With the weather and time conspiring against me in getting progress made on my shed (there is still too many things in it which should be in another place but it has been raining which makes moving things around outdoors a little tricky) I have not been able to do too much train wise since moving back home from Longreach.
One thing I have done is collect most of my rolling stock and locomotives from storage at my parents place and one evening this week I took over the dining room table to sort out the coaches. I am trying to work out how best to store them - rakes obviously, but by Era or Region or a combination of both. They may yet be stored in a yet to be determined system based on layout requirements. The first step I felt, after 4 years of buying but not seeing, was to see. As it happens, the photo above isn't all. One of the new Mk 1s (a CK for those keeping score!) is missing from the Blue/Grey set as are the 7 Mk 3s I have waiting to become the Royal Train. Also missing are 20 odd Minitrix Mk 1s (which are most likely to be turned into Thomas the Tank Engine coaches and used by the kids as they have no boxes, some need some attention to reattaching bogies and all have been painted by moi when I was much younger!) So Farish suburbans (LMS type) are also missing as are a few odds and ends around the place not to mention most of my parcels stock. To say Amity was surprised would be an understatement!
Next up will be to sort out my wagons... I may need a bigger table (this one is 8ft x 4 ft and seats 10).
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