In the begining. Photos of your line at the very begining.

lazy grange bay 1...
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lazy grange bay 2
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lazy grange bay 3.... a new dawn.
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Here's a couple of early pics.

This one shows the trackbed and dwarf wall in the making
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And here is an early shot of the station area with everything looking very raw and new. Thankfully the platform weathered to a nicer colour in time.
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Outdoors 1st layout, expanded it but got torn up for construction
I'll skip the last 3 indoor layouts

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The current indoor empire, vast isnt it!
 
I once had a nice rockpile........and a naff camera.
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building up one grade
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part of the original layout under construction......what a mess.
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Some early pictures from the EG&SNNR:wave:

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Sometime around 1980... my mums rockery succumbed to TRAIN TRACK
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The control panel, such as it was, lived in a tupperware box and was permanently attached to a bit of grey cable sprouting out of the rockery. The controller was just wired up to a connector hidden in the monbretia.
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These were taken over 10 years ago, when Krizzy and I started building the layout.

T'was then just a run round loop, with a reversing loop at the other end, and with a Stainz set running on it.

Krizzy is much bigger now of course....

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Okay, you asked...
Starter set and a bit of straight track: notice my Permanent Way Engineering skills still can't get the ends to match up:

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Then two starter sets! No holding back now!

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Bit of guessing and start building walls:

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Anologue, it's Italian for spaghetti:

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Wahay! The station with all the wires neat'n'tidy before I put up the fence so every burger knocked the conduit for 6 (or at least a 4):

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Station, passing loop and branch line pretty much (layout wise) as today:

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Finally the people that power the scene : Ms Scarlet O'Preiser and her charms, plus some dog that isn't so charming (well, what else are hydrants for?)

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Just a few showing how the line hasdeveloped .......

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From hole in the lawn to raised bed

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.... and a few more

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showing the raised bed near the house


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..... and a few more .......

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showing the evolution of Bulkeley Station

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And from the H&MGR archives, during construction just under 5 years ago - January 2006...
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...first train running February 2006
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...and August 2010
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We've come a long way, with much credit going to you my internet friends:thumbup:
 
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