Control Panel Designs

17/07/2024

Magazine is out now. Featuring our layout - Casino.

27/06/2024

Control Panel at Casino Locomotive Depot and Yard. Routes are selected by pushing the LED lit tactile switches.

27/06/2024

After leaving Martins Creek, loaded ballast trains are invariably stopped in the loop at Paterson, to make way for higher priority traffic.

27/06/2024

Not much ado here. Casino passengers wait for the Up North Coast Mail to arrive on the back platform road.

27/06/2024

The Down Gold Coast Motorail, running 2 hours late, passes the Pioneer Concrete Plant to the south of Casino station. The local radio stations provide hourly updates on the progress of the day's Motorail.

27/06/2024

A close up of loading operations, at dawn, at Martins Creek ballast quarry. 4821 will take its load of B*W ballast wagons, as well as K and S trucks full of 'fines' for use in the Newcastle area.

27/06/2024

Dawn. 4821 has already arrived with an empty ballast train, and proceeds to load the wagons.

27/06/2024

Martins Creek ballast quarry.

27/06/2024

A Down Express freight, led by brace of 43 Class Alcos tries to outrun a summer thunderstorm as it approaches Paterson from the south.

27/06/2024

The Brisbane Limited has arrived on the main line platform. Passengers look for their coaches. In the platform back road is 4415 ready to depart with the UP North Coast Mail.

27/06/2024

The 'Central Commentary Position'. Everything can be switched ON or OFF here. The DCC system, and the Control Panel system are integrated with a PC to provide full automation.

27/06/2024

A long view of Casino station, yard and loco depot, taken from the loco depot. Casino is approx 11m long.

27/06/2024

Faller Car System vehicles motor around the area between Casino and Broadridge. They follow a wire embedded in the road. A control panel allows vehicles to be turned into the parking bays and stopped, and then started.

27/06/2024

27/06/2024

Casino is a busy locomotive depot, providing motive power for the many trains that pass thru during the night. Alcos are readied for their nocturnal duties.

27/06/2024

My favourite scene. The Ampol fuel depot, including two sidings for unloading and storing Ampol fuel wagons. Built from several kits, and many 3D printed objects, including the tank on the back of the truck.

27/06/2024

A close up of 4415 rolling through Martins Creek with the UP pickup goods.

27/06/2024

4821, with a loaded ballast train, waits to depart the goods siding at Martins Creek. Meanwhile, on the mainline, 4453 arrives with the North Coast Mail.