WAMRC - Image Galleries
Miscellaneous
This collection of images is kindly supplied by Brian Seaton.
The public HO layout during the early stages of construction.
Layout construction proceeding full steam ahead! The N-Scale layout is on
the left.
General view of the main club room looking over the public HO layout.
The "annex" to the main clubroom that serves as a meeting room,
library and kitchenette.
Public HO layout with scenery completed.
Township end of the N-Scale layout.
Concentric bridges on the main HO layout.
Public HO layout. Note the train name boards displayed on the walls of the
club. These are kindly on loan from Rail
Heritage WA.
View of the main aisle down the side of the main HO layout. The club's workbenches
are along the back and side walls.
Exterior shot of the main building (left) and annex (with the roller door).
The main building was erected as a new construction, while the annex was
salvaged from our previous premises at Claremont Showgrounds, re-erected
and painted to match.
View looking down the rear of the clubrooms. The fence on the right is the
boundary of the site and immediately adjacent are the Bradken steel fabrication
workshops.
View looking over the dual-gauge access tracks leading to Goninans taken
not long after the clubrooms were built. The large sheds in the background
(above the clubrooms) are the Bradken factory.
Taken from the same location several months later. The building in the foreground
(the old crew shed from Zanthus on the East-West Nullabor line) has been
restored by Rail Heritage WA.
Fences have also now been erected, required as the tracks are in active
use as access sidings to Goninans. Also note the bull-nose veranda now
installed on the clubrooms. This was also salvaged from our old building
at Claremont showgrounds.
A view of the paved courtyard outside the annex. Pot plants and grass help
to soften the industrial feel of the site.
The inside of the annex again, this time with new(er) carpet. Pictured are
WAMRC and Rail Heritage WA member
Ian Rourke (right) talking to Rail
Heritage WA member Verne Elder.
The paved area at the front of the clubrooms, showing the bull-nose veranda
to great effect. The sliding door is the public access to the club.
The public layout (from the other end) showing the barrier and gate construction.
Another view over the public layout of the main HO layout.
View looking back the other way - over the main HO layout back towards the
public layout.
Looking over the public layout towards the N-Scale layout running down the
left wall.
G-Scale trestle bridge, constructed by Len Hughes.
More G-Scale bridges constructed by Len Hughes.
Later view of the annex courtyard. The shadecloth was kindly donated to the
club by Bradken. The G-Scale railway runs along the fence line (two tracks
- one is in shadow so is hard to see). The small loop is used when open
to the public to keep the train visible most of the time. Len Hughes is
working on some of the club's home made bench seats.
View of the grassed area at the rear of the annex, gradually being taken
over by the G-Scale railway.
The mobile G-Scale railway bridges used to cross the public courtyard (only
when we are not open to the public) and complete the loop around the building.
One of the two sheds at the rear of the clubrooms, which the G-Scale railway
runs through. The semi-circular track base is a new addition to allow G-Scale
trains to run inside the main clubrooms (through a small hatch cut in the
back wall), and into storage sidings under the main HO layout.
A view of the G-Scale turning "Y".
G-Scale railway sheds at the rear of the main clubrooms.
G-Scale railway running down the Rail
Heritage WA Exhibition Building side of the clubrooms. This section is
single track, with a passing loop. The vacant area to the left of the picture
is now occupied by the new toilet block.
The first iteration of the intermediate return loop. This loop was so tight
that the 0-6-0 locos had to have their centre axles removed so they could
make it round! The loop has since been rebuilt with more gentle curves
allowing 0-6-0 locos to traverse it - with all of their axles!
G-Scale bridges constructed by Len Hughes.
A G-Scale "works train" heading for the tunnel.
The newly constructed water feature for the G-Scale railway to run around.
The view over the waterfall looking down the side of the clubrooms.
The G-Scale railway's water feature and garden.
G-Scale trains running.
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