Although its not been mentioned much in the thread I do have a more traditional "in the garden" g scale railway too.
What can I say, the weather was far to nice to be in the shed playing trains, especially when you have the option to play trains in the sunshine
After cutting the lawn and having a good tidy up in the garden, attention turned to the railway and in particular how it had faired over the extreme winter weather. I am happy to report that bar a few minor bits of the concrete ballasting cracking no major rework has been required. I have chipped a few of the looser sections away and backfilled with new, but an hour of maintenance after a winter is really no more work than a standard OO layout. One of my two indoor layout purchases, made on ebay this week arrived today, and was given a test in the garden, Im quite pleased with the level of detail on the mini digger for £5.50
of course pointing man is never far away,
Here is a step back, track plan kind of shot,
It looks quite small in a single shot but you can get an idea of scale from the 6'wide fence panels in the background. After a bit of "testing" I had a rummage to see what track I had left in the shed and decided to start the planned extension.
The point work just in front of where the loco is sat, has been there since the track was first laid, today the spur leading of it has been added.
This resulted in the need for a bit more testing
Fortunately as Mrs RJR was out this afternoon the extension went unnoticed, even when she came out on her return
Its called claiming the garden by stealth. My plan now involves track on an even cheaper scale than the playmo .... It occured to me that when I sit stock on the shed step, the deck boards have a pair of grooves 45mm wide
So the plan is to lay a single board along the back of the path from where the new extension now ends, right down the garden.
Of course I wont need planning permission for this from the domestic authorities as it isn't new track laying, it a gravel board to stop the stones behind it coming onto the path
Genius me thinks !!!!! John