kiwiokie

I have fond memories of camping on the farm where my Dad lived during WWII, lying on the sun baked rocks at the beach, and delicious ice creams. I took my Dad back there for a visit about 4 years ago. He has lived in NZ since ‘78 and was visiting us in Tulsa so took the opportunity to hop the pond. Stayed at the Ship Hotel and had a great time reliving those memories.

I think he got confused on the brand. We will buy a Digitrax system as it is so well supported in the US and I don’t want to mess with isolating sections for the station and engine shed areas. Plus as a teenager in the ‘80s dreaming up layouts the thought of being able to control individual locos on the same track was like science fiction.

Michael while I think about it the weight restriction applied to the mainline coming along the coast from Barmouth but there was an interchange with the midland region at Afon Wen well after Barmouth so presumably the weight restriction would not have applied to trains reaching Pwllheli via Afon Wen? I have read every book I have been able to find on the Cambrian Coast line over the years but never seen this detail addressed.

It was comprehensively reinforced to allow rail tour trains pulled by a streamlined A4 ;-)

We apply pretty liberal amounts of artistic license when it comes to rolling stock so I am sure we can find a justification for how the SP engines strayed onto the Cambrian Coast line.

Give him a break, he was only 12 at the time.

This type of scene is what he had in mind.