A Lego TGR Y-Class Locomotive in 1960s "Blood and Custard" Livery
Tasmanian Government Railways Locomotive Y2 at Hobart Yard (now the site of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), circa 1970s. Image via SDS Models' Y Class page . My dad was a railwayman, starting as a clerk, studying at night to become a civil engineering technical officer, winding up as the supervisor for track rehabilitation design and works, whiile also being a derailment first responder. I grew up around trains, talking trains. I know what "BO-BO" and "CO-CO" mean. (Number of axles in the bogies at either end of a loco, for the uninitiated.) In short, I love trains. I love trains so much that, the clincher in deciding to move to Melbourne to marry my beloved Linda, was, "Hey, if it goes tits up again, at least I'll be able to get around by train!" It hasn't gone tits up, and I get around Australia's "Paris of the South Seas" by train and recumbent trike. And I still love trains. Since dad's passing in 2020, I'v...