Post #26

Although this blog is mainly about the construction of my traction layout, there are always distractions along the way.

I have been lucky to retain the friendship of school mates I went to school with over sixty years ago next year. We all have an interest in 'railways' and every few months or so we gather at each others places for an afternoon of rail activity, usually a model layout, maybe a rail video and always a lunch and afternoon tea and plus a drink or two.

Yesterday was Phils turn and he has a magnificent layout, I would call it finished but he always seem to find a spot to add more items to.

Also good news in that a few years ago Phil had submitted a proposal to have his layout included in the Australian Model Railway magazine. After not having heard anything from the editor, luck would have it that Phil bumped into the editor at the recent Rosehill Model rail exhibition and it now seems that the layout may feature sometime in the magazine during 2026. It is called the Northmeadow Lines, NSW based, so watch out for it next year.

I took a handfull of photos, the layout is so photogenic I could have taken hundreds but I will let the magazine show it all off.

Here is a handfull of photos I took yesterday: