"Flaxton Barn" Model Railway

Large Model railway built for tourist venue at Flaxton in Queensland between 1979 and 1981 by Richard Vaughan MacKay.
The project including travelling to Germany to research similar attractions in Nuremburg and various other cities as well and purchasing a lot of the equipment.
The layout measures approximately 15 metres by 6 metres.
The show is sequenced into six day and night time frames by computer, (which was very advanced for its time.
Six trains were operating on four circuits at any time.
The layout was German themed and included a city, towns, coal mine and alpine complete with Neuschwanstein castle.
The cost of the project was estimated at $180,000 Australian dollars.

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[nlb003]

@JBofBrisbane it isn't there anymore, hasn't been for years... i want to know where the trains ended up

[JBofBrisbane]

I paid the Flaxton Barn a visit sometime around 1990, and the layout was still going strong then. I wonder is it still there, or if it has changed much over the years.

[grasseynoel]

Des McWilliam newsreader, man thats old

[STANYKARTOPET01]

If You like to do it again .. think Gauge 1 !! And I'll pay You a visit. See my videos please. Have a wonderfull life too !