UPPER QUINTON
G Scale by
Chris Morris
A couple of years ago I was
considering the possibilities of adding a railway to my garden so I paid
a visit to one of the top specialist shops in the country. I was vastly
impressed with the items on sale and the staff were helpful and friendly
but there was a major problem. It seemed that an investment of many
thousands was required just to get started and the garden railway idea
was quietly put to one side.
The situation changed when my wife
unexpectedly bought me a Lehmann toy train diesel loco for my birthday.
This is not a highly detailed model but it did look quite cute in the
garden. Of course once you have a loco you have to get just a bit of
track for it to sit on and here I had a piece of luck. My local model
shop had just received a quantity of second hand Aristo-craft track so I
bought a couple of pieces straight away.
Of course just one engine was never
going to be enough so I now had my eyes open for other stock. The Warley
National exhibition turned up a bargain in the shape of two Lehmann toy
train coaches at £12 each so now I had my first train but I had now
become keen to get some models of American diesel locomotives. A bit of
searching on the internet and a few phone calls found some second hand
items and so my Christmas present was a USA Trains SD40 which looked
virtually unused but with a slightly tatty box costing under £200. I had
also picked up a couple of Bachmann wagons second hand at a reasonable
price. And so the story continues...
Chris Morris
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