STAFF PROJECTS
MIKE WILD has been catching up on pieces of the test track jigsaw which have been waiting for attention with the latest modification being replacement of one corner of the ‘O’ gauge layout.
EVER SINCE I relocated the test tracks last year I’ve been working through a list of amendments to make the best use of the space available. Initially the two layouts – Topley Dale in ‘OO’ and the ‘O’ gauge test track – were set up exactly as they were before apart from being higher offthe ground. This was followed by extension of the ‘OO’ layout to take full advantage of the 16ft x 10ft space now available to both layouts including a new 10-track storage yard and a diversionary route too.
The ‘O’ gauge track, meanwhile, has been a slow burner. The summer saw the trackwork for the locomotive depot established and I finally got round to wiring this up in December, but there were still two more ‘major’ projects that I wanted to complete before it went much further.
First on the list over the Christmas break was replacement of one corner of the ‘O’ gauge layout. Originally it used boards which had been designed to sit on top of cabinets in its previous location and had an excessive number of legs underne…
