Nodrog1826
Professional Idiot
Ok Folks
After the last attempt to rebuild my railway thread after what has passed befor, became a bit of a disaster.
Here we go again, again.
My first introduction into garden railways, came when i was a kid and my parents bought me one of those Triang Big Big Train sets.
This was set up in the quarry in the garden, for quarry read hole dug in the soil.
Not withstanding the constant laying and taking up, and the bombing of it by my other brothers, as it made great targets for their tanks and the odd quarry accident,
it survived quite well, apart from the roller. As time passed it was packed way and forgotten about, and later my dad disposed of it.:crying:
Anyhow as a teenager i was first indroduce to LGB, not via one of those overhead layouts at my local Beatties store, but via the model club at my comp school.
One of the other kids had a large green tank engine etc that he set up and i guess i was hooked.
So i purchased the relevent catologue of the time, and i was further hooked by what appeared to be a full sized picture of a bendy, brown overhead lecy loco.
Anyhow time passed and life continued, leave school, work, 75% burns, work, marriage, a kid, (Heir To the Overdraft (HTO)) broken back and neck, work and finally ill health retirement aged 35. Ok its not the bog standard life, but it's how mine turned out..at the time.
So things plod on as they say, hobbies, some old some new came and went, then two things happened at the same time.
Firstly a windfall courtsey of HM Government and a suggesting that i get myself a me time hobby.
Windfalls as they are and marital authorities, have other plans but there was some money left, and so one Ebay purchase later.
Yep i purchased one of those bendy brown loco's i admired so much as a kid.
Now one loco on its own is not enough. So several Ebay purchases later..
As well as an assortment of additional track.
After the last attempt to rebuild my railway thread after what has passed befor, became a bit of a disaster.
Here we go again, again.
My first introduction into garden railways, came when i was a kid and my parents bought me one of those Triang Big Big Train sets.
This was set up in the quarry in the garden, for quarry read hole dug in the soil.
Not withstanding the constant laying and taking up, and the bombing of it by my other brothers, as it made great targets for their tanks and the odd quarry accident,
it survived quite well, apart from the roller. As time passed it was packed way and forgotten about, and later my dad disposed of it.:crying:
Anyhow as a teenager i was first indroduce to LGB, not via one of those overhead layouts at my local Beatties store, but via the model club at my comp school.
One of the other kids had a large green tank engine etc that he set up and i guess i was hooked.
So i purchased the relevent catologue of the time, and i was further hooked by what appeared to be a full sized picture of a bendy, brown overhead lecy loco.
Anyhow time passed and life continued, leave school, work, 75% burns, work, marriage, a kid, (Heir To the Overdraft (HTO)) broken back and neck, work and finally ill health retirement aged 35. Ok its not the bog standard life, but it's how mine turned out..at the time.
So things plod on as they say, hobbies, some old some new came and went, then two things happened at the same time.
Firstly a windfall courtsey of HM Government and a suggesting that i get myself a me time hobby.
Windfalls as they are and marital authorities, have other plans but there was some money left, and so one Ebay purchase later.
Yep i purchased one of those bendy brown loco's i admired so much as a kid.
Now one loco on its own is not enough. So several Ebay purchases later..
As well as an assortment of additional track.
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looking forward to seeing the viaduct thread, the I always thought the refuges were very cleverly thought out.
