So, the track was laid last year, the board constructed some moths before that, but there was more to be done before we could actually use the portable fiddle yard in order to make the portable section of the layout ready for exhibiting. There were:
- To improve the “latching” of the second-hand Bemo points (maybe these were a false economy … but they’re fitted now and the do work
- To ensure that the sidings could be isolated at will, independent of what was happening in the station
- To provide a system for there pantographs to engage with the overhead equipment on leaving the fiddle yard for the station
These tasks are now complete and the whole layout is now full-functional electrically and practically in portable mode. Remaining tasks are cosmetic and will easily be completed in time for the layout’s first showing at the Market Deeping Model Railway Club‘s exhibition in Stamford in May.
Operator “training” is already in hand, and when the weather improves there will need to be a dry run loading the layout into the car, in time for alternative arrangements to be made if there is a problem with that.
Innsdorf Modellbahn 