House Move and N5

Apologies for the lack of updates recently - this is mainly to do with working away 3-4 nights a week but all this is shortly to end.  After a great deal of discussion we have decided to move to lovely Barnsley (I'm being serious) and have found what we hope is a nice 3 bedroom semi which means I 'get' one of the two larger bedrooms to play in :)

Not only does this mean I can look at easing the curve round the top of the layout and allow the remaining fiddle yard board to be fitted permanently but it should mean i can get round the sides of at least one side of the scenic bit without having to be a contortionist!

The only problem with moving is the packing and dismantling of everything (railway and house!).  Hopefully by the end of March we should have keys and everything moved in....

In the meantime here's some final pictures of the tight space and some of the N5 - nearly all done (except for the replacement trailing wheel - now in a box after safe handover from dad).  All that needs doing to it now is proper couplings and weathering....

LWMRS Exhibition 2012

This weekend I paid a visit to my old model railway club's Exhibition - the Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society - at the NAC Stoneleigh.

It was nice to see and speak to many old acquaintances and see the progress of the OO layout Duxbury which I had been involved with.

I didn't take that many photos and those I did weren't the best only using an iPhone inside...

Did make a 'small' purchase however of a quite roughly put together old Millholme LNER (ex GCR) N5 0-6-2T.

Eastern Region 'O' gauge

Duxbury

Duxbury (with part of the goods shed I started to build on show)

The Club's Walford out on the road again

  

and the N5.....