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Modelling the Railways of South Australia
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Index

The index shown below lists the contents of the papers presented at the conventions so far. Some past papers are still for sale, but in yearly bundles.
If you see an article you particularly want, look for the year it was published and order the notes for that year.

Contents

1. SA General

Book and ARHS Bulletin Listing (1996) 1-1
SAR Operation for Model Railways (1997) 1-21
The Willunga Line (1997) 1-35
The Railways of the Murray Lands (1998) 1-59
Murray Lands Services from Adelaide (1998) 1-83
The Tea and Sugar (1998) 1-87
The 1917 Standard East West (1998) 1-107
Statistical Analysis of Freight Vehicles, Brakevans and Diesel Locomotives (1998) 1-117
Some General Prototype Information for Model Railway Operation (1998) 1-119
The Snowtown to Port Pirie Line (1999) 1-123
LCL Containers on the SAR (1999) 1-133
The Running of Victorian Wagons on the SAR (1999) 1-143
Railway River Ports in South Australia (1999) 1-155
Then and Now (2000) 1-167
The North West Bend Railway, Adelaide to Morgan (2000) 1-185
Limestone, Cheese and Timber: The South-East Lines (2001) 1-229
The Copper Coast (2002) 1-237
Melton, Moonta, Wallaroo (2002) 1-257
The Silverton Tramway (2002) 1-267
South Australian Railways Suburban Steam Train Services - May 1954 (2002) 1-281
Evening Interlude at Marino One Weekday in Late 1954 (2003) 1-309
Grain Handling: From Bag to Bulk (2003 1-317
Wolseley - Prototype to Model (2003) 1-329
Steam Locomotive Depots of the South Australian Railways (2003) 1-361
Proceed to Hawker (2004) 1-387
Accident Trains of the SAR (2004) 1-437
Blackwood - a Station to Model (2004) 1-455
Train working on the Eyre Peninsula in the “Twenties,Sixties and Noughties'  (2005)   1-469
Gawd, the Bloody Parson's Here, Reflections on being Chaplain for the Trans-Australian Railway (2005)  1-485
SAR in Colour" from the 1960s to the 1990s (2005)   1-493
A Day in the Life of the Adelaide Railway Station   (2006)  1-505
Proceed to Quorn (2006)  1-521
The Shunting of Private Sidings by the SAR/ANR  (2006)  1-553
The Riesling Trail - The Railway Branch Line from Riverton to Clare and Spalding  (2007)    1-603

2. Freight

Assembling BGB Kits (1996) 2-1
Webb’s O Class Wagons of the SAR (1997) 2-5
Narrow Gauge Freight Wagons (1998) 2-13
SAR Four Wheel Wagons (1998) 2-23
Building Steam Era and BGB Four-Wheel Wagons (1998) 2-31
Modelling Brakevans of the South Australian Railways (1999) 2-37
Kitbashing Narrow Gauge Rollingstock (2000) 2-47
Kitbashing More Narrow Gauge Wagons (2001) 2-55
Plan Liftout - The SAR Four-Wheel F Class Flat (2002) 2-67
STC and SAR Ore Train Rollingstock (2002) 2-69
The Broad Gauge Brake Vans of the South Australian Railways (2003) 2-83

3. Passenger

Broad Gauge Carriages of the South Australian Railways (1996) 3-1
List of Broad Gauge Passenger Carriages of the South Australian Railways (1996) 3-18
Steel Passenger Cars of the SAR (1997) 3-33
The Centenary Cars of the South Australian Railways (1998) 3-51
Modelling the Long Centenary and Baggage Cars of the SAR (1998) 3-87
The 3’6" Gauge Passenger Rollingstock of the South Australian Railways,  
Part 1 - Short Tom Cars (1999) 3-97
Kitbashing Commonwealth Railways Passenger Carriages (2001) 3-115
The 3’6" Gauge Passenger Rollingstock of the South Australian Railways,
Part 2 (2001) 3-127
Modelling Tip: Roofs for BGB Steel Cars (2001) 3-138
44ft and 46ft Lavatory Cars Converted to Baggage Cars with Extra Passenger Loading (2002)3-143
Broad Gauge Passenger Train Consists of the South Australian Railways (2004) 3-147
The Overland Cars  (2005)    3-181
Assembling the 800 and 850 Class Passenger Kits of the SAR (2005)   3-213
SAR Horse Boxes   (2005)      3-221
Port Pirie Passenger Trains (2006)  3-241
Addendum to Overland Cars  (2006)    3-250
The Commonwealth Railways Streamliner Era   (2007)     3-251

