I let this get a bit out of date, though little has happened during these hot months.
First time using Postimages.org, and it's a slight learning curve.
Phil's thread on using the site proved most helpful - cheers! These pictures seem to appear just fine on my end, but if they don't show up on your end, please let me know and I'll have another try.
A lot of my posts here to date, have mostly been copied-and-pasted from my Blogger blog, with the images re-uploaded onto the forum itself - Linking images from the blog onto here, appears to work, so I'll get around to editing my previous posts, to utilize those already uploaded on Blogger. Easy enough to do, and should free up couple-hundred image "spaces" from the tally here.
18/01/2021
Belethor's General Goods is now in place, and I'm quite pleased with the result.
06/02/21
The temporary staging yard is now complete and usable. The Baldwin is track-testing a trio of new Mapleton-Tramway-esque wagons.
Two of the points had to be ballasted for support, as their sleepers aren't as deep as those of my hand-laid track. The yard seems to do it's job, so the line can now welcome visiting locos and stock.
02/03/21
Speaking of which, some mates are coming round on Saturday afternoon. The line was weeded and pruned in preparation.
Normally I'd just fill a bucket, but figured "screw it, I've not run a weed train in years". I should've used the Baguley and cane bins, would've been far fewer return trips to the staging yard to dump the weeds. The Baldwin struggled a bit with just these four wagons; it really needs some extra weight hidden somewhere..
As half of the wagons used are long-wheelbase four-wheelers, (which of course don't like being propelled) it was easier to run around them and
pull them back to be emptied. In the end, weeding took four times longer than carrying a bucket would've, but doing it by train was a nice change.
A grasshopper decided it was now foreman, and perched himself atop the Baldwin's roof to oversee the last of the weeding. As these little f**ks are devouring my palms, I would've squished him, had he not been on the loco. Between the grasshoppers, and numerous other problems caused mainly by ants, I certainly won't be using palms next time round. They're just too problematic.
several more in similar condition and you would have the makings of Barry scrapyard in the 60's and 70's.
