I've started installing the RC in the Gooch class A. I'm using RC supplied by Micron Radio Control, this time. Partly because it's cheaper than the Revo, but also because the receiver is so small, 35mm by 18mm and will fit in the loco bunker.
I had been worried that, being a single-wheeler, the loco would have difficulty pulling itself, never mind a train, but it does seem able to cope with a short train of my rather crudely built GRS wagons, so I'm reasonably confident it will pull the much lighter early period stock I have planned.
You can see the lower platform for the 1850's version of the layout in the photos. I'm planning it as an ECR/LNWR joint line, as there are plenty of drawings of LNWR goods stock from that period. Which means the Peterborough area; Woodstone on the river Nene seems a good option for a 'might have been' with the ECR having running rights beyond Peterborough to the landing stage for a ferry and passenger packet boats.
After the experience transporting and exhibiting Aldeburgh Harbour at two exhibitions, I've decided to trim the front right back. The tide mill/tranship shed will be used on another layout, and another smaller building will hide the mouse holes at the lefthand end. The quayside at the right was never really used. The layout now appears longer and more spacious, or at least it does to me. The scenic bits which bolt on the front will now all fit in the recess of the smaller board for transport. I still need to find brackets for the lighting beam.