It's been a bit of a mixed weekend. What should have been a nice, relaxing a day out on the Saturday proved proved to be a very testing day to say the least, so yesterday I was forcing myself to slow down and spend a leisurely day laying as much track as I felt I could comfortably manage on the new layout...
Suffice to say, I surprised myself by not only laying all the required track, but also installing isolating/point switches and wiring them all along with the power feeds! Granted, I seemed to have miscalculated somewhere and I'm two isolating switches short on the layout section meaning the the 'front' line of the run round loop and the far reaches of the front siding are currently out of bounds, but I have the parts in stock so it's a very quick next weekend job.
Most importantly though, even in this state, it meant I could spend a little bit of time playing trains.
The prefect tonic to what has been a very stressful week.
Employing three (Then eventually four!) train operation, the scratchbuilt brake van, Talyllyn Coach No.4 and the Egger Bahn balcony coach were assembled into the first train and then each of the four engines took turns pulling them into the station before swapping out with another stationed in what will become the bay platform.
I actually had more fun than I thought just shuffling the same coaching stock back and forth like this for a good thirty minutes. Dare I say it, I think I'm getting some potential ideas for the annual Micro Railway Cartel Christmas Challenge. We'll see what becomes of those...
And finally, some more of the scenic elements just placed on the board to see how it's all coming together. I'm liking this. I'm liking it a lot.
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