Castle Aching
Welcome to CASTLE ACHING
January 2016
Summers seventeen, and winters too, had passed since the day I first realised that, as an adult, my boyhood enthusiasm for model railways had returned. That is a long time to spend in the Modeller's Armchair, and so, last Spring, I finally forced myself to make a start. Life had other plans for me, however, and it is only now that I can make a start in earnest.
So, what is this layout? Well, it is really jus
My delightful A History of the British Steam Tram has in its final volume 9, Sharp Stewart's single driver monorail engine for the Lisbon Tramways. While I can't copy from the book, here is a link to an engraving of a trial held in Epping Forest of all places. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Experiencias_Larmanjat_Epping_-_GazetaCF_1225_1939.jpg This could deal with the issue of driving a railway through narrow medieval streets. You only need a single rail in the middle, but I suppose o
