door would be open, you would look in but didn’t see to much. You have a greater appreciation of the working/interlocking out in the open as seen at the museum. Trust you are safe and well, I see flooding warning for the area. Arthur