WGLR, the 2010 re-build.

Nicely rusty Mel. I like that.

Wow... The narrows is shaping up to be better than before! (and for those of you who dont know Mels narrows inspired my own, though mine are far from finished and no where near as good)

Well, mine are far from finished too Chris. But as promised, a couple of views of the finished terrace as it will fit in with the railway. The plastic board base is temporary.

Front view with the Wangerooge diesel appearing onto the road crossing with a timber train.



Rear view. You may notice that the recent wet weather has caused a bit of a weed issue. A plan is in place to deal with this.

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taking shape nicely Mel

Looking good Mel but weeds? I see no weeds just lush greenery mate!!

minimans


Looking good Mel but weeds? I see no weeds just lush greenery mate!!

Yeh, fair comment mate. The ones that are growing under the trees etc. will just get the occasional trim so that they provide a bit of greenery.  However, the ones around the factory have to be dealt with. That Landy is fast disappearing!!

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minimans


Looking good Mel but weeds? I see no weeds just lush greenery mate!!

Yeh, fair comment mate. The ones that are growing under the trees etc. will just get the occasional trim so that they provide a bit of greenery.  However, the ones around the factory have to be dealt with. That Landy is fast disappearing!!

The weed problem around the factory and private sidings has been dealt with using membrane and a large bag of gravel.



At least they can get to the unloading dock again now. Also re-cycled many of the items of "clutter" from the old layout ......



....... together with some re-built, re-fettled buffer stops.



Still a few weeds about to be trimmed occasionaly to provide a bit of greenary.

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Brillaint Pics Mel

The cottages are excellant

The factory area and well spaced sidings look very good indeed -
the buildings in the background set the scene off too
clutter used to good effect
nice

Thanks Steve and Paul.

Bram, Whatlep and Paul from the G Scale Society are coming for a pla .......... errr ........ intensive test session next Monday (2 O'clock kick off if anyone else i able to get over to Bewdley BTW), so I thought I'd better get me finger out and build the storage sidings. This is also the last bit of track laying that is currently planned.

The hard part was getting the 1st slab (4 x 2' slabs making a 2' x8' area) correctly lined up with Stumpy Junction. After that, all the rest just had to be laid to the same level.



The standard maximum train length on the WGLR is 4 x 4 wheeled wagons plus a brake van, 4 x 4 wheeled coaches, 2 x bogie coaches or any such combo. This length of train fits into sidings one and two. I even managed to dig out a RH point which I'd forgotten I had and this allowed me to add a kick-back siding ideal for the track cleaner ........ or maybe even a steam-up bay  .



The piece of slab underneath is just being stored. You might also have noticed the cutting edge remote control apparatus for operating the Piko point at Stumpy Junc................ ie, a long stick .

Only job that remains is to fit isolation switches to each siding. Having bought a car full of second hand track off IanS for this project, I certainly ain't got much left!!

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Coming on nicely Mel....

Looking impressive there Mel........

Absolutely gorgeous day here today and trains have been running an intensive service. Although there's still a lot left to do, I've started putting a few more people and vehicles out after their Winter hibernation.

Anyhoo, the Spreewald was on duty with a timber train.



(Netty - your Blackberry bushes doing well in the background )

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Heidi on an up passenger working.............



......... pulling into Wetton during a beautiful evening rush hour.

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Corpet with a train of empty cattle wagons ready for market day tomorrow.

Passing through the woods ...........



........ and crossing the viaduct.

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The breakdown crane needed to be returned to the depot. following all the recent track work.

ex Wangerooge diesel tows it's small train over the viaduct..............



......... before passing through the town section as Harold stops the traffic. Harold's nickname is C&A (as in "Man at C&A), although he actually gets his uniforms tailored by William Gorange.

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Meantime there is still much work to be done.

A new groundframe is being built for the private sidings using a condemmed ex W&L wagon bed.



And one of the points in Wetton yard is receiving some attention.

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The end



For now .

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Hi Mel, just getting back into the forum after a couple of months away, and haven't you been a busy boy???!!

The line is looking ABSOLUTELY brilliant, I especially love the pic of the train crossing the viaduct. Congrats - a real boost to get me working on my line again.

Thanks Ian. Good to see you back.