In Search Of Network SouthEast: Downham Market Preview

As you may know we visited Downham Market this week to take a look at the fantastic NSE style refurbishment. This will form the basis for a follow up video to In Search Of Network SouthEast,” which I intend to get edited in the next 2-3 weeks. In the meantime check out the Periscope we did from Downham Market below…

Don’t forget to keep sending in your pictures of NSE signage and infrastructure to @CASRailwayBlog and I’ll feature them in the video!

Woodford Wells At Dusk

I took some snaps of the layout tonight. Because I’ve my move towards YouTube I’ve not taken stills for an age and the change was refreshing. I’ve done my bets to try and frame out the rest of the room to make it feel a bit more immersive… Click the image bellow to see more on my Flickr account.

Building NSE On A Budget

A question…

Well Alistair such a response certainly couldn’t be confined to 140 characters but here are my thoughts…

The first thing to bare in mind when building any layout on a budget, or any layout whatsoever for that matter, is creating a plan and sticking to it. Cost can quite easily get out of hand if you are easily distracted by new and diverse rolling stock or constantly changing layout designs. I certainly found this with my first layout, it’s great giving yourself flexibility to run “whatever you like” but the lack of focus meant I never got round to completing rakes of coaches or sets of locomotives.

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