Club Room

Our clubroom is an ex Victorian Railways VVDY guardsvan which was purchased by the club in 1986 and transported by road to the club grounds.  We have removed some of the partition walls to give a larger space for club meetings and gatherings and allow for more storage.

Our club storage is in an Ex Victorian Railways 4 wheel B Van purchased in 2007.

Unloading

Locomotive loading and unloading is available with our hydraulic traverser.  It is capable of lifting locomotives up to 12 feet in length, up to a maximum of 750kg and allows mutliple vehicles to be aligned so to allow members to load and unload simultaneously.

Steaming Up

The turntable currently has 5 steaming up bays with more planned to be added in the future.  Two tracks provide access from the turntable to the main line and Wandong Yard.  Another 2 tracks provide a connection to the traverser.  
A roundhouse has been constructed over 3 roads to protect us from the elements during the wetter running days.

Yards

The main Wandong yard consists of 6 tracks which have access from both ends and allows locomotives to run around their trains. Access to the steaming-up bay turntable is available by the 2 run on roads up onto the embankment.
2 and 3 roads have access to water stands and allow trains to pull off the mainline and prevent the through trains from being delayed.

Mesa yard is currently only a passing loop with a small goods shed and water tower. More is planned for Mesa yard in the future as funds and time permits.

Water

Water stands are provided around the track, in Wandong yard and at Mesa yard. We do not have mains water on site so all of our water is caught using the rooves of our buildings and stored in tanks.

Point Levers and Point Indicators

A Victorian Railways style point indicator was installed on the main line through Wandong yard as a trial.  It has so far been quite successfull and hopefully a few more will be installed in the future.  They make reading the points a lot easier for when those high speed run throughs are required.
The point levers at Wandong Live Steamers are based on a Victorian Railways FORD lever.