Buderim Tramways Coach - HOn30 - 1:87

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The Buderim Tramway was a narrow gauge (2' 6" – 762mm) 11.6 kilometre railway that ran from the Queensland Railways mainline station at Palmwoods east trough the undulating countryside to the Buderim Mountain Township. The railway began operating on 1 December 1914 and the last scheduled service was in August 1935. It was instrumental to the growth of the area during this time and carried just about anything that could be loaded onto a railway wagon. Only two steam engines ever worked the line, a Krauss 0-6-2 and a Shay. The railway possessed one passenger coach and one guards van. Little information is available about the rolling stock used on the Buderim Tramway. The few photos available are blurry and don’t show too many details. My models are based on plans and sketches by the late Jim Fainges. For the coach, I have modelled a basic interior, but the seating layout is pure conjecture. The coupler recess has been sized for an N scale Microtrains item. The floor/underframe has been designed for a N scale Green Max Brill bogie (Part No 5020) which look very similar to the bogies shown on the Fainges plan, however other N scale bogies should also work. I used fishing line to reproduce the truss rods. The model has been designed for the floor/underframe to be attached to the body with small screws but can also be glued. I have also uploaded an O scale version: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5383992