Layouts

Doug and Glenn started have doing Thursday mornings again working on the Shelf Layout in the EMRC clubrooms.

The shelf layout is progressing well. The electrical duplication of the rails underneath the layout is almost done.

This is a list of the jobs that are proposed to be done next time we meet. It also contains a log of the jobs that have been done in the past.

This article contains brief information about the floor plan for the Shelf Layout. The information has been extracted from the ShelfLayout-spec.doc. Schematic Diagram Floor Plan  

The Shelf Layout is starting to take shape. The use of girders is proving most successful. The structures are light yet strong. Refer to the images below to see how it’s shaping up.

Read about the progress being made on the Shelf Layout.

Kyle’s Silverton loco complete with iron ore load operating on Murranbilla, at EMRC’s open day November 2009.

Formal timetable nights were often held on the Pine Ridge layout at the old club rooms and this can be done on Murranbilla too.

Murranbilla is the work of the Eltham Model Railway Club, featuring a fictitious township based on Australian prototype with a strong leaning toward Victorian Railways.

An exhibition guide to Murranbilla, an HO scale Victorian-based railway. Kept for reference purposes.

Filmed at Box Hill Exhibition 2004.

D Class crossing bridge on Murranbilla, Corio 2003.

The day Pine Ridge is dismantled and removed has arrived.

After more than 25 years of operation the end of life for Pine Ridge has arrived. October 2005 was the last month of running and members made the most of it.

EMRC’s last official running night at Pine Ridge. Tonight we were to have many guests – combined with our members there were 22 people present.

EMRC’s second last official running night at Pine Ridge.

A typical operating night with a few visitors….this night was the night we were told we had to vacate the property.

It’s early morning, cool and clear with the promise of a fine warm day to come. We join a crowd waiting at Henty to board our train, the morning service to Pine Ridge.

The layout was built in the 9m x 4.2m packing shed at Panton Hill just north east of Melbourne. It is a terminus to terminus design in HO scale.

R Class running around the now defunct Pine Ridge club layout.

A running night with many visitors.

For the last 16 years, Mark Laidlay used an old caravan as his railway room. This layout was impressive in the amount of trackage and operating potential.

Here is a plan that Mark has worked on. He originally did it on paper, then with Roger Lloyd’s help saw an Autocad drawing. Mark then learnt a way to do it (roughly) in Excel.

Here is a plan that I have been meaning of trying.

Here are some plans that Roger Lloyd has worked on.

Here is a plan that I’ve seen Roger Lloyd and Mark prepare.

To start things off, here is a initial plan prepared by myself.