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The Pentewan Railway in Cornwall was possibly unique in having three* gauges in its lifetime. Christopher Hawkins built the original rai...

Thursday 21 February 2013

Another Antipodean Aquisition

On my recent trip down under, I finally met up with fellow O14 Modeller Mark K, who started the O14 yahoo group over 8 years ago (I was member no 2).

A few beers were enjoyed in the 3 Monkeys pub in Sydney and lots of advice gratefully received by me and my good lady about where to go during our trip.

Mark very kindly gave me a Burrinjuck wagon which having now received some couplings will be a regular fixture on the PLR. I understand these wagons were almost identical to the ones K1 used to haul in Tasmania so it will be in good company.