Hi All,

A few quick shots of my first layout, a 300mm x 1600mm ish 'shunting plank' on an N scale British theme. It's a temporary build to get familiar with basic practical skills in order to build a larger and more complete layout at a later time (and in another country, we're planning to move to Melbourne soon). Hence, very simple scenery and card buildings which will be turfed before the move; I only plan to hold on to the rolling stock, track, controller, and vehicles.

A lot of different eras and types of trains represented at the August 2018 op session running the layout(s).  Track work is done on the Inside Gateway mainline section.  I hope to complete scenery (basic not hyper-detailed) in time for the holiday open house this December.  Some of the guys got to run the narrow gauge too.  Enjoy!

Kentmere is a station in a "shadow box" on a lower level, it is connected to the rest of the railroad with a 3 turn helix that represents the Kentmere Branch.  The industries are a combination of the Kentmere and Rockland Branches.  There are the J.P.Bancroft textile mill, Brecks flour mill, and the DuPont gunpowder works (the prototype is now the Hagley Museum and Library).