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Model Engineers and Live Steamers Association Maryborough Inc.

26/10/2026

While MELSA was washed out and Maryborough was wet,wet,wet, I had the pleasure of paying a visit to Lake Macquarie Live Steam Locomotive Society in Edgeworth NSW, while on a visit to Newcastle.
Luckily it was their public run day and it was a big turnout, although I was told it was quite by their averages. They have a fantastic track layout incorporating three types of track, 5" ground level track like ours, 5" raised track and also 7 1/4" track, all running simultaneously so that riders can pick and choose their preferred ride or try them all like I did :D.
All the people that I met were fantastic and friendly and it was so nice to see so many young members and volunteers, some with their own engines even. While I was there, a family even asked me how their 8yr old could join up as a member and learn the ropes! :D
If you find yourself in the Newcastle area on the last Sunday of the month and are missing our public run day, duck into Edgeworth to get your miniature railway hit. I will also now be seriously thinking about the taking on the 1100km drive to attend their birthday celebrations in March.
Speaking of Birthday's, MELSA Maryborough will be celebrating our 50th birthday this November public run day. Save the date and come and join us.

24/10/2026

Unfortunately due to the ongoing wet weather and the saturation on Queens Park, this months public run day will be cancelled.
We hope that you will join us next month on the 29th of November, for a special run day to help us celebrate our 50th birthday. More details coming soon.

26/08/2026

Something different for a Cab Ride today: A quick zip around the QMSEE track in Warner filmed by one of our members attending their 2025 Track n Tent event. Hold on to your hats!
Our very own MELSA Maryborough track in Queens Park will be active again this Sunday morning on the 30th of August, the last Sunday of the month as usual, for our public run day from 9.00am. Come and join us for a ride, listen to the Excelsior Band, enjoy some food and ride the Mary-Anne for Sunday in the Park. Maybe you might even consider joining us as a member. See you Sunday :D

16/08/2026

We had a great Member's Day/ Competition Day/ AGM at Melsa on Saturday.
Member's brought in projects that they are working on at home to display and were awarded prizes as voted by members. Best Finished Project went to John for his model Mill and Heavy Duty Pressure Feeder, with Runner Up being George with his Moto Morini motor cycle. Best Unfinished Project went to Chris and his scale replica a the Charters Towers water pumping system, and an encouragement award went to Scott and his work on his B12 engine.
Also we were happy to see Isaac get his boiler certificate for his father's built 2-8-2 steamer, on the same day as his father's birthday no less, and also see this beautiful engine move for the first time under it's own steam. We wish Isaac the best with sorting out the inevitable little bugs and hope to see his engine steaming up a storm on the track soon.
We also welcomed a couple of new members into the club, and if anyone else is working on a model engineering project in your shed and is interested in becoming a member, please get in touch with us.

25/07/2026

MELSA Will be running again this Sunday 26th July, the last Sunday of the month.
Come out and see us for rides around Queens Park.

08/07/2026

A few snaps from the Mary Poppins festival

29/06/2026

First ride for our June run day - the rain didn’t stop the rides

29/06/2026

Did you see the steamers on the tracks yesterday?
Four steamers in the steamer bay with another waiting to come out!

Interested in learning more - send us a message!
New members welcomed

27/06/2026

Cab Ride Time:
Join us fro a ride around our track as seen from the cab of Eddie, a live steam 0-4-2 Tank engine. If you listen carefully you can hear him chuffing when he's under load.
Our trains will be running again this Sunday 28th of June, come and join us for a ride, Eddie will be there. We would love to see you!

21/06/2026

Not all Live Steam engines are rideable.
This is a great example of a much smaller Live Steam engine made by Hornby in the OO scale (1:76).
Belonging to one of our members, this Flying Scotsman has been occasionally displayed at a couple of our public run days in the past, although it would have been hard for the casual observer to believe that it was running on live steam.
This video has been slowed down and had the audio pitched down as well, to make it look and sound more like a true to scale experience of a 1:76 scale observer and to make the all important chuffing and whistle sound more like a realistic 1:1 scale.
Enjoy.

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Maryborough, QLD
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