Shire Light Railway

[Clan Mcadder]

welcome all to the beginning of the Shire light railway .

 

Set in the troubled times of 1938, just as the world was about to walk into a war.

 

But that's all very far away from the railway that serves the salt works and canal wharf . inspired by various conl stephens lines and a few others i plan to make my 7mm test bed layout set around that theme . 

 

Its only a test bed for my first venture into 7mm having lost most of the sight in my left eye , which has meant ive been unable to do what i enjoy in 4mm so ive sold some surplus stock off and have arrived at this point .

 

east coast mainline it is not , more oh mr porter meets titfield . after all its only 197cm long by 61cm wide for the track bed , plus a 15cm canal wharf to go on the side where the timber is exposed .  

The mug represents  the peco yard crane ,motive power will be my sentinel and possibly a minerva pecket or a ixion fowler , or Dapol terrier , although i do plan on making the layout multi era so i can purchase a Dapol j94 when they arrive . 

 

so thanks for reading and any feedback is most welcome 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by Clan Mcadder
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[Clan Mcadder]

so over the weekend i may have taken a few steps , the track is down and the ballast thrown on to the wet neat pva , will vacuum it all off tonight to see what has stuck and the ballast properly .

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by Clan Mcadder
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[Clan Mcadder]

well to save the thread here is some recent images