SSR in 'The Yard'

There's nothing like seeing something new running on your layout. But with no model railway Black Friday Sales to be tempted by Down Under this year, (or get in trouble with the Ministry of Finance!), this week I put together a short film featuring a friend's small fleet of SSR locomotives that came by Philden Street Yard for a visit. (Click above image to play).

That's the Auscision Models ex-NSW 44204 loco, named 'Paul Fitzgerald'.

Once again, the size of the 442 Class loco is well suited to 'The Yard'.

Side-on, the 442 Class didn't suit every paint scheme it wore, but the yellow gets a pass mark.

Who knows when this loco may find its way back to the refuelling tracks in Philden Street Yard again?

I like the yellow & black paint scheme on the Southern Shorthaul Railroad, or SSR locomotives, so when my mate Anthony Veness dropped around recently to run some trains it was an opportunity to photograph and film something different running on Philden Street Yard. It was also interesting to compare our 442 Class and B Class locos from different time periods side by side. My roster leans towards the early 2000's while his roster dates from the 2015 period onward. Still, once the rollingstock from the correct era is placed on the track, 'The Yard' does a convincing job of changing time periods, through the art of looking like the small inner Melbourne yard has been there all along just watching the years roll by.

So enjoy this last look at Philden Street Yard with its incomplete overpass scene. The next update will reveal the layout looking finished. Well... apart from the two buildings I want to finely detail over the summer while watching the cricket that is.

Until next time...