More station, less circuit.

[Gralyn]

A man after my own heart - Bricks for buffer stops!.

[Howardws]

The bricks are only temporary! However I intend making at least one of them out of concrete. In 1944 my Grandfather drove a USATC 2-8-0 off the end of the turning triangle at Eastleigh shed - he'd not driven one before and nobody told him the steam brake was relatively useless and needed a lot of warming through. The buffer stop that he demolished was replaced with a number of large blocks of concrete which are still there in the undergrowth.

[Soar Valley Light]

Hi Howard,

've met several people who would say that's the best thing he could have done with one of those!

Your layout is looking very good. The hard work of preparing the track bed is paying dividends now. It's looks very neat and tidy.

Andrew