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3: South Australian Railways 516, a Bo-Bo shunter was built
at their Islington Workshops.
The local is switching the freight
siding at Bridgewater, South Australia. Peter Michalak built the
locomotive from a brass kit from End of the Line Hobbies. The
body sits on a modified Proto 2000 S1 chassis. The locomotive
is fitted with a TCS M1 decoder and LED lighting.
The photo was taken on Peter's exhibition layout
Bridgewater, based on the prototype main between
Adelaide and Melbourne.
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4: Robert Pitts built this unique model of UTLX 80019, a cryo
car built in 1962.
The cars were designed to haul 15,000+ gal
of liquid argon at -302 degrees Fahrenheit This car falls into the
general category called RailWhales. The construction of this
type of car was ended by Federal regulations that went into
effect in December 1970.
See more of Robert’s work at:
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