After I forgot to turn the waybills for a train at an operating session on the Kanunda and Emu Flat Railway I decided that I needed a check list to make sure that I did not overlook anything again. Having every detail attended to before makes for an enjoyable session.

During the afternoon prior to an evening operating session after I clean the track then run every train on the layout and run a train through every turnout on the layout. Doing that and checking off the check list makes sure that in inspect the whole layout.

Train order working was introduced to the South Australian railway system by W A Webb ex Colorado Midland and the KATY commissioner of railways during the 1920s and remained in use in train order territories well into the 1980s

Last month I spoke about the car card and waybills used on the Kanunda and Emu Flat Railway. This month I hope to explain how I re-stage the layout between operating sessions.

Last month we looked at the staging yard on the Kanunda and Emu Flat Railway my medium sized South Australian prototype HO scale layout set in 1984.

In my January entry I spoke about the trains I wished to run on the Kanunda And Emu Flat railway and what was required on the layout to sustain running those trains. This month I will talk about staging on the K&EFR.

The Kanunda and Emu Flat Railway is operated monthly on a Monday evening. A crew of between five and seven operators enjoy the two hour session.

The you tube video clip is a tour of the layout that I have recently put together.

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The following is an account of how I have set about designing my layout and operating scheme.

Continuing on with the history of the railways in South Australia.

As well as my own layout the Kanunda & Emu Flat Railway I regularly operate on the Ippinitchie Creek & Unicorn Timber & Mining Co. The December session is usually bring your own loco. The video below shows some scenes from the IC&UT&MC. The IC&UT&MC is a freelanced 1960s short line. There are four main stations Afton, Barre, Catalpa, and Davidson in alphabetical order as well as a branch to Opie and Unicorn.

Please find the Monday Night Mail Train attached.

     Carrying on from my last blog, my other passion at present is travel. We have traveled to most parts of Australia and overseas we have been to the UK 8 times and to Ireland, Europe, South East Asia, New Zealand. Fiji, Hawaii, Canada and Alaska. In 2011 my wife and I bought a small motor-home in which we plan to explore the more "off the beaten track" places in Australia.