Welcome to www.ZelmerOz.com/CaneSIG

ZelmerOz.com/canesig: hosting a special interest group
for Australian and overseas sugar cane railway (tram) modellers.
Image include Moreton Mill Loco Shed prior to closure, the Wallaville out-station, harvesting cane, and hauling both cane and sugar.

Above: A selection of images from the Queensland sugar cane railways, including the Moreton Mill Loco Shed prior to closure, the Wallaville out-station, harvesting cane, and hauling cane, sugar and molasses. These and other images can be found in the Image Collection.

Getting Started

Members' Models

Modelling Resources

Industry Information

Image Collection

Getting Started modelling sugar cane railways

Introduction to Cane Railway Modelling (8 page A4) and On30 Modelling (4 page A5 describing the Capricorn Sugar Rail Museum micro layout modules).
Members' Models and Large Scale/Garden railways
Handbooks: Modelling Queensland's cane railways (pdf files)
Modelling Resources: Alphabetic listing, niche interest suppliers and free downloadable card kits, etc.
Image Collection: over 10,000 images, plans, etc., of Australian and overseas railway locomotives, wagons, buildings, locale, etc., mostly sugar cane or Queensland rail heritage related.

Recently added materials

Handbooks: 36 Sugar Cane using Wire Armature;
Cane Tram Notes: Baguley and Baguley-Drewry 2' gauge diesels; Mossman History; Vilele Plantation (FNQ) History;

Sugar Industry Information

Australian Canefield Locomotives c 2004, list and images
Australian Sugar Mills: current and closed mills, 1978 and 2005 loco lists, etc.
Country notes: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Cuba, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, USA
Sugar in the News: Clippings, etc.
Cane Tram Notes: Articles on the sugar cane industry (pdf files)
Scenic Locale for realistic sugar cane railway modelling