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  1. Steam_Julie
    During the last session working on Clovelly Road, I realised that the curves at the back of the layout were to sharp, for the trains to negotiate without problems. These were caused by the flanges rubbing against the inside of the curves outer rail.
     
    To solve this problem it was necessary to increase the width of the baseboard. By examining the carrying case I found that this could be increased by 26mm. This has now been done.
     

    Baseboard 2

    Attached to the original baseboard

    Both baseboards together, with the corner rounded

    The underside of the combined baseboards
     
    The plywood used for baseboard 2 is slightly thicker than used for the main baseboard, thus baseboard 2 is about 1mm thicker. But the top surfaces are aligned, so this is not a problem.
     
    I have taken the opportunity of adding rubber feet to protect the table on which the layout is placed. because of of the change of baseboard size the feet are used are higher. This is required to allow the larger baseboard to clear the inside of the case wheels.
     
    Julie
  2. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    I've now reconnected both sides of the circle, following the cutting of the baseboard into two. This was a more lengthy process than expected, because of the very small radius curves used on the layout.
     
    I have also started the proper DCC wiring of the fiddleyard board, since red and black wire are difficult to buy, in the correct gauge, for the power bus, I have substituted brown for red and Blue for black. The DCC standards are set in the US, where power cable use red and black coloured wires.
     

    The dropper to the track are the correct colours, of Red and Black. The electronic board adjacent to the DCC input plug is an NEC Auto Switch. This switches between the main and the Programming Track automatically, my controller does not have a separate Programming Track output.
     
    The cable clips were made from styrene sheet, because none of the standard one meet my needs, there are two types on for securing the ends of the run and one used for the rest.
     
    When I turned the layout over to work on the electrics I accidentally damaged the stove chimney on the station building, not a disaster because the repair was easy, and it is now at a jaunty angle, more in keeping with a light railway structure. This has prompted me to add a protector board to prevent any further damage to the scenery whilst working on the underside.
     

     
    In now need to add the droppers to the fiddleyard sidings and then install the Power bus on the scenery board, and the links between the two boards. I will need to be very careful not to damage the track when fixing the power bus in place.
     
    Julie
  3. Steam_Julie

    My Welsh Adventure

    By Steam_Julie,

    Hi
     
    Whilst I was in Shrewsbury on Thursday, I made a short divertion the Caresws to take some pictures around the staion area, including the light railway buildings and structures still standing.
     
    Firstly the light Railway locomotive shed, from many viewpoints.
     


     
    And then the light railway staion, still complete with most of it's platform.
     

     
    Next the cottages, built for the staff of the light railway, now much moderised.
     

     
    The culvert which carried the light railway over a stream, still exists.
     

     
    Next some photographs of the main line station? These days it has been reduced to light railway status.
     

     
    then some details from the main line goods yard.
     

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    Then I took some photographs arond the village, firstly the River Severn at Caersws.
     

     
    then one of the sign showing the distance to Trefeglwvs and then finally an interesting sign, did I fall asleep during History lesions?

     
    Finally the only reference, that I have found to the light railway from Caersws to Van on a modern map, is the poster on the station entitled Continuing Your Journey.
     

     
    For the english amonst you Caersws is pronounced Carezoos.
     
    Julie
  4. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    I recently been hacked, and for a short while, untill I had removed the virus I was getting unorthorised adverts when viewing RMWeb. One of these was for brest enlargegments at a clinic in Bulgaria.
     
    I don't think the infection passed to RMWeb or anyone else, but it might be a good idea to check! I had a unauthorised plug-in installed on my web browser.
     
    The infection came from a software download server of a large software company, which has a footsy 100 listing in London.
     
    Julie
  5. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    I've been working hard since the last post, and the pictures below will show you the fruits of my labours. I have cut the baseboard into two parts, on with the scenic area and the other the fiddleyard.
     

     

     
    This makes the area of the layout for transport smaller, but of course makes the depth larger. Another advantage in transit the electrical wiring is now inside and not exposed. This means that when I am transporting it on a train, I am not breaking National Carriage Conditions. See previous posting about this problem.
     
