Norman Colman was a boilermaker employed at Cardiff railway workshops near Newcastle, Austalia, before beginning a business 0 gauge toy train accessries in 1948. Coleman’s products included bridges, level crossings, footbridges, water tanks, signal boxes, goods sheds and cranes, and a number of rolling stock items such as sheep vans, cattle wagons, flat wagons and refrigerator vans.
For more information, and illustrations, of Australian 0 gauge models, including live steam, please see the book Spring, Spark & Steam by Bruce Macdonald.
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