Time Away in the Snow Country.

Recently my wife and I have just completed time away out west. We drove to Sydney on the Saturday, Rosehill Train Show on the Sunday, then over the Mountain on the Monday. Why would anybody want to go west this time of year is beyond me. Our main reason was to visit the Bathurst Rail Museum and other museums as well. But the majority of them were closed. Must have been too cold for them to open up. 5 degrees in the middle of the day.

Layout in the Museum.

 After 3 nights in Bathurst we drove to Oberon for one night. At Oberon we wanted to have a look at what the guy's there were up to restoring the Branch Line. The museum was closed, but I found an open gate and thought I could sneak inside and take a few photos of the yard layout. In doing so, I was approached by the president and asked about our interest, he then offered us a 15 minute tour (as that's all the time he had) of the work shop. The work going on there is a real Eye Opener, and full credit to the team working at it.

Inside the workshop at Oberon.

Storage Shed and workshop Oberon.

Replaced track from the Yard to the Level Crossing.

 

Oberon Station and yard crane.

Next morning (Friday) we left Oberon and headed back to Sydney for "Mothers Day" with family and friends. Monday after Mothers Day we made for home, but along the way we were invited to stop off at "South Coast Rail" and inspect the "Thomson River Bridge". Bob's layout is a real "Eye Opener" and his scenery is so brilliant. There is no other way to describe it. All the way home I was thinking to myself, I should have done something similar in "O" Gauge. Well we are back home now, and much warmer weather, so it is back to where I left off with "HO".

Cheers for now.