    See the following link for details http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1394/entry-12678-trefeglwvs-road-cambrian-railways-16/
     
    The blocks you can see on the bottom picture are there because it is very difficult to cut a straight line through an existing baseboard, particularly a circular one. They mean that when the over centre catches are engaged the whole baseboard is rigid.
     


     
    The rebates are for the hinges to be located, then the two boards are not kept apart by the width of the hinges.
     
    There is a cover which goes over the scenic section to protect it in transit of course.
     
    Julie
     
    PS I must now get on a restore the track into the fiddleyard, across the new baseboard join. and complete the proper wiring, the layout still has only a few connections, the minimum to allow trains to run.
  6. Steam_Julie
    The video below shows a friends layout, which has an off the peg photographic backscene, with a 3D Mid ground, with a train moving the the foreground. I am assuming that the steam train is on a down grade and it is coasting, i.e. now exhaust.
     

     
    The video was taken using a hand held smart phone. I have learned from his experience that a problem can exist with a backscene printed on absorbant paper, can lead to expansion and thus rippling of the backscene. One possible solution to this is a coat of mat varnish to seal it and prevent water ingress.
     
    The intention was to simulate looking over a wall and observing the passage of a goods train.
     
    Julie
  7. Steam_Julie
    I've been looking into an alternative to cork sheet, as it is unobtainable locally! I have a sample, obtained free from a local printing firm, of 5mm thick foamboard. It has caused much scratching my head, because I wanted no more than 6mm between the rail top and the surface of the canal.
     

     
    This imformation was gained by looking at pictures, of Cromford Wharf and measurements taken on a field visit. the canal edgeat he wharf, is now steal piling, but from photographs, I know that in the 1950's the edging was stone.
     
    The area between the canal edge and the open siding and the side of the transfer shed, which still exists at the prototype location, was cobbles or more correctly, they were called stone sets. When the rope worked railway was built, it linked two canals, one from the Manchester area and the other linking into the North Midlands network via the Erewash Canal. The line was later conected at the North end to the LNWR at Buxton and the Midland Railway at the South end.
     
    I think I now have a solution, I'll have photographs to follow soon!
     
    Julie
  8. Steam_Julie
    When the track was laid a paper template was made by placing a sheet of paper over the track, using the outer rail and a pencil a line was drawn. Then the process was repeated for the baseboard edge. The template was then cut out and checked against the track and baseboard edge. After several iterations, it was used to cutout the platform base.
     
    The photograph below shows the site of the platform at Clovelly Road, just before the overbridge on the Hallwill Junction side.
     

     
    Below is the photograph showing the basic construction of the platform. The strip along the inner radius top will eventually form the basis of the coping stones, when the individual stones are scribed onto it's surface.
     

     
    This photograph shows the platform placed in position, on the mounting blocks.
     

     
    The view below shows the platform with the width of the end section trimmed. This was done on the prototype to save money, as the company was in financial difficulty.
     

     
    This view shows the platform mounting blocks trimmed and glued in position.
     

     
    This next photograph shows the platform glued in position. It took many iterations of trying to run the train through. Then marking where it hit the platform. Then removing excess material, using a scalpel as a plane, before the train ran smooth through, without any hesitation.
     

     
    The view below shows the relationship between train and platform, when the above process was complete.
     

     
    The attached thumbnails are views of the primitive waiting shelter provided for passengers at Clovelly Road. Since the prevailing weather is from behind the shelter, it worked well.
     

     

     

     
    Below is a photograph of my best friend, who kept me going through my recent problems with a rough cyclist. See is siting on the floor of one of our local buses.
     

     
    Julie
  9. Steam_Julie
    I find when building micro layouts and operating them at exhibitions one need to think carefully about their design to make them more interesting to watch and operate. On Clovelly Road I have decided that I'm going to have working catch points on the entrance to the goods yard.
     
    On the prototype these were installed to prevent runaways. These were wagons who had not had their manual brakes properly applied running away down the gradient and causing problems further down the line. This was a serious and every present risk before the introduction of continuous braking on goods trains in the early 1970's.
     
    The catch points simply derailed such a wagon or collection of wagons before they got onto the main running line, by derailing them. They are not often modelled and very rarely are they operational on model railway layouts.
     
