PLEASE NOTE.
THIS IS THE START OF MY NEW LAYOUT HISTORY,
THE ABOVE LAYOUT HAS BEEN PUT ASIDE.
Hello all long time off the rails.................. and because of a server crash and data loss I'm picking up the threads of my old posts on here and starting my story again here.
The present build on KINGS STREET GOODS got as far as all track down and DCC wired up then I did my back in which stopped my crawling underneath the boards for any finishing/remedial work.
To this end I purchased a RTR 0 Gauge layout on 2 boards over 9ft+ long, I can play trains whoo hoo.
I packed away KING STREET GOODS build and set up my new layout still called Portobello Road TMD but may be changed in time.
More info to follow.
A little bit more information on how I reached here, there are a few more photos to add.
............... and the wiring is neat with some nifty touches I can learn from.
PORTOBELLO ROAD TMD
Posted October 11, 2021
Here begins Portobello Road with some older post gathered from my King Street Goods topic on here………….
THE LAYOUT NAME MAY CHANGE FROM PORTOBELLO ROAD GOING FORWARD.
Crunch time -- Long story short.
Coincidence, right place right time, fit the bill all the before.
I read on FB that a local group of friends were going to make a show to benefit the Severn Valley Railway and have some interesting items on show for 0 Gauge modellers.
The concept expanded into having 7 layouts I thinks and some shop outlets too, Jim McGeown of Connoisseur models to name one.
It turned out to be a very successful 2 day event and very much enjoyed by all who attended.
Now the coincidental bit -- one of the committee recently put a layout up for sale on a site I am a member of and it pinged me.
Now recently I have stalled working on my own build layout by reason of a bad back which if I get under the layout my disc slip.
So here was an opportunity if suitable to get me a running dcc working layout which at 10ft would be just right.
Today I went to visit and did the deal. This will now allow me to play trains while taking it easy on my own build giving my back time to recover.
Going forward I may name change the new layout, add to the single track fiddle yard or make it cassette based. It is TMD set at the moment but I may want to do some minor tweaks to make it more freight biased but initially I will just enjoy playing.
Best