Overall view of the half way yards. Trains from the mines come down the grade at the rear and then reverse into the yards where the Shay is replaced with a rod engine for the trip to Mullion Creek

Not only ore is transported on the Hill End, there is also a substantial traffic in timber. Greg Hunter's 2-8-2T lends a hand.

Greg Hunter's visiting S&TR No 9, based on the SMR tanks, waits in the Loco depot.

Greg Hunter's visiting 2-8-2T stands in the incomplete Loco sidings

Activity at the half way yards before an extra siding was added to cater for expanding traffic!

Shay No 4 crosses a Passenger train and shows off one of Bill's modified LGB open wagons

Normally the Shays stay at the top end of the line, but today one of the Shays approaches a cross with a passenger train part way to Mullion Creek.

No 12 crosses the bridge with empty timber trucks

No 12, converted from a Bachmann "Annie". Like all Bill's locos it is fitted with RCS radio control and Sierra sound.

One of Bill's scratchbuilt petrol tank wagons

A 4 wheel tank wagon converted from Lehmann parts

My son Tom directs operations as he prepares to depart with an ore train

Bill's No 12, a converted Bachmann "Annie" hauls ore across Bill's rather spectacular bridge

Bill's No 3, converted from a Bachmann 2-6-0, hauls empty ore wagons across the bridge

No 3, a major conversion of a Bachmann 2-6-0

No 3 shunting at the entrance to the half way yards, where rod engines swap loading with the Shays for the trip to the mines high up in the hills.

Bill started out with the "Hill End construction Rwy", which is described on another part of the Rurr Valley site. Here Bill's 2-6-2T enters the loading siding to load more ballast.

Another scene on the old Construction Rwy as RVR No 1 lends a hand with ballasting. The original line has now been replaced by the new "Hill End Rwy" and no trace remains of the old construction line...