The Railway in the Snow

It snowed on 11th December just after I had finished the Thomas Christmas Special film. If it had only snowed a few days earlier I could have shot some great footage for the video.

With sub-zero temperatures over the last few days the snow has stayed on the ground. It's slowly thawing today so I grabbed a few pictures while the railway is still partially covered with snow.

Thomas and the Christmas Lights Train - Christmas Special 2022

Passenger numbers are down, goods traffic has dropped off too.

The future of the railway is uncertain. Can it survive?

Sir Topham Hatt needs to come up with a bold plan to save the railway from bankruptcy. Will it succeed?

Thomas and the Christmas Lights Train

Hopefully a new Thomas and Friends film will be released before Christmas. Filming has begun.

Here's a short promotional video.

Stoke Works Station

 The replacement station for Stoke Works has now been completed.

I'm also making G Scale gabions using 6mm welded mesh and pea gravel.

Autumn on the Wychbold and Stoke Prior Railway

There is now only a small gap that needs to be filled to complete a circuit around the garden.

Also construction of platforms for Stoke Works Station has begun.

The Garden at Twilight

 

The temporary station at Stoke Works has been removed. It will be used as a template for its permanent replacement.

The tunnel (in the foreground) has now been grassed over.

More Work on the Spiral

A little more work has been done on the spiral. All of the viaduct sections have been postcreted in and concrete blocks have been laid to form the basis for the embankment at the rear of the spiral. The blocks will be clad with concrete wall sections.

I also need to make two bridges - one to link the station area to the curved viaduct and another to link between the curved part of the viaduct and the straight section.

A view from the rear of the spiral.

Looking across the garden towards the tunnel.

Showing the woodland area and path.