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Acknowledgments: These notes are dedicated to the many modellers and historians who have assisted me in beginning to understand cane railways and their modelling, particularly those who have contributed so selflessly to the resources on this web site.

A C Lynn Zelmer

 

Modelling Cane Railway Basics

By Lynn Zelmer et al: 01 Introduction; 02 Queensland's Sugar Industry; 03 Engineering and Operations; 04 Modelling; 05 Creating the ANGRMS Dioramas; 06 Modelling Sugar Cane Part 1; 07 Portable Cane Track; 08 Modelling the Bundaberg Jenbach 0-6-0 Diesel; 09 Modifying the Colonial Baldwin 0-4-0; 10 Wholestick Cane Truck; 11 Kitbashing Freelance Wagons/Bins; 12 Modelling Challenges; 13 Resources; 14 Scale/Gauge Choices; 15 Comeng 'G' Inspired On30 loco; 16 Modelling Sugar Cane Part 2; 17 Modelling Palm Trees; 18 4 Wheel Box Wagon; 19 Large Scale Cane Wagons; 20 Novice HO Cane Train; 21 On30 Diorama; 22 Navo (Fiji) Navvy Car; 23 HOn30 Wholestick Truck; 24 Laser Cutting Intro; 25 On30 Tourist Railway Carriage; 26 Working Cuban Cane Loader; 27 Modelling Sugar Cane (Couch Grass); 28 Modelling Netherdale; 29 3D Printing: HOn30 Cane Trucks; 30 Modelling a Mill Interior; 31 Card Modelling (and 2011 NG Convention modelling competition details); 32 Modelling Coolum (B-B DH) in 7mm; 33 Cuban Bogie Cane Wagons; 34 Queensland Cane Locos in HO; 35 Modelling the Caledonian Collieries Rail Tractor; 36 Sugar Cane using Wire Armatures;

Modelling Loco Depots

By Jim Hutchinson: 01 Overview & Cattle Creek Loco Shed; 02 Traffic Office & Operation; 03 The Out-Depot; 04 Wallaville Loco Shed; 05 Quanaba Mill Loco Sheds; 06 Model Construction Notes; 07 Conclusion

Railway Goods Sheds (Queensland)

By Jim Hutchinson and Jim Fainges: 01 Introduction; 02 Cream Sheds; 03 Simple Sheds; 04 Larger Sheds; 05 Through Sheds; -6 Non-Standard Sheds; -7 Private Sheds; -8 Yard Cranes; 09 Handling & Miscellaneous; 10 Monto Yard 2003

Goods Traffic on Cane and Shire Tramways

By Greg Stephenson: 01 Shire Tramways; 02 Sugar Industry; 03 References

Modern Cane Railways of Queensland

By Carl Millington: 01 Background; 02 Trackwork; 03 Cuttings and Tunnels; 04 Bridges; 05 Level Crossings; 06 Diamond Crossings, etc.; 07 Sidings; 08 Mill Layouts, etc.; 09 Odds and Ends; 10 Couplings; 11 Cane Bins, etc.; 12 Locomotives; 13 Brakevans, etc.; 14 Track Maintenance; 15 Navvy Wagons; 16 QR's Involvement; 17 References, etc.

Passenger Trains on the Narrower Gauge

By Greg Stephenson and David Mewes: 01 Introduction; 02 Modelling

Stations

Queensland Pagoda Roof by Jim Hutchinson;

Scale Drawings (Cane/Shire)

Locomotives, rolling stock and Queensland buildings

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