No. 169 GWR - the Great Way Round – the construction.
Recapping from my last Post, some fifteen years ago when the layout was conceived there was a Mainline Terminus and a high level Branch Terminus, both constructed up against the plasterboard enclosure housing the Aga flue. It was not long before the Mainline Terminus was converted to a through station with the running lines skirting the outside of the plasterboard enclosure. This provided for a dumbbell shaped layout with reversing loops and storage sidings at both ends. Most importantly it allowed continuous running. I do like to watch trains running. How could the single track branch line be made into a continuous run? Life moves on, the Aga is now electric and the flu no longer carries hot gases. I mused about a tunnel through the plaster board enclosure with a new connection back down to the through station (the Mainline Terminus that was). The Plaster Board Box The catalyst for this work was the appearance of some off cuts of...