    On Clovelly Road, I am using a cut-down Peco LH Settrack point to model the catch point. This has the advantage that the catch point is sprung, in the same ways as normal Peco points and can be operated using the same technologies.

    It has the advantage that the cut-down point can be made shorter than the ready made Peco catch points and therefore take up less baseboard space. This is critical on a layout like Clovelly Road.
    The goods yard entry point and the catch point will be worked in tandem, just like the prototype.
     
    Julie
  10. Steam_Julie
    Hi New photograph of DCC wiring added 26-11-13
     
    Since the last blog entry I have wired the scenic board, in similar fashion to the fiddleyard board. I have also wired both boards together at both track crossing points. Some people may say that this is over the top!
     

     
    But I remember from electronics at college, that if you have 2 resistors of value R and you connect them in series then the total resistance is 2R. However if you connect them in parallel the total resistance is 1/2R instead.
     
    The main power bus is single core wire, whilst the links are multi-core cable. This allows the cable in the links to bend without damaging it. But the cable has slightly higher resistance than the solid core cable.
     

    The programming switch is arranged so that when the switch points towards the programming track, the programming track is selected, and therefore when it points away from it, the main is selected.
     



     
    Now after the track over the joints has been fettled, I can turn my mind back to the task of doing the scenery again.
     
    Julie
     
    PS An animation of running around a passenger train in the fiddleyard can be found at :-
     
    http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1429-steam-julies-general-blog/
  11. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    The following sequence of drawings show a sequence of fiddleyard operations on Trefeglwvs Road
     
    The first part of the sequence allows the engine to run around it's train, keeping both the locomotive and it's train, in this case two coaches the same way around. This is more Prototypical
    than turning the whole train around!
     
    A similar process will be used when running around the pick up goods train, but it will be slightly more complex because of the requirement to change the brake van over too.
     







    Or change trains by












     
    All trains will be stored in the fiddleyard is the correct direction for their next duty.
     
    Julie
  12. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    Now I am back home, I have made a first stab at composing the backscene, using the photographs I took on location at Trefeglwvs near Caresws in Mid Wales. the image below is much lower resolution than the one that will used on the layout, but should give an impression of what it might look like.
     

     
    I must be born in mind that the foreground will be mostly hidden by the hedges trees and buildings on the modelled area of the layout.
     
    I took all of the photographs at the highest resolution that my camera is capable of. I will require to play around with the colours, because the photographs were taken on a dull day in October, and the layout will be modelled in high summer. BUT with photoshop this transformation is possible.
     
    Julie
  13. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    I had a frustrating weekend, attempting to paint a rectangle of MDF sky blue. In the last 6 months the two local art shops have gone bust, leaving us with no other option than buying paints from an internet supplier. The company sells a range of art products aimed at children, poster paints etc.
     
    I purchased a bottle of white poster paint and mixed in a small quantity of blue artists acrylic paint, the colour in the pallet was good, it had the correct consistency, BUT when applied to the MDF it didn't stick!
     
    Using a range of art techniques including adding PVA to the paint didn't help either. A friend came to see me yesterday, and he subsequently lent me some acrylic paint from a well know art supplier and that worked as I expected, and thus this posting has finally happened.
     

    Besides my fight with the paint, I have also pained the wooden baulks of the stream bridge, added the stone to the bridge supports, and clad the Mill Farm barn and finally added the stream surface in the area upstream of the weir.
     

     
    Have you also noticed how it happens, you have your trains operating smoothly over your layout, and as soon as a camera is pointed toward them they come off all the time. Well that happened too when I was taking these pictures. I believe this is an application of Murphy's Law, if it can go wrong, then it will.
     

     
    Below is a short movie of a train from Van entering the scenic section. This video was taken from the normal viewing position of the layout. The join between the main backscene and the fiddleyard one is designed not visible from the this position, but due to the need to place train cassettes in position to access the number 1 fiddleyard track, it is visible from positions to the right of it.
     

     
    Sorry for the repeating of the video, this is a function of RMWeb and GIF animations.
     
    With a little more attention to the colours and lighting used the join between the backscene and the become near invisible.
     
