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Chops124
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Posted - September 24 2022 : 01:10:37 AM

I never intended to get as deeply into Tyco as I did. It started out as a joke, and once the bug bit,
I was all in. My original intention was to craft a British layout that I would dream of as a kid living
in the UK back in '66 - '67. With much labor and will power, I have fought back the Tyco obessession
to a lively 4 x 4 intended for show use, and now "Henley" is spreading all over the two car garage
like a fungus.

Most recently, I decided that Henley needed a proper Goods Yard that would interface with the
collier. I retrieved a previously disused module from when I was doing club modules, and was
pleasantly surprised to find matching legs and that it slipped into place like it was purpose made.

Next, I had to figure out where to relocate the canal scene, and to my amazement, it too, dropped
right into place next to the yard as if it was purpose built. In fact, it was purely accidental. Then, my
scratch built retaining wall dropped perfectly into place, bordering the canal, providing a perfect
transition from water to rail. The plan is to build up the ground layers to the top of the rails, to
provide that crusty, beaten down, railroad trying to spare every nickel, look.

This is the yard throat, which exits the main line into the goods yard. Bachmann EZ track appeals
to me greatly as it lets me be creative as I want to be, but constrains me from getting too wild
with sharp curves and too many turnouts packed into too small a space. Plus, it generally works
pefectly out of the box without the endless fiddling, realigning, and repair of set track. Should
I ever want to rearrange it, there will be minimal muss and fuss to lift it out.

A view of the yard, the canal to the right, and my scratch built retaining wall made from printed copies
and Styrofoam. Looks nice, doesn't it? Fit right in like a glove. I never dreamed of using it for this
purpose.

A view of the colliery. You get there from the Goods Yard, but have to travel alllllll the way around
the layout over two double diamonds to get there.

A view of the passenger terminus, yet to be named. The stubs were extended out to the very end of the
useable space, and it will have glass canopies and a large, Victorian station placed to the medial track,
parallelly. Originally, I wanted to plant the structure perpendicular at the ends of the rails, a common British practice, but there isn't room and I'm not the mood to extend the baseboard another couple of feet!!

The village depot was moved over here, the only nearby straight section of track available. Looking at it,
however, it resembles the Little House on the Prarie, and the denizens would have to trudge miles to
get to it. It will be moved back to its original position, near Castle Henley.

A British pen pal sent me these modern British platforms. By simply swapping out the scratchbuilt
paper and Styrofoam platorms, I can switch eras from 1867 to 1967 in a jiff!

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