Well it's addictive isn't it...

Whilst my daughter was drawing lovely pictures of her bike and our house I was drawing another sketch of what my industrial diorama mini layout looks like in my head. You can see the shed has morphed from purely based on the one at Ellesmere Port to a cross between that and the one at Mode Wheel, the hub of the MSC Railway's Trafford Park and docks complex.

The tankers are TTAs and represent the traffic from Eastham refinery - the track they're on in my head is the link to the mainline, whereas the track visible on the left heads off to another of the refineries and quays. Traffic will be largely oil - with potentially some coal as well (imported). The idea of a 'works van' of some description trundling back and to from the yard and shed is also appealing. The sketch probably doesn't have enough rubbish and old equipment about the yard, and I'd also like to include an operating roller shutter door on the shed - as well as leaving the door propped ajar to suggest the presence of people, rather than use static moulded plastic individuals.

So what next? More research!! Anyone with photos of the MSC Sentinels actually pulling trains around either at the Trafford Park or Ellesmere Port ends would be much appreciated. I've found a few good sites via Google but not with any actual 'trains' on - just the Sentinels alone at the shed.

In other brief news - the 37 is nearing completion Photos on Paxton Road when she's finished

EDIT: she's getting there...