Robert Hampton

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Layout

The layout is currently at a very early stage of construction, and you can follow the progress on the pages below. This section will be regularly updated and added to with more text and pictures as more work is done.

Construction

[Small picture of shed under construction] Location, location, location
Details the work we had to do to convert the former garage into a proper railway room.
[Small section of layout track plan] I love it when a plan comes together
Plans which were painstakingly drawn, then rejected, until eventually I settled on one I was happy with.
[Small picture showing baseboard under construction] It begins
Construction begins on the baseboard.
[Small picture showing track in box] Making tracks
Track is purchased for the first stage of construction.
[Picture of track laying and testing underway] On the right lines
The track laying begins.
[Picture of class 47 loco on layout] The first train!
With the first stage of track laying completed, the first trains are operated.
[Picture of class 47 loco on layout] All change!
Changes are made to the plan and some “essential engineering work” is required.
[Picture of class 47 loco on layout] More track laying
Headshunts and sidings and loops, oh my.