The “R.S.R.” Model Railway.

In a letter to the Editor, New Zealand Railways Magazine, Mr. R. Hall, Palmerston North, describes the “R.S.R.” Model Railway at Auckland, and indicates its utility from an historic viewpoint, in the following terms:—

While in Auckland recently I was privileged to view that remarkable railway—the “R.S.R.” I expected to see something good, but the models exceeded my expectations.

Every model is an example of remarkable ingenuity and elaborate detail, every “gadget” that graced the original locomotive being reproduced in miniature. Of rolling stock, there is a splendid collection, all models being typical “N.Z.R.” vehicles.

The town attached to Rapata terminus is inhabited by tiny folk who wash clothes, pump water, play musical instruments, and move around most realistically.

The scenery in the garden is marvellous, and viaducts and tunnels are most natural, and viewed from a short distance appear to be real, as if viewed from a hill. In my opinion, the most important point about the “R.S.R.” is that in the years to come it will be a standing record of the long-forgotten types of locomotives and rolling stock of our State railways. Model railway enthusiasts will find it most interesting should they be privileged to see it.

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