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With so much time at home work on Shillingstone continues, platforms and office started, even had my first go at weathering a loco.

If the glass had to be unloaded at the yard, wouldn't a travelling crane be sent in advance to deal with it? The Caledonian certainly had a couple of 5 ton cranes for such tasks, at least within the engineering department.

That is absolutely fantastic, you should be very proud of it, great job!

I had to go back in your previous entries to check that the body was actually plastikard. It is superbly crisp. The texture and shade of the paintwork is also very appealing. I don't remember if you have an end loading dock, otherwise you'll now be needing one I suppose! Edit: Or will you? I suppose a crane would be used.

Thanks for your kind remarks. I had a loft layout when a child, so this was my first thought, especially as we had the roof re-done last year. However, owing to the truss design, it would mean climbing over a 3' high bracing timber in the middle, the hatch is only about 2'-square, and there would have to be major spending on installing power. I thought a smaller layout, more accessible, would be more likely to be finished, although I would dearly love to have a big 'continuous run'. The double-slip I considered, but was not sure they were that common in little shunting yards. I wonder now if they are better for short-wheelbase locos than 3-way Insulfrogs. More to post when I can get another few yards of track and finish the sidings. Thank you for giving this your attention. Best wishes.

Looks good. Nice location for the layout by the looks of it, I have to climb into the loft. Nice to see a bigger area used in a micro plank style. Can't help but thinking a double slip would not go amiss in there somewhere.