4. Locomotives

Building Loco Kits (1997) 4-1
Dress Up Your 830 Class (2000) 4-9
Motor and Gearbox Upgrade for the HO Scale Rx Class Locomotive (2000) 4-17
The Mikado Locomotive in South Australia (2001) 4-29
Modelling Commonwealth Railways Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives (2002) 4-45
SAR 700 Kit Construction Tips (2003) 4-69
Murray Bridge Division Locomotive Rosters (2004) 4-77
Scratchbuilding Brass Model Locomotives  (2005)  4-83
The South Australian T Class 4-8-0’s  (2006)   4-91
The SAR F Class Tank Locomotive (2006)  4-109
The 500 Class Steam Locomotives of the South Australian Railways  (2007)  4-123
The P Class 2-4-0 Tank Locomotives of the South Australian Railways  (2007)   4-141

5. Track

Hand Lay Your Your Own Track (1996) 5-1
Let’s make Models of South Australian Track (1997)5-7
Lay Your Own Realistic Track (1998) 5-39

6. Lineside

The Architecture of the South Australian Railways (1996) 6-1
Architecture: Beyond the Railway Boundary, Buildings and the Railway Interface (1997)6-17
Modelling the Weatherboard Station Buildings of the SAR (1998) 6-25
Modelling South Australia’s Undressed Stone Buildings (1999) 6-39
Railway Under-Bridges in South Australia (2000) 6-53
South Australia’s Railway Stockyards (2001) 6-65
A Bloke Needs a Shed (2002) 6-81
Mills, Models and Imagination in South Australia (2004) 6-101
Modelling the Water Tanks of South Australia’s Railways (2004) 6-115
The Railway Transportation Office  (2006)   6-159
Wooden 15 Ton Coal Towers  (2007)    6-167
SAR’s 45 Ton Coal Handling Plant   (2007)    6-173

7. Scenery

Forming the Landscape (1996) 7-1
Let’s Model Gum Trees (1999) 7-5
Blending the Backscene (2000) 7-9
Backscenes from Photocopies (2000) 7-17
Long Grass (2001) 7-19
How to Model South Australian Scenery (2002) 7-23

8. Signalling

SAR Signalling (1996) .8-1
Locating Signals on an SAR Layout (2002) 8-9

9. Modelling General

Narrow Gauge Forum (1996) 9-1
Modelling SAR Narrow Gauge in HOn3 ½ 9-1
Powering the 400 Class Garratt and the T Class in HOn3 9-2
Which Narrow Gauge? 9-4
Narrow Gauge Rollingstock and Other Issues 9-6
Modelling Australian HOn3-1/2 (1996) 9-9
The ABLO Style of Card Operation (1998) 9-19
Just Shunting for Fun (1998) 9-23
Let’s Transport People and Freight (2000) 9-25
Modelling the Railways of South Australia in N Scale (2001) 9-31
Fibre Optic Lighting for Model Railways (2001) 9-42
Modelling in Styrene (2001) 9-47
Who Wants a Turntable? (2003) 9-59
Conversion Scales (2004) 9-75
Model Gallery: Master Model Builder - Frank Kelly  (2005 - colour)  9-77
The Model Scene of Private Siding Use  (2006 - colour)    9-89
Repetition Techniques in the Home Workshop   (2007)   9-105

10. Painting

South Australian Railways Buildings Architectural Colour Schemes (1996) 10-1
Painting with an Airbrush (1997) 10-7
Paint Colours for South Australian Modellers (1997) 10-9
Applying Decals (1999) 10-13
Painting and Weathering Models (2003) 10-17

11. Layouts

Thoughts on Layout Design (1997) 11-1
Modelling a Prototype Location...Minnipa (2000) 11-7
Layout Design (2000) 11-19
Modelling SAR in the Garden (2004) 11-25
The Dutton Bay Tramway   (2005)   11-31

12. Photo Gallery

Adrian Thomas (1999) 12-1
Noel Potter (2000) 12-9
John Southwell (2001) 12-21
Peter Zeigler (2003) 12-33
The Hawker Line (2004) 12-43
John Southwell  2   (2005)  12-57
Peter Bartrop   (2005)    12-67
The SAR 500 Class Steam Locos.  (2007)  Colour    12-89
Noel Potter -   Steam in the ‘Sixties   (2007)   Colour    12-101

13. Electronics

LEDs for Model Railways (1998) 13-1
Digital Command Control - An Introduction (2003) 13-3
Decoders for South Australian Locomotives (2003) 13-9

14. Societies and Associations

Museum and Society Locomotive and Rollingstock Listing (1996) 14-1

16. Track Plans

Eyre Peninsular Division (2000) 16-1
South-East Lines (2001) 16-9
Yorke Peninsula Lines (2002) 16-27