NBR Waverley 2

I suppose everyone is feeling a bit restricted during the current corona virus epidemic but at least it gives us extra time for modelling!
I am currently building a 2mm layout based upon the NBR Waverley route and I am posting a few pictures which show progress so far.

As you can see there is still a lot to do. Please excuse the BR vans!

It is based loosely on Newcastleton but due to space constraints in my loft I have had to make so many compromises that I cannot call it Newcastleton. Instead I have used the name 'Copshawholm' which is the alternative name for this location. I am trying to create a winter scene but the picture for some reason shows a more garish green than it is in reality.

The locos are all scratch-built along with the NB bogie bolster wagon carrying timber which was a major traffic handled in the yard.

The layout is fed by a cassette based fiddle yard at each end so I can run through trains as well as pick up goods which can shunt the yard. DG couplings and electro-magnets allow hands free shunting (well most of the time!)

This one example of a non-stop passenger working. This one is south-bound, working wrong road.

This is the cattle dock. Not sure the vet's car is in period. The scene looks a bit bare at present.

There is nothing electronically sophisticated about this layout. The points and signals are worked mechanically from this home-built lever frame. I wanted to try to capture the feel of a signal box....
The switches visible in the picture control feeds to the various track sections.
Under-baseboard push rods and revolving shafts connect each lever to its corresponding point or signal. The signals are all scratch built lower quadrant lattice post types as used by the NBR.

Hope the above is of interest and I can post further updates.

Geoff