Castledare Miniature Railway Australia Day Members Run 26/01/25

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Must come , been past on my kayak.

[@watrainfilms8520]

Was a fun day

[@paultanker5606]

G'day to you, Lived in Perth since '71 this is the first time I have seen it!

[@dylanaudrain]

It’s great place for families to come down for the day

[@vbkertivasut]

What type of brake valve is used in the green locomotive? What engine and transmission does it have?

[@dylanaudrain]

Brake valve is just cheap off shelf two port valve basically on off but can be set up for anything And the engine is kubota diesel engine paired with a 5 speed manual small truck transmission the loco is 20 years old

[@gppsoftware]

@@dylanaudrain There's a lot of vibration on that loco - looks like it is shaking itself to pieces - do the rivets pop out ? !!

[@dylanaudrain]

@gppsoftware nope just how the loco was built

[@glenfowler87]

How free day for everyone too

[@kimparks4632]

Great video - brings back many memories! :-). Thanks! BTW where you load/unload 5" gauge stock onto the tracks nowdays? All I can see is 7.25" up by the sheds etc. Or do you no longer do 5" at CMR?

[@dylanaudrain]

There are facilities for 5 inch stuff by workshops there are steaming bays and multi gauge loop behind workshops that both gauges share going around and it’s called the convention loop

[@kimparks4632]

@@dylanaudrain Thanks - I remember the convention loop from when I was a member back in the convention days! (Spent many hours on building stuff in time for the convention. I just wasn't sure if there were still 5" facilities, so thanks for confirming :-). I know the raised small gauges loop was removed decades ago as it was a lot of maintenance for something used by very few.

[@dylanaudrain]

Yes it was removed but the 5 rail in the loop has been fixed and we have some members sometimes run their locos so more the merrier

[@haydenbrown8421]

What coal is the Hunslet using, Collie? Rather Smokey.

[@dylanaudrain]

We all use collie coal here in WA yes it does sometimes become smokey