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Hope you had a good Christmas, you've been quiet, didn't Santa bring anything interesting this year then?

 

All I got was an early delivery of the Dapol megafrets and the Eddie Stobart containers.

 

Been out visiting a lot, so no real time to play over the hols or move things along, and we're off to do more visiting until the new year, and I had to stand in the refunds queue with all the Freightliner stuff I'd bought for Scott - I should have known.

 

While 'spending time with the family', I took the opportunity to catch up with my magazine backlog and got to reading the article in Deceber Model Rail 'Sample Steel Train for Horseley Fields' - that would give me the opportunity to run the EWS and Railfreight together, and with swap between the Freightliner container depot and a steel yard.

 

I thought I'd grab some photos, but someone else kept getting in on the act!

 

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Phil

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Some pictures from this morning down at a very wet and windy Tees Yard - a few BDAs for you Scott.

 

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These sidings are off in the distance in the photo below at the left hand side.

 

Then 60 017 left with some rather battered scrap wagons

 

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And some of the 'depot' - looks like I need to start making some puddles like Maybeck Road Depot

 

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Time to dry out now.

 

Phil

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Nice to see a few pics from my area. Shame its not what it once was only a decade or two ago, Or that I should of taken more interest when it was on my doorstep! I go over the A19 flyover when I'm taking the bairn down to her grandparents. Looks like a huge scrapyard of wagons, like one day it was all action then it just froze in time and rust took over!!

 

Guy

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Ok - so I've finally risen to Ian's challenge, so despite being away for the weekend, I've come back and cut out the remaining semi-circles....

 

Phil

I hope your saw goes blunt and your nuts round off !! ;-)

 

Seriously though Phil, get cracking and it might give me the kick I need. Following others progress is always inspirational.

 

 

 

 

And they're off!

Good luck with the challenge...

 

I'm sure it will have its up and downs and you'll probably end up going round in circles but I'm sure you will cope.

Hmmm ..... You should be on stage........... Sweeping it!

 

Guy

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Daily progress update on the helix - none, although I have done a bit more measuring on what needs to be done.

 

37 514 should arrive today from Cornwall allowing the through service from Redbrook to South Wales. In the mean time 56 032 is used to marshall some extra BDAs into place.

 

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Phil

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Thats interesting Phil, Redbrook is looking to get 56032 on their books too.. 

Just missed the Postie who's got some BDA's for me and a couple of Cargowaggons..

Is your Freightliner theme still going too or are you one of those people who changes there mind all the time? They do annoy me. Lol

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Some progress tonight, although not as much as Guy it appears - I have adjusted the height of the stand and braced it, then decided that I needed to paint (a nice shade of greeen) the circular boards since they're MDF and it can get damp down in the basement and I don't want them to swell up.

 

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So instead of watching the paint dry, I decided to welcome the new addition to the steel fleet - direct from Redbrook.

 

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Away for a couple of days with work now, so that's it for a bit.

 

Phil

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What wagons were you thinking of getting??

 

I was thinking of getting some MGR hoppers, however I've done some research and found loads of examples of Coal sector 56's pulling steel wagons, so will probably just go with that, rather than getting distracted even more and ending up building a colliery.

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