The Journey Begins

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Welcome to this, my new blog

I have for many years now (nearly 50 years!) built model railways, mostly but not exclusively UK outline. During that time I have been drawn to model those railways which could be said to be on the fringes of the railway world.

Narrow gauge lines struggling to survive; light railway lines half buried in grass, running occasional trains through remote locations; industrial railways serving vital industries, but now mostly gone and returned to nature; American short lines eking out an existence on the remnants of a once proud but now fallen flag. In short, the quirky, the unusual, lines with character.

Not for me the big shiny express locomotive with 12 coach train, I have nowhere to run such huge trains, plus to me they look faintly ridiculous charging around trainset curves. Not to mention that such trains usually comprise models straight out of the box, without any attempt to weather, or to personalise them in any way. Whilst they may give their owners pleasure (& to each his own) I’m afraid such models just leave me cold.