Monday was another quiet day with some progress made. The layout room was much cooler with less heat and sun outside.To help with the design and planning of the channelised stream and bridge Paul 🏅🏅glued a wooden plate under the area so that there is a firm surface to work from.

By Tuesday some mock-up walls and were in place and dummy pillars in place either side. The span comes out at about 30ft. The view from the opposite side can be seen further below.

Tuesday had double the attendance of last week, but with different personnel being present. Discussion continued about the track over the stream. Should it be all ballasted or would it be better with longitudinal timbers supporting the rails? Our Wizard was unable to progress as his modelling glasses were at home but Wagonman continued with the latest project, a Riding Van usually employed in breakdown trains.

Friday and more progress with Cwmcarno. With the return of TAFKATYS some wood was laid in leading away from the first turnout to support the wire-in-tube for operation. It will be driven by servos and they are to be grouped under the colliery and accessible without grovelling on the floor. Meanwhile Mr. C was filing up three point blades for the exchange sidings crossing. Why three you ask as they are usually done in pairs? Well, one of the previous blades was filed upside-down. Mr C confesses to the error.

Using the facilities at the local Makerspace, LBH produced laser cut parts for the row of cottages. The design is a trial, but based on real ones from Abersychan, north of Pontypool. The parts were temporarily held together with masking tape and then tried in place. There are six units but we probably only need four. The angle looks about right, but they are sitting too high which can be reduced.