Wednesday 12th February 2025

Geoff had been busy making one of the two new points required and this was reviewed insitu, together with an old leftover point. We'll have to make sure the point 'motor' can be accommodated on the extension, but Geoff is happy it will work. We also considered the magnetic uncouplers - one for the short siding, but probably two for the long siding - TBA.

Next up was trimming the edges of the station board extension. After a long discussion, a decision was made, pencil lines applied and the excess jig-sawed away.

The road area is assumed to slope down further...

...and the route of the disused siding was accommodated at the other end. There are still lots of details to be resolved, but the basics are now there.

Platform board: The fence will be removed in due course, so there is a bit of scope for the alignment on the main siding. Geoff was keen not to just make it parallel, and after confirming the point end, soon had a couple of ideas brewing. An 'S' line was interesting, but we settled on a diagonal alignment as it offered options to accommodate the higher ground on the existing board which may also have to be reshaped. The face against the existing boards was marked just below scenery level and cut away. A retaining wall will be built around the base of the water tower. The outside face was cut down to a notional gently sloping line. 

 

The short head shunt length was fixed and the inner upstand cut down to match the existing ground.

The end still needs resolving, but we'll cross that bridge in due course (!!!).