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The same board but now a few weeks further on with the point motor wiring looms fitted and attached to the underside of the board awaiting wiring for track feeds and for point motor feeds...

Moving us on to something more prosaic but very important - This is the underside to board 3 (of 4). This is the busiest board in terms of turnouts, boasting 16 of our total of 27 and also needed yet more carpentry in order to refit the Tortii. The important milestone passed when this photo was taken in late December 2014 is that all of the layout point motors are now reinstalled using C&L point motor bases and all are working mechanically; the next job is to check that they all switch electrically and then to wire-in their looms. So, sorry to all of you who have been watching progress, but there's going to be loads of wiring going on in the next few months! Oh and some buildings, some loco and rolling stock preparation and some scenic items including trolley-bus overhead wiring - watch this space!

This layout hasn't just been started. We've been working on it for several years now, We had a Blog on another forum until recently. So, to bring you all up to speed here is the link to Twickenham Junction - The Early Years :-). http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10447

Here is the latest work in progress picture of our model of London Road bridge. As bécasse has already mentioned, the sight of 2 trolley buses/omnibuses on the structure would be technically not allowed due to the structural integrity of the bridge. This is of course, only a tiny part of the layout so we will be starting to concentrate on the other aspects of the layout soon.

We weren't planning to include the tramlines as the few photos (and a video) of the bridge in the period being modeled appears to show that the tramlines were not there (or at the very least had been tarmacked over). If you (or anybody else) has any evidence to the contrary we would be more than happy to alter our plans.