Thread: G Gauge - Garden Railways

G'day All, you lucky B ron I sometimes wish I was anything but a nurse, but at 57 what else can i do to support my habits landrovers and other interests as well cheers Dennis :roll: :wink:

<span style="color:blue">it almost looks like noddy took those pics.....




and where are the shorts......?</span>

Originally posted by Dinty
G'day All, you lucky B ron I sometimes wish I was anything but a nurse, but at 57 what else can i do to support my habits landrovers and other interests as well cheers Dennis :roll: :wink:

I only became a signaller 3 years ago. My background was 37 years in international telecommunications. This is a real sea change for me.

Ron

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">it almost looks like noddy took those pics.....

and where are the shorts......?</span>

I wish the pix were as good as Noddy's. Re shorts, I'd worn the fly zips out on both pairs I had and was waiting for new ones to be delivered.

Ron

i just knew there had to be a reason for the long pants.....



and when you get the new ones are you gonna drink less or get YKK zippers fitted......?

Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK
i just knew there had to be a reason for the long pants.....



and when you get the new ones are you gonna drink less or get YKK zippers fitted......?

I've got the new ones and I'm not drinking less.

Ron

My mother took me, in my school days, to Katoomba to see the place covered in snow and on the way back, when the train stopped at Wenty Falls. There was a 46 class electric loco body ( no wheels ) sitting on 44 gallon drums. Years later when I joined the railways, as part of the training to become a fireman, part of the training included a safety course which looked at major rail accidents and why they happened.

One of the accidents covered was that one at Wentworth Falls.

A train had been made up in the brake road at Katoomba but a number of safety checks had not been carried out before the train left to descend the eastern side of the range.

What had happened was that the train had to do some shunting and when finished, the two locos were coupled back on to the train, BUT some one forgot to reconnect the air for the brakes and the crew had failed to do a brake air continuity test. So when they got the road, they pulled out of the siding onto the main and at that point, the line immediately begins a steep down hill run.

Wentworth Falls is the second station after leaving Katoomba and there is a curve on the approach to the platform.

The train derailed as it went around the curve and piled up in the car park opposite the station.

The trains maximum allowed speed was 40 MPH as it had 4 wheeled S trucks on. The speedo tape showed it was doing 104 MPH when it left the tracks and believe it or not, the crew walked away.

The train was carrying bagged cement from Kandos and it was snowing when it derailed, you can guess the rest.

<span style="color:blue">you made snow men that still havent melted to this day....?</span>