Arts
Shunting Review
Some of you who have stumbled upon this wonderful site in recent weeks and months may be wondering what various references to shunting and occasional photos of a railway scene are all about. You may [more…]
Trains
Engineering
Shunting to the end
If you remember back at the start of this series, I came up with the idea of a ‘winter project’. Well it is no longer winter, even in the North, so time to bring it [more…]
Engineering
Shunting into colour
A shorter update this time, primarily due to other activites taking precedence – not weather related over the past weeks, but the Easter holidays threw routines out of the window. The eldest came home and [more…]
Engineering
Shunting Puzzle, Part Three
Christmas Lull – Shunting on slowly Last time you saw a relatively quick transformation of my winter project – from bare shelf which was hollowed out, wired up, a baseboard added, ramp, rails and magnorail [more…]
Engineering
Shunting Puzzle, Part Two
Shunting on A fortnight ago I outlined a plan for a winter project – both explaining and justifying it to myself and the esteemed audience of wankpuffins. Since then a lot of money has changed [more…]
Engineering
Shunting Puzzle
As many people do, I spend all day using computers. My spare time, when not not reading comments on here is usually spent, again on a computer or phone or occasionally watching TV. With the [more…]