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I mentioned at the end of my previous post that I have acquired a table for my hobbies, including Lego. Actually, my wife found it being offered free to a good home on Facebook.
In preparation for the table arriving I had a play around with the Lego train track I had in a box. I knew the basic loop measurements from a box was about 10cms less in either direction than the table measurements, so I laid it out.
I quickly realised the size wouldn't allow for sidings outside the loop, so I began to experiment with a proper train set style inner sidings set up.
I placed on the Octan oil holding tank to see how that would look.
I could get a bit of extra space if I curved the siding, which would also help when I got round to building the unloading pipes.
I changed the upper siding to add in an extra length as well.
The table arrived!
I put the basic track on it to double check it fitted. It did.
My blue cargo train 60052 was the first train I ran on the loop. I also filled all the sidings with stock. I think the Octan wagons look really good next to the holding tank.
The gantry crane is a double length version of the crane that came in the 60052 set. I extended it and mounted it on the road plates, which I think works very effectively.
You can see the length in this picture
It's also important to provide facilities for the workers! (This loo is from one of the construction workers sets in the City range)
And a final shot of the container crane siding. Yes! That is a wagon I haven't told you about yet.
As you can see in these photos there are a few new wagons and I have another surprise for you as well - the next blog post will be a rolling stock update. There is lots to include.
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