The Beechy has been produced as modular exhibition layout by the
members of the Sunbury Model Railway Club. The name derives from
the Victorian Railways 2'6" gauge branch which ran south from Colac through
Beech Forest to Crowes, however the models do not represent any specific
location on that line.
One of the modules in the group is
Carlisle River,
which already features on this site in its own right.
This gallery shows the work of other members of the club, and was
first photographed at the Warrnambool Exhibition, January 2001. Additional
photographs were taken at the Sunbury Exhibition in October 2001 (as seen
in the image above). There are
yet more modules not present at either exhibition, and it is hoped over
time that the "Beechy Collection" will grow to include photographs of
all the modules.
The arrangement at Warrnambool saw the modules in an "L-shaped" plan,
with point-to-point running. From the dual-gauge interchange station out
to the terminus of the line, the modules on display (with their owners) were:
Loves Creek - Roger Love
The Trestle - club owned, built by Ken Hughes and Malcolm Carroll
Driwrott Creek - Laurie Green
Wimba - Peter MacDonald
Logans Mill - Malcolm Carroll
Unnamed (or unknown) terminus - Ken Hughes
The photographs are shown generally in that order described above, with
brief captions to allow the particular module to be identified.
The layout at Sunbury was again an "L", and with ten regular 6' modules
plus the "inside corner" and two "bookends" the total linear length was
about 70 feet.