No.8 The Superquick Engine Shed

Not so much ballasting more a bit of history:



My old Superquick engine shed in its latest position - a rare picture with no engines.



The shed dates back to the early 1980s and my Bracken Ridge Layout.  It was part of a pair of sheds which were customised to fit my track spacing.  The sheds were made narrower.  This was achieved by separating the gable ends from the walls.  If you look carefully you can see where the brick arch from across the entrance was separated from the rest of the gable wall to enable the new narrower gable to be lowered back onto the side walls.



Another scanned image from the past with Airfix Castles, a Lima Crab and some Mainline ex GWR and LMR types.  There is also a Hornby Dublo 8F which lives on with handrails and tender 'borrowed' from an old Mainline 'Scot'.



The Bracken Ridge layout was never completed (as with so many layouts) and everything was packed away and moved  to Park View for yet another uncompleted project:





Back to the present and the picture at the top of the page shows the sheds have had to be separated and the coaling ramp has been abandoned!

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