Monday 27th January 2025

Other commitments have meant diary-problems for a couple of weeks, but we needed a 'fix' so yes, a Monday session. 


While reviewing the previous weeks work, Geoff noted that the new point on the main board would require full point control including rodding (argh!), but the point on the extension could be manual (phew!).


Geoff was also adamant that an alignment pin was required to guarantee track alignment for the extension trackwork. However, as there wasn't a spare fitting available, the first job was to make a new one. A hole was drilled through to the adjacent board and the alignment pin components fitted.





End station board: The ground levels and road profile were given some thought. Rather than the new trackwork being a very long siding right through to the road, could it have originally been a redundant extension to another quarry? A track curve guide was laid in place, giving an idea of what it might have been, and it worked well. The final curve position is TBC.


As the remaining plywood strips had developed curves, they were orientated so as to counter-balance each other before being glued and screwed together. A lot of clamps were needed!


We'll see how it turns out next week.