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I have already posted on this forum and received great advice so I thought I should introduce myself. My name is Sean, a secondary (high school) teacher from New Zealand and a software developer in my spare time. I have loved trains from a young age, when I was little I was obsessed with them and I had a large OO layout. In the intervening years I didn't do much with the hobby but I still maintained an interest.
I bought my house over 2 years ago and there is a parcel of land at the back of my section which is technically railway land but I can still use it. My neighbors have made full use of it on their properties. When I bought the house the parcel was severely overgrown, fenced off and was treated as a rubbish tip by the previous owners. One night half the fence was blown down in strong wind so I decided to tear the other half down. I also reclaimed the land from the mass of vines but it is still a mess back there and the weeds are taking over again. Recently I have been wondering what to do with it and then I watched the series from Curtis at the HSBA railway about how he built his layout and has open days. This inspired me and I was then resolved to build something similar for myself. People may call me crazy for wanting to build such a large layout and let the public wander around but I want to do something for the community and there is nothing like it where I live so it will add something unique. I reckon it will be quite a few people will want to come have a look.
I am going to start planning this weekend and I will start cleaning up the land in December when it's summer here and the school holidays. I will create a separate thread to show my progress.
Many thanks for reading and happy railroading
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I have already posted on this forum and received great advice so I thought I should introduce myself. My name is Sean, a secondary (high school) teacher from New Zealand and a software developer in my spare time. I have loved trains from a young age, when I was little I was obsessed with them and I had a large OO layout. In the intervening years I didn't do much with the hobby but I still maintained an interest.
I bought my house over 2 years ago and there is a parcel of land at the back of my section which is technically railway land but I can still use it. My neighbors have made full use of it on their properties. When I bought the house the parcel was severely overgrown, fenced off and was treated as a rubbish tip by the previous owners. One night half the fence was blown down in strong wind so I decided to tear the other half down. I also reclaimed the land from the mass of vines but it is still a mess back there and the weeds are taking over again. Recently I have been wondering what to do with it and then I watched the series from Curtis at the HSBA railway about how he built his layout and has open days. This inspired me and I was then resolved to build something similar for myself. People may call me crazy for wanting to build such a large layout and let the public wander around but I want to do something for the community and there is nothing like it where I live so it will add something unique. I reckon it will be quite a few people will want to come have a look.
I am going to start planning this weekend and I will start cleaning up the land in December when it's summer here and the school holidays. I will create a separate thread to show my progress.
Many thanks for reading and happy railroading
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