Buderim Tramways Coach - On30 - 1:48

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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. This O scale (1:48) version has been upscaled from my 1:87 files. The floor/underframe has been modified to accept Kadee HO gauge archbar trucks (#501) and the truss rods are separate items. 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 a HO scale version: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5383987