The most obvious progress to report on the layout this week has been going on deep in the 'Coal Hole'.
Himself has been working on recreating the chutes used to transfer bulk loads, such as coal and ballast, from standard gauge wagons into the FR narrow gauge waggons on the tracks below.
This has been done using styrene to represent the concrete support structure, with brass used for the chutes themselves.
I think this has the potential to be one of the most unusual and appealing cameos on the layout - although we're not going to be silly enough to attempt to transfer any substances from the big wagons into the small, you'll have to imagine that bit.
It will, however, be one of those things which makes it unmistakeably Minffordd Yard.
The one thing that will be authentic about it is that the chutes encroach well into the FR loading gauge, ready to catch out the unwary who forget, or allow gravity to drag their engine or vans further down into the coal hole than they can venture.
Hopefully we won't have to straighten out bodywork or attend to dents the way Boston Lodge Works has had to over the years.....
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