Glen Ogle

[Hugh Norwood]

 :o

[gtmspyder]

You're not getting a clue with a cryptic comment like that Hugh. ;D

Regards,

BrianT.

[gtmspyder]

Meanwhile, back at the consortiums headquarters, there is a frenzy of activity, prompted by the news.  The building programme for the new  halt, which was well underway to providing some passenger accommodation, is on hold until such times as the situation can be assessed.

An initial report from the site engineer, indicates that a realignment of the track may well be forced on the company.

More later.

Regards,

BrianT.

[Hugh Norwood]

OK, Brian - what did you drop on it?
(or was it the cat?)
:D

[gtmspyder]

Nope, nothing dropped, no cat, you could say planned self infliction. ;D

Regards,

BrianT.

[Krizzy]

Wot?!
You didn't trip, fall and put your arm out to save yourself did you? In the process putting your foot through the scenery. kicking the layout onto the floor and landing in a heap with the rock fall peppering your face as you had not stuck it all down. And then blame the cat!

Roger

[Graeme Dunbar]

"completely blocked the tunnel mouth" -  sounds like the railway will have to take a different route.

[petersmith1942]

well its certainly killin me to know wotsappened!
Peter Smith

[gtmspyder]

Well, at the moment, nothing is happening around Glen Ogle as I await the last assault to dry out.

Whatever has happened was in no way accidental, it was just a thought I had as I perused what I had done so far, and was not satisfied with the results, so.................... :-X

Keep your eye out at W.H.Smiths for a nationwide distribution of the "Killin Times",  These iconic copies will increase in value over the
years ahead, and should be preserved in Formaldehyde for posterity. ::)

As the tension mounts, and the whole nation holds it's breath, the anguished cry can be heard, GET ON WITH IT TWIGGY!!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Regards,

BrianT.

[gtmspyder]

Killin Times

Well at Last I have been able to climb the hill from my home in Killin, and up to the site of the new Glen Ogle Tourist railway, as I look down from the Glen side towards the A85 road and beyond, I can see the hive of activity across the other side of the Glen on the old Callendar and Oban railway track, adjacent to the entrance  to the old tunnel.

It was here, a few days ago that work was brought to a standstill ,  when on the morning of the 10th of September, the contractors laying the new rail way track bed, found on their arrival on site, that the tunnel entrance was all but blocked by a fall of rock within the old tunnel itself,  some of which  had spilled out into the site that had been cleared for a small wayside halt.

This had buried the new track that had all ready been laid into the tunnel.  The tunnel had not been lined when excavated, and was cut through the raw rock, which was deemed stable enough over a hundred years ago by the Board of Trade inspector, Major Marindon, not to require anything other than the rock work to be dressed smooth, with no projecting pieces of rock.

Now, with the recent heavy rains, and small earth tremor during the early hours  of the 10th , which had measured 3.6 on the Richter scale, and was hardly felt in any of the surrounding villages, had damaged the one hundred year old tunnel ,  such that it was deemed uneconomical to attempt to reopen it.

When interviewed on site, the Site Engineer  and contractor

[gtmspyder]

Well here you are at last, three pictures of a bit of progress on Glen Ogle.

An overall view of the site, somehow, I have managed to misplace the roof of the grounded carriage, it's somewhere in my garage, but where??
There's still work to do on the coach of course because it has to become a ticket office, snack bar, toilet block and waiting room.



The view of the tunnel mouth is now blocked by the grounded van and the new water tower, so I don't have to model the outspill through the tunnel mouth from the rock fall.



A typical workgroup, one actually working, one resting on his tool, two watching, and the site engineer on the platform fretting at the slow progress.



The models have yet to be finished and painted before there final placement, I am not going to paint them in there delivered state, because painting is one of the model tasks I consider myself poor at, and as they are supposed to be being used as structures in perpetuity for the railway, I would have to paint them twice, considering my skill levels in this field therefore, final colours is the way to go.

All I have to decide now, is what the house colours are going to be, these will lean towards the old Caledonian, so can some one suggest some colours please.

Regards,

BrianT.

[gtmspyder]

More reasonably close pictures of the scene now, that I have replaced the batteries which ran out on me.

No explanatory titles required I think?  Anything unclear from the pictures, just ask.





























Regards,


BrianT.

[Graeme Dunbar]

"completely blocked the tunnel mouth" -  sounds like the railway will have to take a different route.

Do I win a prize?  ;D

Furthermore, track disappearing off the end of a baseboard like that suggests that there is or will be something attached to it. Could it be:

• a train cassette,
• a fiddle yard,
• more layout?

[gtmspyder]

Hello Graham.

No prize I'm afraid :), I gave enough information for it to be a no brainer really. ::)

The reason for the Kamikaze track has again been described, but just for you, so's you don't have any expectations of prizes in the future, I'll run through it again.

The track at the top right, will carry over onto another 1200 x 600 board, but set at right angles to the main board.  The track will make a loop around one end of this board, and return down the back of the present scenic board to a cassette system mounted on a turntable, cantilevered  off the left base board end.

In this loop of track will be a point taking a branch track of at a tangent, to the village of Killin and it's terminal station.

So there you go Graham, you were right on both counts. :-*

Regards,

BrianT.

[tedp]

I expect in future this will be known as 'The Deviation' similar to that on a well-known preserved line!