WGLR, the 2010 re-build.

First proper day of the school hols and today's passenger train ran to 12 axles requiring double heading from the WGLR's original locos.

Awaiting departure from Wetton with No.2 Michael Henry leading No.1 Nellie.



Out in the country.



Crossing the recently completed Foggy Bottom Viaduct.

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............. oh aye, it only ran like a treat didn't it!!!!!!!!!!
 
Damn, damn, damn, damn .....................
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-2z41BurRo

Oh dear, that's going to be expensive isn't it

You need one Mel.

Looking fantastic as always.

great progress while I've been away Mel
James' green engine looked good there
like the viaduct and the developing narrows section
it looks well settled in - like its been there years already
enjoyed the vids on Utoob too

The last couple of days have been spent in building and positioning the baseboard for the town section. This baseboard is 5' x 3' and is made from thick marine ply (cost a small fortune) mounted on a frame of 4"x2" tanalised wood. As well as having "legs" the whole lot also rests in a bed of coarse gravel. It is then all covered in roofing felt. Walking on it is no problem when neccasary.
 

 
An interesting thing (well, almost ), I did price up the wood using cheaper materials and it came out at £40. However, I would then have to pay £10 for delivery. Going for the higher spec wood came to just over £50 (most of the cost being the marine ply), but this meant that delivery was free - so going for the higher spec was not only sensible, but also hardly any more expensive.

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Getting the baseboard in place has meant that the last length of track layed on the ground could be ballasted. This is the point where it comes through the trees, through a gap in the wall (gotta fit some old gateposts) and crosses the road.
 

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I've made life difficult for myself by putting the ungated level crossing on a bend ...... ah well. Elliott has been telling me about how he's made his roads from real tarmac (the stuff sold for patching drives etc.), so I'm off to have a look this evening. I seem to remember somebody who did the same on the old GSM and it looked brill.
 
On the far side of the track is Stockers Row (a Pendlebury Village Shop and Village Cottage joined together). I've had trouble finding one of my existing buildings to go on this side of the track that looks right, so the new plan is to get two more shops from Alan and make up another terrace exactly the same size.
 

 
In the background, you can see a gap in the wall that marks the entrance to the churchyard. A proper Lychgate is on the cards to fill it.

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At the front of the baseboard will be another street scene made up by Corris Cottage, the Fire Station and the old Livery Stables. I'm still moving these around to get them the way I like them.
 

 
The railway will run close to the back of these buildings.
 

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On the other side of this track is a big gap at the mo. This will be filled by a representation of the row of black and white cottages from the Welshpool Narrows (sadly demolished now). These will back onto the track - complete with the washing line that always seems to appear in photos .
 

 
The front of the cottages will be accessed via a narrow alleyway (ginal?) running from the end of Stockers Row and along the rear of the factory sidings (the walls are temporary).
 
Where are the cottages coming from? Oh, I've gotta make them .

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This will be filled by a representation of the row of black and white cottages from the Welshpool Narrows (sadly demolished now). These will back onto the track - complete with the washing line that always seems to appear in photos .

  Will you extend your talents at weathering to include a few sooty smuts on the washing?

Really looking good Mel (daylight pictures are better, you were right)
 

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  , so I'm off to have a look this evening.

Is this a mission done under the cover of darkness?  (do you know of a local road works site)

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Really looking good Mel (daylight pictures are better, you were right)
 

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  , so I'm off to have a look this evening.

Is this a mission done under the cover of darkness?  (do you know of a local road works site)

Cheers Trev. No I'm off to Elliott's to have a look at how his roads have turned out. Of course, I suppose we'll have to run a train or three while I'm there. Life is soooo tough .

Neil Robinson

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This will be filled by a representation of the row of black and white cottages from the Welshpool Narrows (sadly demolished now). These will back onto the track - complete with the washing line that always seems to appear in photos .

Will you extend your talents at weathering to include a few sooty smuts on the washing?

Well, either that or get myself a coal fired live steamy Neil?

lookin good Mel
like the plans for the narrows

Nice work mate!

I think it was Spike on the old forum who used tarmac for level crossings....

I like your railway. By the way, how does the green carpet "grass" hold up throughout the seasons?

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I like your railway. By the way, how does the green carpet "grass" hold up throughout the seasons?

Thanks Dan. To be honest I don't really know as the new grass has only been down for about 6 weeks. However, I do have a small patch of Astro-Turf that has been down for 4 years and that is fine. The stuff that I use is all designed to be kept outdoors, in fact it's designed to take a lot more wear and tear as it's meant for sports pitch's etc.

I had the same stuff on the terrace of our café for 5 years, so that is some pretty intensive wear. If put in a sunless, damp corner it grows moss quite well, plus where the bird table was I got some plants growing on it. This is the stuff with drainage knobbles underneath, not the flat underneath as used by greengrocers etc. and it also comes in two qualities (mild use or heavy use) and speaking of heavy, a large area of it is very heavy

like it  mell, hope the base bords weather well..lot off works going into this

I've come up with a layout of buildings that I think works well .......... at least for now .

So I've been building various fences etc. here and there to make a series of back alleys and footpaths in between the buildings and the railway. Here are some pics;

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I've come up with a layout of buildings that I think works well .......... at least for now .

So I've been building various fences etc. here and there to make a series of back alleys and footpaths in between the buildings and the railway. Here are some pics;

Yes, oh yes, oh YES! 
 
Fantastic stuff Mel.