The construction - 25th August 2010

Reg working hard to get it ready for our next show.

It may look a mess, and your right it is a mess, but I knew what every wire did.

More track laid down by the canal side.

The position for the turn table is finally sorted.

The Basildon Model Railway Club Show 2010

The layout finally was up and running with 10 minutes to spare before the show was opened.

Maybe the fiddle yard is to short.....

....it didn't matter how much we looked at it it wasn't getting any longer.

The layout was controlled via two double cabs ( only using three cabs ) at the rear on a shelf, which came in handy for coffee cups and tools, and one on the dock side. This arrangement was just thrown together for our show. We are hoping for DDC to operate the trains.

All passing each other without any/to many crashes.

The are arches looking busy and there not even finished yet.

The viaduct is tested.

The construction - 21st June 2010

South end of the fiddle yard is now connected and also goods line, on the right, is connected to the two main lines.

The viaduct has all three lines fixed down in their final place, we hope.

A trial run to check on clearances. All OK just!!

The construction - 16th June 2010

Entering the fiddle yard north bound, showing the the two main lines...,

and south bound not yet completed.

One half of the fiddle yard completed, another order has gone in for more points.

We now have track either side of the station's east platform. Just use your imagination, the platform is centred between the four tracks.

Three tracks laid going round the Seagle Bay viaduct. One is pined down and that completes a route all the way around the our layout.

Track is now started to be fix down in the dock side, which was testing our patience, "If a job is worth doing it's worth done at least 3 time", was the motto for this section

The construction - 7th June 2010

Temporary supports for the viaduct so we can lay some track for our first show.

Copper strips have been added at each end so it can be removed for further modelling.

We don't like straight lines in Seagle bay!!

The construction - 26th May 2010

The entrance to our canal tunnel, it goes through the West Hill and emerges the other side into a once busy industrial basin.

The base for our viaduct can be seen curving over the canal and undulating ground, formed from carving high density foam. Good fun but messy!

The start of the fiddle yard, a lot for just one brake van!

The construction - 31st March 2010

Copper pcb strips glued in place along the board joints

The dock side

The track is laid lower than ground level, as this area is going to be concreted/cobbled over, just exposing the track. We were able to use up some old code 80 track and points in this area.

More track going down. this time code 55.

The construction - 11th and 24th March 2010

Bending thin ply wood to create a retaining wall

Ruffing out where the points are going, not necessarily where they are on the plan!

"Underneath the Arches" not the song of the duo Flanagan and Allen