In the previous update I started writing about how the wiring of the layout works and focused mainly on the power to the track and control of the actual trains would be handled. This is fine for running trains up Continue reading
I was on Google Photos the other day and it highlighted photos from the same dates in previous years and made me realise that I’d been working on the railway now for just over 4 years – the earliest photos Continue reading
Following on from the recent post about building the control panel for the model railway I thought I would start a series of posts looking at some of the wiring work behind getting the model railway functional. While the control Continue reading
Following a recent significant life event that happens but once per year a couple more items of rolling stock have found their way to the model railway, so I thought I would add some photos of them to the blog. Continue reading
This last week was half term, and in a change to the usual model railway posts I thought I’d share a few photos from our recent break. At the start of the week we went to Fountains Abbey in North Continue reading
I’m very aware the blog has been quite on progress around the actual layout for the last 18 months or so. The reality is that most of last year and the early part of this year went into building an Continue reading
Well, once again I’ve failed miserably from the point of view of keeping the blog updated, however I do have an excuse. We spent most of last year working towards or on building an extension to the house. As such Continue reading
My aim for this year was to try and write blog posts more regularly, and have spend most of the last month off and on trying to write one around some of the work I’ve been doing on the wiring. Continue reading
Well it’s the start of another year, so time to do a quick post updating on the latest presents for the railway that I received for Christmas. Before I get onto I thought I’ve had a look back to the Continue reading
So this post has been a long time coming – the work it details was completed back at the end of the summer, however life has conspired in such a way that I’ve not had a lot of time in Continue reading