New house, new beginning

Well we have now moved house, which means the railway is in pieces and has to be put back together. The good news is that I can have a dedicated room, so it will not have to be folded away against the wall, that should help the ballast to stay on the track at least. It is also slightly larger that the room I had it in before so I might be able to incorporate extra track for the trains not currently running.

 Below are a few views of the room, I did lay out a bit of track to see how it was for size.

 Now I have to plan where to start, although I’m told the room has to be painted first, so I will be painting the walls sky blue.

Christmas 2012 additions.

Well Christmas came and went and with it a Fairburn Tank Loco (see next blog) purchased at Warley Model Railway Show in November. I also has some money off Mum. I wanted a 'Black 5' and after a few searches I found one in a set with three pullman coaches.

 

Much searching on the internet finally revealed that The Model Railway Loft has the best priced version of this and furthermore would fit a DCC chip free of charge if I bought it from them. They were very efficient, I ordered it on Saturday and by Wednesday it had arrived, all in one piece and well packaged, I shall have to watch them for bargains in the future.

 

I have extended my storage shelf slightly so I can keep this model on the shelf in my Study when the railway is away.

 

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