A busy day today, with lots going on. !4 volunteers were on site, trying to ignore the cold wind that was blowing up through the pines.
Perhaps the most interesting task of the day was the setting up of 3 dimensional alignment gauge, made up from 2 sleepers and two short lengths of bullhead rail. Its the closest we're going to get to a track panel at Broadway for a while!
The end result was pleasing from many points of view, not least was a clearer understanding of how much ballast is required through the Station and beyond.
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| The train now arriving at platform 1 and 2.... |
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| The curves I like to see - sad but true! |
Another interesting picture here of the near finished Platform 2, showing the curve which of course, matches Platform 1. Nice one Jo.
You can also see the massive infill job behind 2B. The wooden posts are the height markers.
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| "Why not just bury me beneath the pile...." |
Brick cleaning continued unabated. Here Robin's face says it all as another Mythe load arrives. The lads, when they had finish the gauge, set about raking over the freshly turned Mythe pile to magic up some fairly decent reds.
Vic continued with his walling. I'm not sure how pleased he will be when he see the new pile of Cotwold stone that was dropped off by Jo and Roger J!
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| The signal box basks in the sunshine........ |
Perhaps the most interesting task of the day was the setting up of 3 dimensional alignment gauge, made up from 2 sleepers and two short lengths of bullhead rail. Its the closest we're going to get to a track panel at Broadway for a while!
6 comments:
Less infill would be needed if you had a north-facing bay platform on platform 2...?
Outstanding progress by the BAG
Re. bay platform v. infill, making 1C into a bay platform would save even more, there's room for a track to go in, and 1C might then have some purpose
Both bays could be used to park some waggons to add interest for the customers, and you will need somewhere to keep the lawn mower!
Less infill material required, more track/points signalling equipment required and that doesn't come cheap
More basic than that more bricks to find, clean and lay, infill I suspect is easier
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