So, on our recent Swiss holiday there was a day of incessant rain. So we mooched around a few towns in the Rhone valley. Finally ending up in Bex. My wife was looking in the window of a second hand shop, while I was eyeing up the pastries in a Boulangerie. Then she called me over and pointed to the model railway equipment in the window. The shop was full of interesting stuff, and the owner was very pleasant. When I asked about the model railway equipment, she said there was more to see in the basement.
When I went down the steps, I had a pleasant surprise. There was a group of guys chatting away over an 0 gauge layout! It turned out to be a workshop and test track for Alex, pictured here.
He was scratch building some standard gauge electric locos, and what I think is a metre gauge steam loco.
So, a dull afternoon was turned into a pleasant hour of admiring his den.....
Kind of 'What's on the Workbench of someone you just stumbled over...'
And finally, here is a snap of a fascinating loco which was sitting on a spur, used as a service area for a Hydro water installation.
Unfortunately I didn't look at the maker's plate.
But it looks like a perfect example for a Judith Edge kit.
Happy New Year to all
Peter
When I went down the steps, I had a pleasant surprise. There was a group of guys chatting away over an 0 gauge layout! It turned out to be a workshop and test track for Alex, pictured here.
He was scratch building some standard gauge electric locos, and what I think is a metre gauge steam loco.
So, a dull afternoon was turned into a pleasant hour of admiring his den.....
Kind of 'What's on the Workbench of someone you just stumbled over...'
And finally, here is a snap of a fascinating loco which was sitting on a spur, used as a service area for a Hydro water installation.
Unfortunately I didn't look at the maker's plate.
But it looks like a perfect example for a Judith Edge kit.
Happy New Year to all
Peter