Important Notice To All With An Interest In Railway History

Progress has been slow but steady (much, much slower than originally anticipated) over the last eighteen months. The initial construction of the layout was adequate, but Doug soon realised his supports for the upper level of track left something to be desired. So another member of the EMRC, Glen Eaton, was "volunteered" to do some corrective surgery, producing a more sturdy base for the track (thanks Glen !). The basic scenery is almost finished, and with a passing siding on each level, it is possible to have up to 4 trains ready to go at any time. While originally we began with a generic American train set, plus some donated generic rolling stock, the Araleun team have over time, and with inspiration from a trip to see Puffing Billy, decided they really want to have Australian models, so stock has been sold to raise cash, and now investigations are underway to source affordable Australian trains (we have a limited budget !).

Murranbilla has been sold to the Murray Railway Modellers who are located in Albury.

Once David and Chris checked that all of the electrics were fine it was great to see members making use of Murranbilla for the last time.

After some weeks of organising last Saturday (4-9-2010) several members from the Murray Railway Modellers took instruction on how to dismantle Murranbilla. The layout was packed away into EMRC's trailer for the last time.