This is just a little micro to try out track building as well as couplings, some new ideas for making buildings and other structures. There is a small village just outside Bridport called Pymore which has an inn, a mill and a few houses- the perfect place for a micro! The idea is that it will represent a small through station currently being used as a predominantly freight terminus due to the closure of the Bridport-West Bay end of the line; similar to the GWR situation.
And finally, I've started laying sleepers for the points- cutting down the coffee stirrers and cutting them to shape is quickly becoming tedious! I think when I have access to the facilities I'll laser cut them similar to the Timber Tracks sleepers.
Anyway, progress has been good.
It's a 4x1 board and whilst I could have fitted more in I decided simplicity and space would work the best. Cassettes on the left hand end will be used- the track to the left in this picture will be the rest of the line whilst the nearest will be the track to the mill, so plenty of shunting opportunities as well as possibly a paraffin and coal merchant- as well as maybe a cattle dock as there are numerous farms around.
The right hand end features the station- I think it would be possible to make a small sliding loco length traverser on the end to run around stock as I didn't want to squeeze the whole layout into this space- I could extend it one day. Not sure yet. I think I will do a Wantage style train shed that technically doubles up as the current carriage shed to hide the lack of depth behind the station.
Anyway, progress has been good.
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