I even got a little modelling since my last post. Just a little…..  But Terrier addiction has resulted in a little retail therapy.  Wapping and Stepney were on order and have arrived.

And I couldn’t resist this O gauge beauty.  I’ve resisted the O gauge version for so long, but Rails had this SECR liveried Terrier for a lot less than the two N gauge ones.  Rude not to!

Perhaps this should be the next club project – Frankfurt – as long as I don’t have to do the wiring!!!!

Now this would be a challenge – triple dual gauge modelling!

“Gauge stacking”. Sweden once had a network of “complementary secondary networks” of narrow gauge intertwining between the standard gauge network and covering “places to go” that the standard gauge lines didn’t find worth covering. The narrow gauge networks were divided into two different gauges (leaving out the odd lines of other gauges that didn’t create networks), most extended were the 891 mm gauge corresponding to 3 swedish feet, and a 1067 mm gauge network in the southternmost parts of the country. These networks connected at some points but couldn’t “cooperate” because of the small difference in gauge.

In this picture we see the engine class W3t of 1067 mm gauge hauling two low-built transporter cars for carrying standard gauge cars upon. Loaded to these are a standard gauge transporter car for carrying 891 mm and 1067 mm vehicles. It’s loaded with an old 891 mm passenger car bound for the workshops in Ronneby to be rebuilt for other purposes. Quite odd and seems a bit wiggly.

And a US Civil War prototype for the ESNG rail gun enthusiast.

A little more normal, the LVR crosses the PRR.

Brighton in 1933, and two iconic items of rolling stock – the last ‘Gladstone’ and a new 6PUL unit.