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All Aboard!

July 15th, 2008 Jon Smyth 1 comment

Welcome aboard the 2IØJVI Railways service to…………..

After years of my model railway being consigned to it’s tea chest, it was dusted off last week and brought back to it’s former glory.  Of course some of it has seen better days but with a bit of fine sandpaper and some TLC, the most of it was looking marvellous.

It then came to pass that I had to decide on a layout that could utilise both engines, each being independent from the other and if necessary using the 3 outputs available from the 2 DC controllers I have.  You can see that there are 3 lines available, and with interconnections using sets of points it is possible for both engines to be running on the same line.

The tea chest of goodies came from my grandad quite a few years ago – it was sitting in his attic gathering dust so he gave it my brother and I.  I estimate that there is approximately 50yds of track, some of it unusuable due to wear and damage :(

With 2 engines, 2 carriages and a whole host of wagons it certainly can make a few hours pass quite quickly – it’s just a pity that it’s not a permanent feature in the spare room.  One day it shall be though :)

Track Layout

The Engine

The Engine "Evening Star" with Carriage

This train terminates here.  Please remember to take all belongings with you.  2IØJVI Railways wishes you a pleasant day.