No heat wave here in the west of Scotland. In the meantime ballasting has passed under 'the bridge in the middle'.

Two pictures looking up and down the line.

And a more general view which highlights where some of the 'civil engineering' works have still to be finished off.

The bridge itself lifts off to alow access to the tracks beneath. Further details are provided here in my photogallery.

http://www.rmweb.co....789-the-bridge/

I have also added a picture from the past to show how plans change. The diamond crossing with 'insulfrogs' was replaced with a single slip with 'electrofrog' for infintely smoother running. Also a loco spur was provided at the end of the goods sidings to hold spare engines.

A good example of where allowing time to reflect (play trains) highlights where improvements can be made to the track layout prior to casting everything in stone i.e.ballasting!