It’s not that I have not been doing anything on Innsdorf, although I must admit I have not been doing as much as during the lockdowns (who would have done?). What I have not done, though, is to finish anything and so I have not really had much to show you. Those who have followedContinue reading “Apology for the Silence”
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Controlling the Intermediate Station
The middle station needs no power feed of its own, being powered by the controllers at the two termini (well, just Innsdorf at the moment, but the mountain terminus, Bad Moritz, will have one in due course), but it does need its points and signals to be controlled locally, and I have built a smallContinue reading “Controlling the Intermediate Station”
Laying Track Through the Mountains
The track base is now complete as far as the intermediate station on the mountain pass line, and slightly beyond, and I have been laying the track and have successfully run trains to and from the station. I had to use flexible track because the fixed-radius curves I have in hand are not small-enough radiusContinue reading “Laying Track Through the Mountains”
Onward and Upward
Was it really May last year that I posted the beginning of the spiral climb? That was just as Britain was beginning a degree of freedom from the restrictions imposed to control the spread of Covid-19 and from then activity tended to be out and about rather than in the railway workshop! There was progress,Continue reading “Onward and Upward”
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
So far I have described the construction of the layout in terms of baseboards, track, wiring and scenic work, but, of course, the trains are as important as anything else! I do not build the trains myself as some other modellers do, largely because I know too little about Swiss trains to set about buildingContinue reading “Locomotives and Rolling Stock”
Home Again
Apologies for “internet silence” for so many weeks. The simple explanation can be seen on my other website, http://www.mwtrips.co.uk, which details the many trips and tours that I have undertaken now that travel is allowed again! There are still some absences to come, one of them for nearly two weeks, but I have recommenced workContinue reading “Home Again”
Beginning the Spiral Climb
In many ways this is one of the most exciting parts of the project, as well as being well outside my modelling comfort zone! The experience of building the single-track branch line on my art-deco Burghley Junction layout has been helpful: I have at least built a gradient on a curve, and a fairly steepContinue reading “Beginning the Spiral Climb”
Tweakings and Adjustments
I must apologise for not having written much lately. While I have been busy with other things, there has been progress on the model railway, but it has not been the sort of progress that would make an exciting piece of video! Having completed the platform canopy installation last month I have been doing thoroughContinue reading “Tweakings and Adjustments”
Completing the Platform Canopies at Innsdorf Station
Last month I posted about the construction of the canopies for the platforms at Innsdorf, but I did not install them because the wiring of the lighting under each canopy required the turning over of the station baseboard to work on the underside, which was not convenient at the time. This has now been done,Continue reading “Completing the Platform Canopies at Innsdorf Station”
Alpine Civil Engineering
A start to scenery in the mountain area The system I had devised in my head for taking the overhead electrification into the hidden storage area but leaving the hidden sidings devoid of the the clutter of overhead wires has been successfully installed, and I have moved on to begin creating the mountain scenery readyContinue reading “Alpine Civil Engineering”
Innsdorf Modellbahn 