    Julie
     
    PS Previous entries in this blog can be found at
    http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1394-steam-julies-layout-blog/
  14. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    Firstly the picture below, which shows the scenic work that I have been doing today, does not do my work justice. However it is the only one I have taken so I have used it.
     

     
    I have installed a landform of polystyrene, which is covered in PECO Modrock and then painted earth colour, and is now awaiting the addition of grass etc.
     
    I know that the bridge needs work doing to it, currently the bridge supports looks drunk!
     
    I have laid the ballast, but this requires much tiding up, before the desired result is achieved.
     
    If you havn't yet seen my improved legs, they are really worth look at, click on the link below!
     
    http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1394/entry-12477-trefeglwvs-road-cambrian-railways-8/
     
    Julie
  15. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    Today I have been working on the backscene. I decided, some time ago that I did not want a flat backscene. The first stage, of building backscene was to built a sporting structure onto which I could fix the curved backscene.
     

     
    I decided that I wanted the backscene to extend into the bridge box and hence the it was not to be a simple rectangle.
     

     
    The structure of the backscene is made from 4mm MDF, which was wet and then bent to shape, then allowed to dry for more than 24 hours.
     

     
    The strap across the top was to hold it in shape, before it was wet, and then when it is drying. If the strap was not there, the force exerted, which would tend to make the board flatten itself, may have broken the end supports. Once it has dried it then holds the curve.
     
    Once this was done I put a framework in place to prevent the backscene tearing or becoming damaged, whilst the train entry/exit holes were cut. This also makes the backscene stronger.
     
    I still have to counter sink the screw heads and fit a card surface to the backscene, and then paint it sky blue. The card will give me an unblemished surface, because the MDF is not thick enough to allow both the screw beneath the surface and then apply filler to hide them!
     

    This done I ran a train to check that then holes were big enough. This done I relayed the number 2 siding, because as laid originally the 0-6-0 locomotive derailed nearly every time.
     
    Julie
  16. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    I've had some problems with my computer recently, thanks once again to Andy Y and others for your help.
     
    I am very happy with the basic design of the layout. I can run trains in Roundy Roundy mode, for test purposes and to run in new items of rolling stock and locomotives. I can run it as a end to end using a sequence. With a few modifications I will be able to transport it to club nights and exhibition etc. I can even use it to test my blue diesel fleet!
     
    Although I have also had problems, when I took my partly completed layout on the train. I was informed by a manager that it breached National Carriage Conditions, not because of size, but because the wiring on the underside was not properly fixed down.
     

     
    The track side of the baseboard was fully covered, but not the bottom. I did however have some fun, running trains whilst travelling on the train, before a killjoy stop me!
     
    As a result I am considering some redesign of the baseboards, this does not include changing the track plan, that works, but changing the packaging so not to cause problems when transporting the layout on the train.
     
    In the next few weeks you will see the developments in the layout.
     
    Julie
  17. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    Since the last blog post, I have been researching how to model the water rushing over the weir. The basic water techniques I have used to model the stream were learned by watching Right Track 6, Modelling Landscape Part 2, by Barry Norman. This involves giving the stream some actual depth, modelling the surface with perspex sheet, and roughing and painting the stream base a dark brown colour.
     
    Next I went out using the digital camera on my phone to take pictures of weirs on local water courses. This was very instructive and gave me a target to aim for in my modelling activities.
     
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    The water I found was coloured a deep green/brown colour and followed an arc. Where the water coming over the weir met, the surface there was disturbance and white colouration. From Barry's video, I learned that surface effects can be simulated using PVA glues, because it dries clear.
     
    I then watched a video, on Youtube made by Woodland Scenics. The presenter made a great deal of always using Woodland products. They may be very good, but they are expensive for such a small project as mine. And he didn't just use one, I counted at least three different products. I decided that I could adapt their techniques using PVA instead.
     
    I decided that I would paint the PVA onto the front of a suitable strip of clear styrene sheet and the paint the reverse with the green/brown colour to simulate the water colour. I always make components longer, as it is easier to remove material, than add it. I also added some white PVA based paint to the PVA that I dabbed on with a cocktail stick to simulate the disturbance to the lower stream surface, where the water lands.
     
