As I was saying before…

Well, what a summer it’s been! Betsy has recorded the changes in our lives which were enabled by the development of the chapel but from my point of view the major benefit has been the creation of a fine model railway room, 10’6″ X 22′, plus a small workshop area. Taking advantage particularly of the advice of Bob Ellis, who has recently gone through the same process, it is comfortable, easy to keep clean and well serviced with lighting, power and Radio 3.

I also bought Belle View, Newport MRS’s GWR layout, which just happened to have the same track plan as I was proposing for Bradford North Western. This is now set up and working well, and will cut the time needed for the realisation of my dream of having a large ex LNWR system by years. OK, so some say I am cheating by using other people’s work but I wonder what my effective working life expectancy is? 15 years? A no-brainer for me!

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