My experience with Fast Tracks.A “down” QUBE steel train approaches Shepherds on Jan 30, 2025 at around 80-90Kph. This snapshot through the car windscreen. Of note is the lack of wires on the lineside poles – these copper wires have b…
Adding Plywood to the staging yard benchwork I had designed the staging yard benchwork to be either 400mm, or 600mm wide. That would allow the 1200×2400 mm plywood sheets to be cut lengthwise into 2 or 3 strips.Last weekend, I had a ru…
Benchwork begins for Junee staging yards. The other end of my layout is Junee, which like Albury, will exist solely as a hidden staging yard.Graeme Dodds took this picture in 1979. X212 has just removed a louvre van off a northbound tr…
Benchwork progress for Albury Staging A short post this time. PN 48144 waits in Junee yard for its next assignment Oct 30, 2024Since the last blog post, I regret that I have not progressed the layout benchwork as quickly as I would like…
Benchwork – finally a startParalysis by Analysis is a trap. And I have been caught for too long. The design of the Wagga layout has been in development for the best part of 9 years, and whilst there is certainly an advantage with care…