Mid-Cornwall Lines - 1950s Western Region in 00
At last my new railway room is complete and in use, the existing St Enodoc layout has been set up and I am ready to start building the new Mid-Cornwall Lines, but before doing so I thought I would tell you a little bit of history to put the project in context and, I hope, explain why a little slice of Cornwall is taking shape in suburban Sydney, Australia.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
My life with model railways goes back to when I was about three or four. Not, as was of
I finished off the Paddington and Penzance front fences this afternoon.
This section will prevent a repeat of the infamous Jesse's Curve incident.
On the right you can see the tethered throttle in its caddy below and behind the fence.
At Paddington, the fence ends just before where the scenic section above the tunnel will start.
When I'd finished, I realised that by bending the little hooks on the backs of the sequence clipboard
