Life in the Bus Lane

This page is where the ramblings from the home page appear once they have passed their sell-by date.

Recent Updates

01/09/08: Intermission

Virtually nothing of note to report... Read more....

30/07/08: A Grand Day Out

A corner of Redhill made it’s first public outing on Saturday... Read more....

07/07/08: Choc-a-block

Work has progressed getting the track feeds connected up... Read more....

27/06/08: On Track

The trackbed mentioned in the last update now has track on it and a Class 25 has happily pottered up and down to prove that it all works. Read more....

11/06/08: Trackbed & Technology

The first lengths of trackbed have gone in along the back of the layout... Read more....

01/06/08: Laying Down The Blacktop

Having fettled, fixed and fiddled with the roadways on boards 6 & 7 I have been able to cover them, in best Blue Peter tradition, with sticky-backed plastic... Read more....

14/05/08: Common As Muck

Any model railway which claims to represent part of BR in the 60s or 70s needs more 16T mineral wagons than you can shake the proverbial stick at. Read more....

09/04/08: Isn't Technology Wonderful?

Most of my limited modelling time recently has been directed towards a layout being built for a forthcoming book... Read more....

05/02/08: Going Dotty

Having got all but two of the junctions on the scenic boards installed and wired I have had to get down to some serious playing, sorry - testing. Read more....

15/01/08: I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas

Progress has been slow, not to mention in completely the wrong direction! Read more....

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