Crikey! As I look back at the last time I wrote anything, it was over twelve months ago.
What's been happening?
I've been running trains. I haven't done much to the layout at all. However, I've added a couple of extra sidings at Tathra and I had to realign the head shunt for Junction Yard, which also meant that the up and down main lines needs to be realigned too. The cause was due to no clearance between the head shunt and the incline to the terminus, which meant that any plans for a back scene between them would not work.
None of those operating noticed this change. However, it shortened the head shunt by the length of a bogie and for some trains, that is enough to make things awkward. Trains and some of the sidings had a lot of thought go into them for operations. A slightly shorter head shunt means that longer locomotives will need more movement to shunt the same trains.
I reckon it's time to make a real start on the scenery. I need to get back to my 15 minutes a day philosophy.
In the meantime, here's some footage of the Transport Heritage Expo from the weekend just gone.
Until next time.
