TrentValleyRailway

yes your understanding is correct like a large helix around the perimeter of the garage in both directions to give a full continuous loop. i may eventually do something with the ramps and inclines to turn these into scenic parts once i have done the centre piece of the container depot.

As requested here is a picture of the upper level interface with incline near the garage door end with a gradual incline to level off and transition the track gradient

More information on the inclines / ramps leading into the scenery section within the May layout update below.

For a while i have mainly posted video updates of progress on the Trent Valley Railway so here is a gallery of pictorial updates over the past few months.

have put together another look back video, this time on the build for the fiddle yard.

Thank you

Layout Update - April 2020 ~ Trent Valley Railway #36

Started on the track work for scenery section today.

Hope people can enjoy the sounds below from the 66!

been working with the DCC concepts solenoid decoder range recently to set up DCC control of the points on the fiddle yard and lower level, couple of pictures to show some of them wired up and in situ before testing.

Visited the Swindon Model Railway exhibition Modrail 2020 today before the whole modelling community is enforced to stay in doors! Highlights below for all those unable to attend in person today. Swindon Model Railway Exhibition 2020

i have taken the time out to look back and put together a detailed video on how i did the cork underlay and cork sheets on the Trent Valley Railway

currently taking a small break from the Trent Valley Railway build, in the meantime here are some further videos from Miniatur Wunderland

Miniatur Wunderland 2020 - Hamburg - Part 1 More videos to follow....

February Layout update is now available for viewing below,

All the 3mm layouts on display at the show are within the set of videos as follows; Part 1 Bilton Goods (3mm) Daconby Town (3mm) Lindhurst (3mm) Part 2 Addison Park (3mm) Bluish (3mm) Part 3 Heybridge Wharf (3mm) Part 4 Aldgate Hill and Norton Folgate (3mm) Uppingham (3mm) And apologies below is part 4;

Layout update for February coming soon

overlooked such practice and followed the DCC wiring round after laying the first bit of track down which led to red at the rear.

Some work since the new year has involved a tidy of the DCC bus wiring around the layout on the inclines

Another excellent year for the show at Stafford, looking forward to next year. All the layouts are below if you didn’t get chance to get round them all,

More layout progress to follow but in the meantime all the layouts from the latest exhibition at Stafford.

my first attempt was the same as you note above and I wasn’t happy that although the advert was for a 4K can it wasn’t 4K, I went for a £20ish or so cube cam off amazon. Got lucky with the Polaroid cube+ to get a new but ever so slightly used of eBay for £40. ———— you are correct in the observations that the scenic sections is only to one side of the garage , want to concentrate on that section and get it right before any future possible expansions or other sections which I may make out of the space remaining at the lower level or for going upwards again with another level which you may notice I have left passive provision for in the design of where the inclines go round and round

As noted above, below is the link to the video for the Layout Cab Ride - Winter 2019 ~ Trent Valley Railway #40