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Shunting 14 – finally some movement

11th March 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

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…]

Hobbies

Shunting – the unlucky 13th?

4th March 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

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 0

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
Hobbies

The Eleventh Shunt

8th February 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

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
Hobbies

The Shunting Tenth

1st February 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

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
Hobbies

9. Shunting again

25th January 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

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
Hobbies

Shunting up and down – Episode 8

12th January 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

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
Hobbies

Shunting Along – part 7

6th January 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

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…]

Hobbies

Shunting 6 – to and fro

29th December 2020 Sweaty Dave 0

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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