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Shunting 14 – finally some movement

11th March 2021 Sweaty Dave 3024 Comments

Last time we covered the ongoing struggle with the three way point which is still not resolved, mine buildings construction and the start of track laying. Oh and the introduction of new loco. The Andrew [more…]

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Shunting – the unlucky 13th?

4th March 2021 Sweaty Dave 3203 Comments

Evening Shunting fans. Latest updates for you… With the weather being somewhat chilly, there has been little excuse to get on with tings… The Shunting Dozen outlined some work on the 3 way point wiring, [more…]

Backs built up
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Shunting to the Dozen

23rd February 2021 Sweaty Dave 3869 Comments

A twelfth piece about a model railway – who’d have thought it.   Some progress this time on a number of stalled fronts, so happy with the work that has been done. Last time saw [more…]

Nearly done
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The Eleventh Shunt

8th February 2021 Sweaty Dave 2938 Comments

Things have moved on a bit this episode, with some visible progress for once! I must thank you all for your kind words in the unread comments, which do spur me on to do a [more…]

Streetscape
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The Shunting Tenth

1st February 2021 Sweaty Dave 3629 Comments

Usually around this time of the week I start to think about what I could possibly write about shunting. Most of the emails are cleared, the meetings sorted out, the minutes done etc and the [more…]

Weighbridge and garage
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9. Shunting again

25th January 2021 Sweaty Dave 3180 Comments

Once more a piece about Trains while the world of news whirls around us like a Tornado… I had a less active week this week, having been distracted by the installation of Telegram and the [more…]

Back yards
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Shunting up and down – Episode 8

12th January 2021 Sweaty Dave 4508 Comments

We left this saga with some success and some frustrations. The track was mocked up in parts, with the track tester showing where more work was required (particularly around points). I’d made a ham fisted [more…]

Finished engine shed
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Shunting Along – part 7

6th January 2021 Sweaty Dave 5552 Comments

The run up to Christmas involved a few days helping out at Tanfield Railway – long hours and endless sanitising Santa’s Grotto meant not a great deal of work was done on the layout. Once [more…]

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Shunting 6 – to and fro

29th December 2020 Sweaty Dave 3085 Comments

The last episode included the terrible news that the board wasn’t big enough to accommodate decent curves without tracking right around the edge of the setup. That is not something I want to contemplate, with [more…]

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