    The weir existed on the prototype, but as previously stated I have moved it nearer to the railway bridge, this is partly because it is a interesting feature, but the change in water level reduced the amount of the frame that required to be cut away, and therefore makes the layout structure much stronger.
     
    I placed the screw that holds the support block, for the upper water surface, under where the walkway over the weir will occur. This is necessary so that the gates can be adjusted.
     

    I have also completed the occupation over bridge at the other end of the scene. I need to get on creating the water effect on the weir now!
     
    Julie
  18. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    The reason that there has recently no progress on Trefeglwvs Road is that they layout was designed to fit into a wheeled case for easy transporting, e.g. to shows.
     
    The problem is that is doesn’t fit. I need to find a way to reduce the strait side dimension by 7mm. I think I have now decided how I am going to achieve it.
     
    Hopefully there will be a posting soon.
     
    Julie
  19. Steam_Julie
    I am currently very unpopular with my sister! I was doing some modelling at her house recently. I was painting a culvert which I constructed from a Peco Bridge kit. I was using model paints and therefore needed to use a brush cleaner.
     

     
    I was working at a table, with a plastic table cloth, and then I spilt the brush cleaner. When I went to wipe it, I found that the pattern also wiped off. Oops! The bottle was not designed for pouring and the cleaner had run down the front and onto the bottom and had splashed onto the table cloth too.
     
    I though that I was going to be eaten alive, for my mistake, but luckely not.
  20. Steam_Julie
    I have now installed a permanent wiring connection between the controller and the layout. This uses a 2.1 mm DC panel mounted socket and plug as shown below.



     
    This arrangement allows the train to be run continuously. The train runs the complete circuit, but it slows down at several points, due to the sharp curvature.
     
    The track gauge needs to be slightly widened at these points. This process is called fettling the track. Fettling is more necessary, on this layout, because I am pushing the radius very tight in order to fit the track into a very small footprint.
     
    The wiring description was started in http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1849/entry-16530-clovelly-road-wiring-1/
     
    Julie
  21. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    Today I've been working on removing the excess ballast from the track, and then cleaning it to enable the running of trains. I also adjusted the platform, there was need to taper the ramp and reduce the platform slightly where the platform near the station building.
     
    The photographs below shows a mixed train stopped at the platform. Note that the clearance between the train and the bridge is about 2mm all around the train.
     

     

     
    I have installed a checkrail in the middle of the platform, this was there on the prototype, and on the model is keeps the train away from the platform. This is required because OO gauge wheels allow the significant slop, allowing the wheels to move about 2mm from side to side. I want to get the gap, between the plaform and the train to look correct and at the same time keeping the train for hitting the platform.
     

    I have also painted the Modrock the correct earth colour, and this makes the look more realistic.
     
    I have also started to work on the bridge which carries the railway over the stream. The stream flows East, towards the upper river Severn. At the point it joins the Severn, is up stream of Welshpool and less that 7 miles from the start of the Severn proper, at Llanidldes where the Clywedog joins the Tylweh rivers.
     
    The layout is modelled as it was in the Summer of 1947. The stream then had a depth of 18", in the spring and autumn it often had a depth of 48", and the water level was only 9" from the bottom of the timber baulks. On one occasion, the stream depth was 60", only the rails were not under water.
     

     
    Julie
  22. Steam_Julie
    I was running in a Dapol Terrier today, using the track work of Clovelly Road as a test track. This is one of the advantages of building a roundy roundy type layout, that one does not need a separate test track. I noticed that sometimes it stopped when negotiating the point crossing and that this triggered a short circuit indication on the controller.
     
    Close examination of the point revealed the source of the problem. When I curved the point the rail from the dead area of the crossing had moved slightly which closed the gap between the two live rails, opposite sides of the DCC supply such that the locomotive wheels sometimes shorted. The rail was then re-glued in place, this being necessary because of it's removal during the curving process.
     
    I have also added a thin strip of plastic card to the opposite check rail. This was then carefully files to make sure that the rail profile is correct. This ensures that the wheelsets are pulled slightly towards the outer rail, as they pass over the point. Since the points are made to accept all N gauge wheels, the slight closing of the gap between the running rail and the check rail does not cause problems. If I attempt to run locomotive or stock with the older wheels types this may cause problems.
     
