A varnished TAM sleeping car, modified from the Lima model. It is painted to represent the unpainted, varnished exterior that these cars featured from introduction till the 1950s. The colour is based on two published photos of varnished NSWGR carriages and personal recollections of a couple of people who saw them in service. It doesn't often run on 'Lambing Flat', being more of a 'main line' carriage. It was originally constructed as the first of three to model the pre-war Melbourne Limited, but only this one managed to get finished.

FS converted from Trax/Powerline. This is the post '54 Indian red side of the Tuscan and Russet FS seen in other photos. The advantages of a 'shelf' layout ;-)

The post '54 Indian red side of the BS. Converted from the Trax/Powerline model

Austrains CBC, more or less straight out of the box, except for some Tuscan red on the sides of the clerestory and weathering on the roof and underframe.

ACM 799, modified from the old Rails North epoxy kit. 799 was the only ACM to have the crownlights removed, the sides sheathed in plywood and the 'Dean' bogies replaced with 2ANs. The model represents is appearance from about 1967, so it is a little out of period for Lambing Flat.

VAM/LAM Sleeping Car converted from Trainorama AM parts. Vehicle is painted in post 1938 fully lined Tuscan and Russet. I know the bogies are incorrect for this vehicle, and one day I'll get around to building a more appropriate set.......

Superdetailed Trainorama FJ on Protype "Dean" bogies. Post 1946 simple lined Tuscan and Russet.

Superdetailed Trax/Powerline BS, also in Tuscan and Russet, which some of these cars still carried in the early '70s! And yes, the other side is post '54 Indian red..... ;-)

Low semi-elleptical roofed EHO converted from Main West sides and underframe, AM roof and scratchbuilt ends. Thats what we had to do in the early '80s to get an even half decent EHO, much easier these days thanks to ILM and Mike McCormac

Superdetailed Trax/Powerline FS in Tuscan and Russet. Unfortunately I finished mine just before Phil Collins gave his excellent talk at the Modelling the Railways of NSW Convention in 1993, so they are not *quite* right... ;-)

HS 408, trailing the Down Murringo Mixed, is gently shunted into the platform behind the connecting train comprised of a Tuscan & Russet FS and a Post '54 Red BS

And this is the post '54 Indian Red side of CR 57...... twice the vehicles for half the effort... ;-)

CR 57, a superdetailed Workshop 5 kit. This is the Tuscan and Russet side....

AM Sleeping car. Detailed original Trainorama model, this is the other side of the FJ. One of the advantages of a "shelf" layout is that you can have each side of a passenger car a different colour or even code, as in this case!

A memory of my time on the railways! Self portriat leaning on the Guard's door. MHOs didn't quite look this fine when I rode around in them in the late '70s/early '80s, but the stance of the Guard figure accurately reflects reality!

Detailed Workshop 5 MHO

My favourite Dogbox, High semi-elliptical roofed BX with Dean bogies. Main West sides, scratchbuilt everything else.

FJ sitting car fitted with Dean bogies, modified from the original Trainorama RTR model

An ancient Protype high semi elleptical roofed LFX.

Low semi-elliptical roofed LFX constructed from modified Main West sides, ILM LFX underframe, AM models PHG roof and scratchbuilt ends. Painted in post 1946 simple lined Tuscan and Russet