Where we’re at: Drovers Brook in the intermediate stage of being on the short trestles while the basic track and wiring went in. This meant I was back to having a layout in the middle of the room again, something that is not in the slightest bit convenient. In some ways there is nothing to see here, and any description could just refer to c2017 when the AoTC was under construction, as the methods and thinking are all but identical excepting the 75/Bullhead combo.
I managed to get about 85% on the plain track done with the BH the remaining bits at the far left (van siding and H/S) were done with 75 with the sleepers rejigged to match the spacing, i.e. exactly what I did with Dury’s Gap. Usual simple three feeds with the points doing the isolating – the one engine in steam operation requires little else. The DPDT switches at the front (as per the AoTC) will be scenic-ed around to make them less obvious. This is very much a home beast, although it it nominally requested for the WRG show in March displayed very much in ‘home operation’ setting, and not on the usual high trestles with the lighting tubes.
