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Stour valley dream - Celebrating track laying with some pictures

Fen End Pit

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Having got the Marks Tey bound platform road laid together with the remainder of the track on the second baseboard I thought I'd celebrate with a bit of stock and some photographs. Having 4 coaches pass the 'Wheeeeeeeee' test along the main line was most satisfying! I've got enough rail to finish the Cambridge platform but will need to get some more from Scaleforum.

 

A J15 sits with the pickup goods in the yard. This siding was also used as a lay-by. For some reason Clare castle has been replaced by a multi-way block!

 

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In the other direction an N7 leaves Cambridge bound with a pair of Gresley coaches on a local passenger service.

 

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At the other end of the yard 3 wagons wait for a load of sugar beet. How this siding was shunted is a problem because the point at the other end is directly in front of the good shed door. A locomotive would have had to enter the shed in order to gain access. I suspect it was horse or rope shunted but I don't see any signs of either a stable or capstan. Does anyone out there know?

 

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In the east bound platform sits a rake of Mk1's and a parcels van waiting for the rest of the layout to get built! Somehow Takeley's water tower has turned up in Clare!

 

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So next up in finishing the track laying on the 3rd board, getting the new track wired up (Simple as it is DCC and I already have the MERG CBUS and Server drivers available for the points) and then I think I get to cut the next board....

 

A quick update on the personal front..... Finished the 8th cycle of Chemo last week and the follow-up MRI scan shows that it has done what was hoped. Much relief in the Fen End Pit household..

 

David

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All good news then , David, especially on the Chemo front. So glad that you decided to continue with the layout. The Stour Valley is one of those lines that I would love to have travelled on. Sadly I had to make do with visits to Takeley and Clare and in the mid-1990s. One semi-derelict and the other looking quite spruce!

 

David

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brammie

Hi David, I'm new to the site, and slowly uploading details of my "Clackwick" layout - now in its' 14th year of development. As an old Clactonian, I remember well Marks Tey station - although (to my regret) I never visited. Good luck with the development of your layout, and more so with your ongoing treatment. What gauge is your layout?

 

Mike

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Hi David, I'm new to the site, and slowly uploading details of my "Clackwick" layout - now in its' 14th year of development. As an old Clactonian, I remember well Marks Tey station - although (to my regret) I never visited. Good luck with the development of your layout, and more so with your ongoing treatment. What gauge is your layout?

 

Mike

Hi Mike

The layout is based on Clare, pretty much to scale except with a slight curve at the Marks Tey end. At the Cambridge end I'm bringing Ashen Road level crossing nearer to the station and adding in a siding to a mill for additional operational interest. Layout is built to 18.83 Scalefour standards.

David

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