03-29-2016, 08:24 PM
Spent most of day operating/supervising Windermere station. I think we had about a dozen operators; Mike needs to get a bigger dining table for lunch.
The layout is interesting. Decades ago, Mike excavated a trench in the middle of his crawl space and built a layout on the original concrete. He expanded the layout with a model of Windermere station (English Lake district; think Wordsworth) which he says is scale size, but with a few improvements (relocated crossovers) and an added engine shed with turntable. At the time modelled, locos that needed turning were backed 19 miles to the mainline junction at Oxenholme. Today the line is a 19-mile electrified single-track spur.
The layout is interesting. Decades ago, Mike excavated a trench in the middle of his crawl space and built a layout on the original concrete. He expanded the layout with a model of Windermere station (English Lake district; think Wordsworth) which he says is scale size, but with a few improvements (relocated crossovers) and an added engine shed with turntable. At the time modelled, locos that needed turning were backed 19 miles to the mainline junction at Oxenholme. Today the line is a 19-mile electrified single-track spur.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.