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I think I put money on the F1 cars winning the drag race. Even this year's Honda engine would do it.   But brilliant interpretation of the brief!

Wednesday offered sunny weather, while Thursday was forecast rain, so we set off back to Murren and did our favourite walk again. I timed our return to get us to a place called Meiringen - any of you who are Sherlock Holmes fans will know that this is where Sherlock and Dr Moriarty had their fateful wrestling match at the Reichenbach Falls. It is also the home of a model railway, over the bus garage, about a mile from the station. The owners of large model railways on this forum can eat their hearts out! This is 7mm metre gauge, mainly Furka Oberalp and Rhaetian Railway built on 3/4 levels throughout, masses of spirals inside mountains and an awful lot of it. It takes a train nearly an hour to run from the main station at Dissents (first photo) to get back there! The scenery is variable and some of the connecting tracks are just crude wooden bridges protected by perspex. It deserved longer than I gave it - rain was threatening and it was twenty minutes back to the station! WATCH THE VIDEOS FULL SCREEN as they come up better that way. Disentis station: The main feature is the famous Landwasser Viaduct - built LARGE! A few snips of video: IMG_6331.MOV   IMG_6332.MOV    And a still of the Glacier Express on the bridge: Three levels visible here. Another viaduct with a local train. IMG_6342.MOV The Glacier again, note snowshed on level below. Part of the "interior" Now THIS is a fiddle yard! All run by a teenager, whom I have cropped out as  I haven't got permission to show them, using this computer screen. Approximate track diagram. And finally, a sweep across the "room" starting at the famous "Solis" viaduct on the Rhaetian Railway's World Heritage Albula River stretch - the bridge REALLY is 300 feet above the river! You get an idea of the size of the layout. Worth a visit, but for CHF12 per person, do it on a Saturday when you have time to look at it properly and get your money's worth! We did an evening trip. IMG_6353.MOV      

Super, Ernie, thanks. I haven't seen the 2-8-0T on any visit, the others look familiar. The "Train Shed came from a goods station near Basel, I understand. The Bauma people put it to excellent use with rows of tables and benches where folk (lots of locals included) sit and drink beer, eat sausage etc. Their shops are under cover there as well as a couple of rakes of coaches and their coal store! It's a nice set-up with lovely people.

C class update. Progress continues. Openings on one side fully cut out and the grilles as below are dry fitted. Nothing will be glued until all cutting is complete.  Your thoughts as always are appreciated.  Chris.

Superb! What a good interpretation of your cousin’s brief. No chance of the race cars overtaking the 2250hp GM!