.........All went pretty well on the Down albeit with a few derails, some owing to my lack of familiarity with the specifics of the line, some because there are some track sections that I have worked around for years but really need some attention. Here is the first working slowing into Cudgewa yard, the first train in 16 months.
...........And off we go on the Up and fairly quickly issues became apparent. 11 wagons randomly assembled is no problem on "Glenburn" but it won't do for the mountain track that is my Cudgewa layout. I had forgotten how to operate this layout - 7-8 wagons at most is the norm with the heaviest always at the front of the train. After a couple of tip-overs by the lighter wagons up front the train finally stalled on Needles trestle, no amount of power would move it any further.
No trouble pulling the reduced load second section up through the Needles now.
And across Boundary Creek trestle.
Before placing one of the wagons in Shelley Yard, will it be another 16 months?
Just before I stopped concentrating on Cudgewa and HOn30/HOe gauge I purchased a Liliput U Class, mostly for sentimental reasons, having espied them in a local hobby shop in my teens and hankered after one since. The news of a decent running version had me ordering one, however it was too late to see any use other than a fling down the branch and back. So, just a run down the line and back for old times sake.