Category: Old Layout

It’s Done!

The old loft is cleared out and all the model railway stuff is down in the spare bedroom ready to be packed up. A bit sad in a way given all the work I did up there but I always thought of it as a ‘practice’ layout to learn lessons from. Hopefully, the next people…

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Old Layout Update

I’ve also made more progress with dismantling my old layout. All the track is up and all the electrics are removed. I’ve brought some of it down from the loft and put it in the spare bedroom. I’ve just got to pack my tools up, pack all the bits of wood up, get it all…

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A Little Bit More

The bubble wrap arrived, I think I may have ordered a bit too much! It won’t fit through the loft hatch! Never mind, it will get used when we finally get to move. I’ve taken all the track up at the far end of the loft and all the Heath Robinson extra woodwork that it…

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Second Day

I’m back up in the loft again today. I’ve done some more packing away of rolling stock (still can’t find that box!) and I’ve actually started lifting the track. Some bits are coming up much easier than others and there are some pieces of track that I will definitely not be able to re-use. With…

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Finally Started

So today I finally managed to drag myself up the loft and start packing/dismantling my old layout. I think I was putting it off because it seems a shame to undo the work I’ve done and because I didn’t know where to start! Anyway, I decided to start with packing away all the rolling stock.…

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