Jules

A bit of progress...

On the surface not that much, track pinned down and painted underneath.

Test runs have taken place to check it all basically works - it does!

What can't be seen is the spaghetti underneath, all the points are now wired to a terminal block waiting for the connection to the as yet un-built control panel.

This wiring hasn't been tested yet.....

As to a name, my current thoughts are to call it Mayshill after a place nearby. It did have a railway, although it was a colliery line that closed in 1948. I'm afraid I haven't come up with some meaningful history, but it is just a toy afterall!

Hi Mikkel, thanks for the comment

The cassettes are another bit of the plan in my head! I think they will be 9mm ply to match the baseboard depth, with strip-wood along the sides. The ends I will probably block with sponges - I saw that method at an exhibition and it looked quite effective.

Still not quite sure how I am going to connect then electrically.....

Progress : I have wired in the power, so I can now play trains for the first time in 18 months!!

Just got to wire the points and build a control panel now.....

Ta for the comment

It will be 'interesting' to see how it pans out - i haven't ended up with quite as much space as I would have hoped, and I usually try to squeeze too much in, but I like to have a bit of fun operating rather than true prototypical fidelity...

I hope to get some of the wiring done this afternoon, once I've been for a walk in the snow!

Ooops!

It is OO.

I am using Peco code 75 for the first time along with electrofrog points (except the double slip).

Also fitting point motors for the first time, so a bit more wiring than I am used to!

Progress might be slow on this one.....

Finally..... after a rather protracted house move and the skipping of my last layout, and some essential diy on the new abode, I have finally started on my new layout.

I have switched from the eastern side of the country to the western, so I can have a bit of GW tank engine action!

I guess my liking for these little beasties results in my late Father taking me to the DVR when I was a nipper so my first steam memories are of GW tank engines and a ride on the footplate of one of their Peckett 0-4-s in pre H&S days.

Anyway, the layout. As the piccies hopefully show below, it is a quite small and compact terminus, this bit is 6' * 2'. I am planning on having a fiddle yard with cassettes which will be a new experience for me. The only plan I have is what you see here, the rest is in my head! (not the best way of planning I know, but I am a bit impatient to get something running - its been 18 months since I had a play!)

The track is only temporarily in place, although the holes for the point motors are in so the track scheme is pretty fixed.

Enough waffle for the time being...