Cutting Room

I spent most -of Saturday at Narrow Gauge East at Bressingham attempting to multi-task, which is no easy thing for the average bloke and even harder when you're attempting to operate a large, traditionally controlled layout.

I was trying to capture as much still and video footage of the layout as I could in the first opportunity to see it running for two and a half years - and that went for us as much as any of the paying visitors.

My camera-wielding efforts frustrated Himself a little at times, who clearly thought I was too distracted - and I'll admit there were a few operator errors as a consequence - but I hope you'll enjoy the end result which is some little clips of action like this.

Oberon Gets Its Wood

Himself has spent the week on a tree-building binge.

(I've no idea what's come over him because it's a job he hates.)

Anyway, he's made enough to plant the hillside on top of Goat Tunnel.

Here's a view which you very rarely see, as if you were standing on the famous PB&SSR 'Bridge to Nowhere'.

WHR Superpower In Miniature

If you missed the chance to see 3 working NGG16s at the same time at WHR Superpower last weekend, don't worry, you've got another chance this coming weekend!



Because Himself has been working flat out to complete the layout - physically at least - in time for the Woking show it's been many months since he's done any work on our latest locomotive 138.

However he thought it would be fun to give her a trial run at the show this weekend so he gave her a week test along with our existing pair in one of the fiddle yard tracks.

I promise you it'll look a lot more impressive - and sound a lot sweeter - climbing up and around the big S bend behind Beddgelert station on Bron Hebog.