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Setting up

We all arrived at Jon's house early in the afternoon, ready to check whether our modules fitted together, then play with trains.

This was the first time we'd tried to assemble a layout with several people's baseboard modules. We were all curious to see if everything would fit together ok.

Any fears were completely unfounded. The whole thing went together like a dream - even Jon's 'drop' module with space inserted for a bridge. In all, we had six modules: Jon had three, Tony had two and David & Pauline brought one.

Driving

Everyone who wanted a go got one. Even if some drivers were a bit less cautious than others...

Discussions

Part of the serious business, as well as testing the module concept, was to look at other common standards.

We came up with some ideas for platform and bridge clearances. You can see the results of our discussions on the modules page.

Incline

While we had the time and space, we experimented with an incline. This was set up with two plates difference in height per track section, but to get up to 15 bricks + 1plate takes 46/2 = 23 track sections, which is about two and a third metres.

As each module is only one and a quarter metres long (1277mm, actually), any two level layouts are going to require considerable pre-planning.

We haven't developed much in the way of scenery yet. This is David's engine shed with a couple of limited edition Santa Fe Super Chief locos in residence. I can't remember who they belong to.

Jon & children watching the trains go by.