VeRy Red

Having grown up in Victoria in the 60s I have a huge nostalgia for the Victorian Railways of that era- blue and gold diesels and red goods wagons.  As I was finishing-off painting the handrails on the Barn yesterday, in Dulux Manor Red, I had the realization that this particular red is very close indeed to the red that I remember the VR wagons being painted.  Perhaps not exact, but very close.  Anyway, that prompted me to unpack a few of my HO VR items, mostly from Auscision and Austrains, and photograph them on my newly painted handrails in a great, sunny position.

 I really like these trains and very much hope to build a simple layout to run them on one day.  Another dream that I know I would really enjoy doing if I ever had the time would be to restore one of these Z guard's vans, as I know there are quite a few rotting away in country Victoria, such as this one! (photo taken by Steamfreak )

One thing I really don't like doing is putting trains away again in their boxes, hopefully one day that won't be necessary!