Crane and Tool Van - revisited

Crane and tool van now completed. I've added lettering and some slight weathering.

New House for Beamish Town

1) The raw materials: a green chopping board (Sainsbury's £3.99), a children's toy play house (local 'car boot' £1).

2) Fix the house to the chopping board with a 1" screw thorugh each corner of the house base. Apply some dark grey enamel paint (I used some Humbrol paint) to the roof. Thats it ready to go outside. Rear view of house ..

3) In position in Beamish Town, next door is one I did last year but didn't paint the roof.

New loco gets a run ..

A nice sunny day and I gave my Aristocraft 0-4-0T a run round outside, here it is paused for short break in the station.

New Arrival - 0-4-0T

My latest addition to my loco stud, an Aristocraft 0-4-0T, simmers after doing some shunting on my 'CVR indoors' layout. I bought it secondhand at a local toy&train fair for a good price. Looking forward to running it round the outdoor layout.

Spring Running

A smidge early to call it spring but close enought for me. Nice to get out in the sun and run a few trains.

The track inspection boys go out first ...

Mmy new little shunter loco moves a couple of small wagons past the signal tower .

A stop for the passenger service ...

New Arrivals ....

Firstly and LGB track cleaning loco (secondhand), needs some new cleaning wheels fitted; otherwise a good runner.

Secondly my little mini shunter (converted Postman Pat loco toy body on old LGB motion), seen here on the CVR indoor branch.

Level Crossing Completed

I took advantage of the sunny weather today to complete my level crossing project. The side approaches are from the Playmobil crossing, the track inserts and centre piece are cut from dark grey ceramic floor tile.