Construction progress

The weather over this weekend has been kind and I have been able to make some real progress on the railway with track finally in place.

The blocks all cemented in place on Saturday, once dry the track will be laid

Sunday was a beautiful day and the track laying has started with this point forming the station throat

A short video of a test train over the first section.

This is as far as I got with track laying. I was distracted at times watching the British Touring Car Championship on the TV

Hopefully I will finish the station track tomorrow (Monday) if the weather stays fine.

The first train was going to be hauled by the Ffenor loco No. 2 but it stripped its plastic gear's. A new Andel Chassis will probably be fitted to replace the sub standard IP Engineering one.

Railway Progress

I have made a bit more progress on the railway with some of the main line foundations being built.

The left hand end will only have one block before the line goes onto a trestle bridge.

The sub base of the main line curving past the shed

The blocks cut in half and placed on the sub base, now just need cementing down.

 The weather has been nice but very frosty in the mornings meaning that I cannot get on with cementing the blocks down.

The new loco 'Titch' has been fitted with switch gear and batteries and runs nicely. A coat of sanding sealer has also been applied.

Railcar build update

I have done quite a bit on the railcar(s) as the picture below shows, for a full, blow by blow account please see the Projects page.

I have also made a bit of progress on the railway itself. A layer of fine mortar has been laid and, once it is dry, track laying can at last commence.

The hole in the top right is not a problem (I ran out of mortar) as the platform will cover it.