Welcome to the GVR

That made me chuckle!

Keep up the good work...

David

Very nice Tony,
I beat with the chain saw by 12 years I put on my Wuzel Junction layout, as it was the quickest method of taking down the extensive bench work.

HELP
I'm surrounded by serial wreckers.
My layout room is a chainsaw free zone.

Hi Maz. Thanks for posting .I hope the bruises have cleared up.

Re the place names on the GVR . When I started into this wonderful hobby of ours there was long debate as to where the model was going to be "situated" . "Somewhere in Britain" seemed the obvious choice seeing how I was born and raised there ,and a fictitious location seemed logical. But where ? As we were living in Central Africa and were great fans of British comedy and humour from the BBC especially the Goon Show the die was cast.When I looked into it more closely , place names of those Goonish characters seemed more possible ,with ,in some cases ,reality and realty.
So Eccles, means church - plenty of them throughout Britain.( also Eccleston )
Seacombe, one in Merseyside or there abouts
Ellington. sounds OK I'm sure I've come across at least one.
Greenslade surname of Wallace and others, it could easily be a placename
Min Tor of Min and Henry fame . As the highest "peak" in Goonshire, it sounds authentic enough. I did consider spelling it Myn Tor at one time.
Bluebottle( Where the bluebells grow) .A hamlet in Northamptonshire named Nobottle.( where the Bluebells grow also) near to where I lived.
Bottedebleu. ( where the clochettes grow ) Twinned with Bluebottle.

I hope you are all enlightened.

Regards

Thanks for your reply Trevor. Some progress has been made to the alterations at Eccles Station, the 'duck under " is no more.
I managed to make the liftout section without the use of the chainsaw.Old habits die hard though, I still bend my back to get into my model room even though there is a wide open gap to walk through .
I have relayed the points and track at the north end of Eccles , now I've got to repeat the exercise at the south end.
We are getting there .

Regards

Most entertaining Tony

Happy Christmas to you and the camera operator.

Best Wishes

David

Well Trevor I admit I forgot to run the Santa Specials.
In years gone by I have Blu-tacked the train headboards to the bridge near Eccles Station . This year the bridge got demolished along with the Eccles station buildings whilst the alterations have been carried out. They were put away in a safe space for future re-use along with the Santa Special train headboards. After your reminder Fred Phlange and his team of sniffer dogs were deployed to find the headboards. This was not entirely successful as the dogs kept biting Bluebottle's trousers.Needless to say he didn't like that rotten game.
Eventually the headboards were located in the Ellington engine shed and a couple of trains were pressed into service to run the Santa Specials, all be it a day late.
So here are a few snaps taken by my intrepid camera person to record the Boxing Day specials.









Thanks for looking in and wishing everyone a Happy New Year.

CALLING UP CVR1865.

Hi there Simon. I saw you lurking on here a couple of days ago.It's good to see you around but don't you think it's about time you told us what you've been up to down the Colne Valley. Best wishes for the festive season

Tony