12.6.07
Building a railway to Jamberoo
Jamberoo never had a railway but in 1892 (about the time the railway opened to Kiama) there were proposals for a branch to Jamberoo. I understand this was a serious contender until about 1907.
So our idea is to build the "what might have been but never was" railway. Jamberoo is the site of the country's first dairy co-operative and because transport was an issue it made butter (Allowrie brand I'm told) and very nice cheese... the town is also the place where the Illawarra Shorthorn was developed and first bred.
So our fictitious branch line will serve the thriving dairy factory on the aptly named Factory Lane. We're setting it in the 1960s because that's when the most recent time when goods would still have been shipped on the line, and it suits the availability of Australian N-scale rolling stock, as well!
We will have facilities to serve the cattle sales yards, the dairy factory, Fredericks' stores (both of them, the grocer and the supplies store) plus a lumber yard and general goods.
So far we've made a 1:1 printout on paper and bought some kits... and I've made some cardboard mock-ups of the various buildings in town.
Pictures of progress to date are here:
I'm going to research it with some older folk from town.
Watch this space!
So our idea is to build the "what might have been but never was" railway. Jamberoo is the site of the country's first dairy co-operative and because transport was an issue it made butter (Allowrie brand I'm told) and very nice cheese... the town is also the place where the Illawarra Shorthorn was developed and first bred.
So our fictitious branch line will serve the thriving dairy factory on the aptly named Factory Lane. We're setting it in the 1960s because that's when the most recent time when goods would still have been shipped on the line, and it suits the availability of Australian N-scale rolling stock, as well!
We will have facilities to serve the cattle sales yards, the dairy factory, Fredericks' stores (both of them, the grocer and the supplies store) plus a lumber yard and general goods.
So far we've made a 1:1 printout on paper and bought some kits... and I've made some cardboard mock-ups of the various buildings in town.
Pictures of progress to date are here:
I'm going to research it with some older folk from town.
Watch this space!
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