November 2009

Well all I can say is it has been a long time since an up date & thought it was time to make more of an effort now that family life has settled down a bit. So here we go, we are going to try a monthly update & post it in the first week of every month as things are still not progrssing at a great rate of knots but should be enough done on the railway for a few lines and a picture or 2! Well as you can see the web site is under going a few changes with a new address & look on the site, this is a big step for me as I have had to learn a lot to get this far in web page construction. A big thanks must go to Andy for puting up with my constant questions when things don't go the way I think they should & helping out with the site. 

Ok, we are going to combine a couple of months in our 1st upate so here we go, things have been happening both inside & out during winter with major rock wall construction taking place. We decided to use what was cheaply available, as a result we used Ruapuna bolders. They are big grey boulders which have been doug up out of farm paddocks over the years and stacked in piles, so they are only to happy to get rid of them. These have been dry stacked to retain the upper level garden, the other method being used is a bit more time consuming with mortaring rocks in place mainly used around the bridges & tunnels on the railway. See pics below.       

We also have a new name running on the AFR with Ash-rail being the major hauler taking the railway into 2010!

Above Left & Middle; Workshop has been busy through the winter with 3 more Yj's being added to the roster. Above Right; The Signal section has been busy as well with the inside yard being completely wired up with all turnouts electrically operated & isolated sections for loco storage. 

The web site will be worked on when spare time permits so be prepare for a few more changes this month, so in the mean time Happy Modeling!!