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The RMCQ is a club for anyone who likes to make, run, talk about, or simply watch... Model Trains
Find out more about our club by exploring this web site, or visit our Club Rooms on most Saturdays & Wednesdays (9:30am-1:00pm) and Mondays & Fridays (9:30-11:30am)
Visitors are welcome! - We are open during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we require that members and visitors adhere to strict social distancing rules.
Paul (PK) Kaluschke
Rolls-Royce converting Diesel Trains to Hybrid-Electric
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.
September 2018 Model Railroad Hobbyist
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...
Live map of every London Underground Tube Train
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
TKM number 105, The Summer Issue - Newsletter from PRTHS
If you want to grab a copy, head over here:
Click here for the latest newsletter from the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society.
August 2018 Model Railroad Hobbyist
The August edition of the Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available AND it's free!
For your own copy of the 290 page issue, that's right - over 290 pages !!, download here...
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Calendar / Events
| Bunnings sausage sizzle Sunday 7 Mar | 8:00am - 4:00pm |
| RMCQ monthly members' meeting & sausage sizzle Saturday 13 Mar | 12:00pm - 2:00pm |
| 2021 Bundaberg Model Train & Hobby Expo Saturday 20 Mar | 9:00am - 5:00pm |
| 2021 Bundaberg Model Train & Hobby Expo Sunday 21 Mar | 9:00am - 4:00pm |
| RMCQ committee meeting Wednesday 24 Mar | 10:30am - 12:00am |
| Sunshine Coast MRC Buy & Sell Saturday 27 Mar | 8:30am - |
Interesting BLOGS!
Blogs of interest to railway modellers
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Advertising posters for your model railway
Advertising posters for your model railway
Advertising signs and posters are a great way to set the scene and give a location a sense of place[…]
Source: Armchair Modeller Down Under
Created on: 24 Feb 21 | 12:10
Armchair Modeller Down Under | 24 Feb 21 | 12:10 -
Sleepers and rail laid
Sleepers and rail laid
More progress on the new module with the addition of sleepers rail and ash ballast. The next goal is to[…]
Source: Burrowa is an HO scale model railway set in the[…]
Created on: 22 Feb 21 | 14:37
Burrowa is an HO scale model railway set in the[…] | 22 Feb 21 | 14:37 -
SM & M Car Wagons
SM & M Car Wagons
SM wagons were converted from S wagons in 1963 to carry cars and other wheeled vehicles. This was around the[…]
Source: Westgate - South Western Rail
Created on: 22 Feb 21 | 09:21
Westgate - South Western Rail | 22 Feb 21 | 09:21 -
Arduino Power Supply Issues and Other Things
Arduino Power Supply Issues and Other Things
On Friday after some later than usual meetings, I headed over to George’s shop to inspect his level crossing display[…]
Source: Craig's Shed
Created on: 21 Feb 21 | 19:31
Craig's Shed | 21 Feb 21 | 19:31 -
December 2020 update
December 2020 update
Since the last update in May modelling slowed down. I was able to put together and paint up a couple[…]
Source: Greg's Railway Modelling Musings
Created on: 3 Jan 21 | 15:28
Greg's Railway Modelling Musings | 3 Jan 21 | 15:28 -
Now Where's That Magnifying Glass?
Now Where's That Magnifying Glass?
Having practiced on some larger locos of late, it was now time to get some DCC Decoders into some of[…]
Source: N'Tranced Dream
Created on: 17 Sep 20 | 19:58
N'Tranced Dream | 17 Sep 20 | 19:58 -
Hoskins Hollow, a new project.
Hoskins Hollow, a new project.
For those of you that read this very intermittently updated Blog, I should bring to your attention a new blog[…]
Source: Splitters Swamp Creek
Created on: 15 Sep 19 | 19:32
Splitters Swamp Creek | 15 Sep 19 | 19:32