The last post saw a basic shell of a third of a Cradley Bogie - the  working title for which soon became 'Cradbog', hence the title.  One thing that really stands out with Up the Line is the smooth, reliable and realistic running of the locos and we wanted this to be the case again with this project. Thus the formula adopted was to go for split chassis pick up and DCC with stay alive. It is intended to have a realistic overhead wire but this will not be live. While on traditional locos there is plenty of room to hide big motors and gearboxes, the trams leave very little scope for this. Here is where Trevor's engineering skills and experience come into the mix with some beautifully crafted solutions.

So now we have a chassis which runs, albeit a bit noisily and with  a slight wobble. Solution - wait for some new parts to arrive and move onto something else!

This may sound like very promiscuous modelling but there is a justification! The whole point of this initial exercise was to establish the practicality and the limits of what we could achieve in O-24.5, so to do this we really needed a 4 wheel car as well! How else will we know what curves we can employ on the layout? Therefore, not much more has happened with the Cradbog for now but in the next episode I will introduce the DS9!