ZelmerOz.com/canesig: hosting a special interest group for Australian and overseas sugar cane railway (tram) modellers. Image: Moreton Mill Loco Shed prior to closure.

Above: Moreton Mill loco depot and bin repair shed prior to the closure of the mill late 2003.

9th Australian Narrow Gauge Convention,11-12 April 2009, Sydney. General invitation; registration form; contest rules; and competition entry forms: models, photos.
Further details.

Modelling the Railways of Queensland, 2 August 2008, Brisbane, with the theme 'Uniquely Queensland'.

Tootle Engineering Clyde DH in SM32 scale SM32 Clyde DH (right) built as a R-T-R model by Tootle Engineering and released February 2008.

Bli Bli under construction On30 EM Baldwin DH15 'Bli Bli' (ex-Moreton Mill), under construction by Rob Nesbitt from a Badger Bits kit, November 2007. Photos: front and back views.

Fiji Sugar Corporation, Lautoka, Aug-Sep 2007: a selection of photos from CaneSIG coordinator, Lynn Zelmer.

John Browning Collection, 198 photos of Queensland cane railways from the 1960s onwards.

9th Australian Narrow Gauge Convention, Sydney, NSW, 11-12 April 2009 - Further convention details.

High resolution versions of Jim Fainges scale drawings are now available.

Sweet Sounds of a Sugar Town (Oral history/soundscapes CD/DVD)

Large Scale/Garden models.

Handbooks: Modelling Queensland's cane railways, loco depots, goods sheds, etc. (pdf files). New: Carl Millington's 'Modern Cane Railways of Queensland' clinic.

CaneSIG is a free resource for modellers of the world's sugar cane railways. While it is affiliated with the NMRA as a Special Interest Group (SIG), membership is not required to participate or download resources. Please contact the Coordinator if you have resources that you would like to share.

Related sites: Resources for railway modelling; NMRA narrow gauge SIG; modelling timber railways; Queensland rail heritage (QldRailHeritage.com); Australasian rail activities ('Lubricated Flange' e-zine).


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