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More Plans

Posted by Rupert Connor on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, In : Web site updates 
We have updated our Trackplan page again to reflect the latest proposed changes. These have been prompted partly because the original engine shed roof started to collapse (meaning we had to quickly build an alternative storage shed, pictured below) and partly because we have given quite a lot of thought to how we use the railway and how to make it and the rest of the garden more accessible to all.

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Branching Out

Posted by Rupert Connor on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, In : Construction 
You may have noticed we updated our Trackplan page a while ago. It now shows our latest ideas for the eventual KLR track plan. We've made a start on the station area by adding a new pair of points to the main circuit and (for now) a short siding. This siding will eventually become part of the new station run round loop.

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A Golden Spike

Posted by Rupert Connor on Sunday, October 11, 2015, In : Construction 
We have at last completed the basic oval of track and marked the point where 'East meets West' with golden track spikes in the final sleeper laid. Now we can have journeys of up to infinite length!



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Two Road Engine Shed

Posted by Rupert Connor on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, In : Construction 
After the snow came the wind. Dust storms formed where there are newly ploughed fields, creating what seemed like a thick brown fog. At last there were a few nice days at the end of last week.

Karen had got fed up with tripping over a pair of points that had been lying around in the workshop pending a little tweaking to make them more reliable, and lifting some of our rolling stock on and off the track each time we used it was less than ideal. We therefore decided to get the points out of the ...
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