Welcome Graham K

and thanks all, for the welcome messages.

I've only just taken the plunge into building a layout, having spent years thinking about it, buying bits and bobs, making plans, changing them, losing interest, selling bits and bobs, deciding on O gauge, changing my mind back to OO, considering N gauge, committing to OO and now - at very long last - track has been put to baseboard.

It's a very small baseboard with a platform run-around just about big enough for 3 Hornby 4 wheel coaches and a small kickback siding, but at least it's got me started at long last.

I'll be off to take a good look around here now and look forward to sharing, learning and enjoying with you all.

All the best
Graham

 

Thanks very much Rob

I forgot to mention that I'm in the NE of England, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, so very much in LNER (the (proper ) 1923-48 version) territory. Although my first effort is just a little plank affair, I hope eventually to build a larger LNER themed layout.

All the best
Graham

 

An even smaller world as I'm actually in Brotton! - but Saltburn sounds better

 

Thanks Paul

Cold and wet yes, but we should be grateful we didn't get the thundersnow https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55184493

 

Oh yes, they still trundle through every now and then. There's rumours of getting some passenger services back too, although probably a while away yet if it happens at all.

I'm on the western side of the rail track, so most of Brotton is uphill from me, although the great views from the cliffs are well worth the effort. I've been here a couple of years now, having shifted up from the crowded SE after finding Saltburn quite by accident one day thanks to Google - a very good move indeed

 

Being new here, I'm intrigued as to who this may be!

 

Ah, I see. I'll keep an eye out for him then