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Just love this. Oh for the space to model like this.

I always thought the Peco wagons were very good with the slight springing from the plastic leaf springs. Your Saxa wagon bears ot my thoughts.

Brilliant PMP

Just had a peek at your blog. It's looking good. N ceratinly enables the train in a landscape feel. Can I point you in the direction of an article about the kingsbridge branch in Steam Days mag July2009, that is if you have not already got it.

Track plan would be good too.

I can't wait to see how this develops. As you might know my layout is based on imaginary line from the Torbay line over the Dart and then to kingsbridge via my station Wencombe.

Good liuck with the project and kep some pix and trackplan coming.

I agree with Ian . It is interesting to see how others operate their layout. It gives me some sort of impetus to really start doing something about my timetable and operating it.

Some more pix taken with a new camera Lumix FS 30 no floodlight, no flash just some curtained daylight and the room light. It has allowed me to get to places that the DSLR can't reach. The next time I'll try with the photoflood.

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5153 arrives with the early morning parcels

Richard, It would be good to see you there.

Nothing too special Kris, the 2 BGs are being taken to Kingsbridge to be put on the Kingsbridge portion of the trains to Liverpool and Manchester (remember I'm treating Kingsbridge as Kingswear as it were. Perhaps I should call the the terminus Kingscombe or Salbridge, to avoid confusion with the real Kingsbridge Branch

Thought i'd show you the whole train. I had to chop a tree down to get the pic, not quite upto Ben Asworths tree climbing exploits.

After all that bridge work it was good to get back to the layout.

The next loco to be weathered, crewed and renumbered is the 61xx cheekily renumbered as one of Newton Abbots 51xx's 5153 and the early morning parcels from Newton to Kingsbridge

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Good to see another WR layout developing.

Richard when you feel like coming just PM me.

By the way we will be at the March exhibition with Josh's Potterbourne layout and also at the Norwich exhibition. If you are there make yourself known. we will obviously be behind the Potterbourne layout wearing shirts emblazone Potter Heigham Fine Scale group.

Mainly because I'm not a Norfolk boy. I was born in Gloucester. Lived my working life in east London and after 30 years of holidaying and owning a boat on the Norfolk Broads retired up here. By the way the same invitation is there.

Ah Wagonman some one else from Norfolk

A group of us meet at a friends house (should say large shed) In Potter Heigham,where he has a large layout based on the Epsom stations, every Thursdayevening. If you would be interested in coming to see PM me.

Thanks for your kind comments.

The museum is the Museum of the Broads in Stalham on the Norfolk Broads, we are actually next to the head of navigation and just to prove what a squeeze it could be, Albion has just passed under Potter Heigham bridge.

I think it is. The chairman saw it today and raved about it. The wherry needs a little work part of the rudder needs repairing and 2 of the mooring bitts have diappeared and need replacing. I knew my model railwaying skills (scenic) would come in useful.

For those who have been following the construction of the Diaorama for the museum I volunteer, at these are the final pix.

By the way the mast in the first two pics is at that angle to allow the mast counter weight to get through the bridge. When it is through the mast is fully lowered.

Can't wait to see it in print again and see all the changes . I still have copies of the other articles in my file of favourite layouts.

Just thought I'd add this.

In that case another of 6829 and 7316 also 7316 and Exeter loco

Now with token leaving Wencombe for Kingsbridge

Next stop Dartmouth

7316 returns with empty caol wagons from Slapton

At last I've been doing more work on the layout. I've spent the weekend renumbering my steam fleet with mostly locos that worked in the Newton Abbot division.

Picture is off now 6829 Burmington Grange and 7916 Mobberly Hall. I also dusted the Grange and reworked the weathering.

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Getting there with the museum diorama and big Bridge

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