Railway demise

[minimans]

My railway has been somewhat neglected of late due to personel problems and to be honest lack of interest but I have decided to bring it back to life for a short while before an iminant change of circumstance forces the closure completley so I will document it as I go foward.........or backwards?

It makes me sad to see it as it is now and will not lift it in this state, so a clean up and run some trains for a fond fairwell is in order!! and of course a new railway will rise at some point in the future although probably more geared to the live steamers than the electric mice................

 

[mike]

paul, its always sad lifting a line.. but, speaking from experainsce, you learn , you live, you re build it better than before

 

[3Valve]

paul, its always sad lifting a line.. but, speaking from experainsce, you learn , you live, you re build it better than before

Absolutely

 

[garrymartin]

It's understandable, but sad all the same . You have some nice trees that could be salvaged .

 

[pugwash]

Sad to say it's almost the same here Paul, I'm in the doldrums, have been for over two and a half years and the trick cyclist says it could be permanent; no interest in any of my hobbies and pastimes whatsoever. There is a lot of money tied up in the various hobbies I had, the only one that will ever break even is the railway, the others (like all good hobbies) are money gone. Still, I can't bring myself to sell anything on the offchance that the medical profession might be wrong and so I can genuinely understand what you mean. Live steamies though? Never thought of that, should we move to the Isle of Man?
Run one for me mate

 

[vsmith]

Dang it Paul, thats too bad.
Are you thinking of rebuilding in the same place or is a move in the words?
I have not done squat to my own layout but the mostly due to having to store a bunch of junk that I am trying to Ebay away. Add to that this abysmal heat wave down here makes any outdoor layout work difficult and very unpleasant. Waiting for the cooldown.

 

[minimans]

Dang it Paul, thats too bad.
Are you thinking of rebuilding in the same place or is a move in the words?
I have not done squat to my own layout but the mostly due to having to store a bunch of junk that I am trying to Ebay away. Add to that this abysmal heat wave down here makes any outdoor layout work difficult and very unpleasant. Waiting for the cooldown.

Looks like a move is on the cards soon mate, not sure where or what we will move to. just that we have to move. I will take all the tree's of course luckily I have the room at the race track to store all the railway until we get things sorted out. Maybe a railway in the workshop? will bring a whole new meaning to the word "Testing"..............
My Buddy reckons we can get the train shed onto his big gooseneck trailer so that will come with us too!!

 

[Martino]

Well, one door closes, another opens. I think it gives you an opportunity to build again in the 'if I knew then, what I know now' system.

I'm sure it will be great.

Go for it.

 

[bigjack]

paul, its always sad lifting a line.. but, speaking from experainsce, you learn , you live, you re build it better than before

Sad to hear that Paul, but I quite concur with Mike.

 

[Don Gilham]

Sorry to hear about the demise Paul......I hope you'll be back on track soon !