"R Class test shots - Except that I have them in my hand I might not believe it" A not-quite full set of test shots for the R class arrived by air from the factory this morning. By mid-morning the bits were being assembled into a coal and an oil burner. Assembly is not as easy as you would expect as there are hundreds of parts some of which are still in their plastic bags as I have no idea what they are or where they go but the results certainly look like an R class. Photography is next and I will put some shots up here on the weekend. The next step is a fully operational engineering sample which we expect to receive from the factory in June.

6018 on trial before entering service.

The re-run of our AD60 is due in Port Botany around the 14th of April. Numbers available are 6001, 6002, 6018 in lined red as above, 6015 in plain black and a small number of 6020 in Centenary colours. All are available with or without sound and the lined red versions are available with weathering. Photo: Ray Pilgrim.

AD60 - Re run

10 units from the production run arrived by air today and the factory advises that they expect to ship the rest of the run on the 30th of March. This being the case, we should be able to clear them from customs at Port Botany around the 14th of April.
I am arranging photographs and will put them up here when I have them.

China Back at Work.

China returned to work last Monday after the Chinese New Year holiday break and in response to our emails information regarding deliveries is starting to filter back to us from our factories.
The first news received is from the old factory who have advised that assembly of the re-run of our AD60 class Garratt is underway and that dispatch should take place the last week in April which suggests a mid-May arrival at Port Botany.

E wagon 1st Engineering Samples Arrive - Detailed pictures

The first engineering samples for the E Wagon project arrived in the week prior to Chinese New Year.
The samples are excellent. The detail is accurate and fine. The interior detail on the open wagons is particularly impressive and provides a very nice view for those who like to run their wagons empty.
The factory has stated that these are the first samples and that they will be making further improvements. At the same time the samples are being checked at this end for any necessary improvements or corrections.
In November last year the factory advised that they expected to deliver the 1st samples in the week before Chinese New Year and this is precisely what they did. This is very promising for the dates that have been supplied by the factory for our other projects currently in the pipeline.
The next steps will involve making any corrections that are necessary, preparing artwork and then proceeding to production.

Eureka Web-Site Malware Warning.

Visitors accessing our web-site through Google are receiving a warning that malware may be present. I have had this problem looked at and am told that there is no malware present (Google itself states that no-one has been infected) and that the warning is being caused by the fact that we are using a very old version of Java. Whatever the cause of the warning, the site is currently being up-graded (and up-dated) to eliminate the problem.

THE EUREKA TIMES - 21st EDITION.

The latest edition of The Eureka Times is in preparation and posting out will commence at the end of this week. It will also be available on our web-site early next week.
The edition will contain an update on all current projects and timelines for all current and proposed projects. It will also contain order froms for our 3-dome bogie oil tank wagon 3-packs.