Sunday, 02 December 2018 13:27

Baby Powder - Nope, only Comes in One Colour

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

Look, there are many makers of weathering powders and similar type products. Tamiya, Humbrol, Peco, Monroe Models, Aim Weathering Products, Bragdon Enterprises are just a few of the many makers of the modelling versions of these powders.

Then there are others... So come grab your weather brushes and Click here to check out one of the others

Thursday, 15 November 2018 09:11

Taswegians to halt Remote Control Trains

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

Looks like the remote control for the Tasmanian driverless train, that pranged at the end of September down on the apple isle, was busted.

So they are now going to stop doing it for a while - remote control that is.

See the full story here in IT News.

Thursday, 08 November 2018 10:15

November 2018 Model Railroad Hobbyist

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

The November edition of the Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available AND it's free!

For your own copy of the 240 page issue, that's right - over 240 pages !!,

Monday, 29 October 2018 21:29

Australian Narrow Gauge Convention

By David Lowe

Australian Narrow Gauge Convention

Registrations are now available for the 14th Australian Narrow Gauge Convention. Location, Central Coast Grammar School
Arundel Road, Erina Heights, New South Wales Apr 2019. Read more

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Thursday, 25 October 2018 08:26

Feeling Hot? How about a nice cool Train Ride in the Snow

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

Here is a live feed train ride which is on 24x7. It is the train driver's view, a Cab Ride, in the snow of a Norwegian Railway train.

Wednesday, 17 October 2018 07:05

Rio Tinto runs 34 Robot Trains a Day

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

Large scale up of capability for Rio Tinto as they are scaling up their use of autonomous trains in the Pilbara following regulatory approval in late May, with the robot trains now covering 290,000km a day.

Click here for more details.

Monday, 01 October 2018 06:53

October 2018 Model Railroad Hobbyist

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

The October edition of the Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available AND it's free!

For your own copy of the 250 page issue, that's right - over 250 pages !!, download here...

Click here for your copy.

Sunday, 23 September 2018 07:52

Rolls-Royce converting Diesel Trains to Hybrid-Electric

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

Diesel trains can be fitted with Rolls-Royce Hybrid PowerPacks to turn them into hybrid trains that can also run on battery power, reducing carbon emissions and making them cheaper to run for operators while also making them much quieter when, for example, they approach stations.

Click here to read the full articile

Monday, 10 September 2018 16:46

September 2018 Model Railroad Hobbyist

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

The September edition of the Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available AND it's free!

For your own copy of the 270 page issue, that's right - over 270 pages !!, download here...

Click here for your copy.

Friday, 31 August 2018 07:27

Scale Loco Crew Figures

By David Lowe

3D Printed Railway Figure and Accessories

A parternship between Andrew Lee and Ian Phemister has lauch a new website providing NSWGR 3D engine and station staff printer figures and other accessories. Check the new website www.andianmodels.com/.

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Tuesday, 21 August 2018 16:52

Live map of every London Underground Tube Train

By Paul (PK) Kaluschke

This latest version of the tool, maps the paths of the trains to the classic London Underground map designed by Harry Beck in 1931. The original version of this moving map, created by Matthew Somerville as part of a science hackathon in 2010, is a geographic representation of theLondon Underground, overlaying the trains' real-world paths over a map of London.

Check out the map of the trains here

The original IT article can be found here at ITPro: click here

Tuesday, 21 August 2018 07:54