Minfford Update: The Coal Hole And Other Apertures

 The process of forming the complex, and compact, trackbed and levels on the Minffordd project is continuing.

The shape of the former goods exchange yard with the Cambrian is becoming clearer, with the sunken 'coal hole' roads now bordered by the wooden formers for the walls.

This narrow gauge lines here will be straddled by standard gauge sidings on either side.

Swinging the camera to face in the opposite direction we can see Himself has formed the bridge where the Cambrian line exits again.

We've played with the geography of the area here to move the lane which crosses the line near the quarry a little nearer the station (with a very sharp bend in the road!)

Here the standard gauge goes into an effective tunnel along the right hand edge of the layout until it emerges into the fiddle yard.

In this covered section the storage lines of the fiddle yard begin to fan out, so to guard against catastrophic derailments on points Himself has created an emergency access flap.

At the other side, just beyond bridge where the FR passes over the Cambrian platform, we already have the start of the fiddle yard roads in place.

This view also shows the transition from the code 75 Bullhead track into the standard code 100 product for the hidden section - the difference in the sleeper size and spacings is very obvious!