Australian Model Railway Magazine

THE BOGONG AND GEEHI RAILWAY

The On30 Bogong and Geehi Railway is a branch line running through a fictitious landscape that could (but does not) exist somewhere in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains. I have spent many years planning, researching, talking to friends in the hobby, modelling and remodelling to get the layout to the point it is now. It represents many of the aspects I value most in the railway modelling hobby: building Australian scenery, modelling structures that are a part of my history and heritage, researching in depth on real railways and the communities and industries they serviced.

The railway began life as just two modules, each 1.5m long; they were my first attempt at modelling an Australian scene. Prior to their creation, I had been modelling North American

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