    I also noticed when I was looking at the blog entries that there were inconsistencies in the Entry Tags, these have now all been checked and the inconsistencies removed.
     
    I have also repainted the ends of the coaches, a little thing but is does improve their look enormously. This was done using dry brushing because it is more controllable, than normal painting as to where the paint goes when painting small areas, particularly when painting the edges.
     
    Julie
  23. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    I have been thinking about the height of the backscene, and also about the possibility of a removable part, since the comment of MikeOxon, as a comment to posting 3.
     
    Thanks Mike, I have now recalled seeing a layout at a show, with sky coloured net curtains as backscene, very good is was too, the backscene was about 600mm high, from near track level to the proscenium arch.
     
    With the scenic section well lit, and the fiddleyard in relative darkness, the viewing public were unable to see through the net curtain, but the operator could see the layout, well enough to do some very impressive shunt moves.
     
    The photograph below shows the progress I have made today. Adding the fascia to the fiddleyard to prevent accidental loco and rolling stock falling from the layout.
     

     
    I have also added a shelf to place the controller when I am not or can not holding it due to the other tasks that require to be done. Such as holing the train cassette in position to run a train onto of off a fiddleyard road.
     
    As an aside I slightly lengthened the front siding in the goods yard. Any extra siding length is a real bonus.
     
    Julie
     
    PS to access all the entries in this blog click on the link below.
     
     
    http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1394-steam-julies-layout-blog/
  24. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    New photograph added 15:50 21-09-13
     
    Since the last post I have been working on the fiddleyard. The photograph below shows a birds eye view, with a train in the back siding.
     

     
    The back siding is designed to hold the passanger train and the general freight train, both without thier engines. The middle siding is designed for a loaded mineral train and the guards van between trains. The front siding is designed for the empty mineral train.
     

    The train arrives from Van and drives onto the cassette. The working cassette will be longer, by 80mm, this will allow the full train to be accommodates.
     

     
    The cassette is then moved onto the track, where the train is to be stored and then the is driven off.
     

     
    I am unable to join the two compounents of the cassette, because currently don't have a working soldering iron, following dropping it.
     
    To access the earlier blog entries you can click on blog name at the top right of the blog entry, or the link below.
     
    When I finish track laying last night, the thought occurred to me that if the fiddleyard tracks were slightly nearer, then I could fit another in.
     
    A journey into town, on the bus, another yard of track purchased from the model shop, and another hours work and we now have four fiddleyard roads, as shown below.
     

     
    http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1394/entry-12410-trefeglwvs-road-cambrian-railways-4/
     
     
    Julie
  25. Steam_Julie
    Hi
     
    I live in a small bedsit, with the use of shared bathroom, toilet and kitchen and also a common room, with a television. My room is about 2m by 4.5m. In that space there are two large fitted cupboards for general storage, a wardrobe, bed, hand basin, desk and chest of draws.
     

     
    If I am going to have a layout, it has to be able to be put up in my room. They layout has to be very small. It also has to be able to be stored under the bed, when not in use. My desk can easily double as a bench. I have a piece of 9mm ply which has a edge around it to catch small pieces which tend to fly, and a small model maker vice. I also have a desk lamp to provide extra illumination when required.
     
    I wanted to be able to run in locomotives, so I needed a continuous run for this. With the size constrains I then did the basic design of the layout. I worked out that small 0-6-0, 10' wagons and 4 wheeled coaches would go round 2nd radius, without looking too unrealistic.
     
    I am building a model of an intermediate station, on the light railway between Van and Cearsws, a station still served by Arriva Trains Wales, on the line between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.
     
    The station I am going to model is Trefeglwvs Road, which as the names suggests was a long way from Trefeglwvs itself. The track and buildings at the end of the lines existence, in June 1949, in many way resembled it more famous neighbour the Bishop's Castle Railway.
     
    The station has a short platform, with wooden building which provided goods storage, and an office for the station agent and two short goods sidings, including a grounded covered wagon for a coal merchants accommodation.
     
    There are very few photographs of the railway, so most of my modelling inspiration will come from the numerous articles and books published about the Bishop's Castle Railway.
     
    Julie
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