Seagle Bay in N-Gauge: May 2010

The beginnings

Seagle Bay is a small northern coastal town not far from the Scottish border.

Set in the late 1950s/early1960s, this fictional town is at a bit of a crossroads.

The fishing is dying out and coal no longer forms a large part of its work.

It has various advantages;
Along from this scene it has a lovely coastline where birds and seals can be spotted (it is rumoured that sea eagles have been seen!). The tourist trade has kept the town going.

Another is that it is on the North-South mainline and having been historically a refreshment stop, it still has regular stops by express trains.

There are troubling times ahead and Seagle Bay hopes to survive with some changes. No doubt the port will be closed, left derelict for years until turned into expensive "waterfront apartments"

A selection of steam and diesel can be seen at Seagle Bay!

Thursday 27 May 2010

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.