Many things we didn’t expect have happened over the last 18 months, but one of them that I hadn’t planned on particularly was that I would change job, however that has happened this year and has been a really good 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 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
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
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
It’s been quite a while since the last update on the model railway and work has been progressing along in various places. The last couple post have been around control and getting DCC to work on the Raspberry Pi, however Continue reading
Today marked a very important stage in the build out of the model railway with the running of the first train(s) on the actual layout. The last couple of posts (Track Laying – 28th Nov | Christmas Presents – 21st Continue reading
So here we go, the third of the end of year catch up posts (also see TVC Update and Layout design) which hopefully brings me back up to date with the regular posts on the blog. This post shows the progress so far Continue reading
Well after a little break it’s time for another post. Despite a busy bank holiday weekend of decorating, swimming, church etc there was just time to do some more running in of trains. It’s been a while since the last running Continue reading
Just a short post, but marks something significant and that’s actually running a train for the first time in nearly 20 years! My old DC controller is now in the house, so coupled with a simple circle of Continue reading