OO/HO African profile model railway in Kenya: 07 - the engine shed

[John Ashworth]

Today I laid the track in the engine shed area, and positioned a few buildings and accessories. The shed itself is a Superquick card model, easy to build and with a pleasing appearance. Somehow I have lost the little brick office which attaches to the side of the shed, but if I don't find it I'll just use the prefab office which is shown in the photos. The inspection pits are Peco. The water tank is a Dapol kit, and the diesel fuelling point, prefab office and gantry crane are either Hornby or Bachmann (or a bit of both - I can't remember). There'll be more details added in the next few days, including a shed for the fire appliances.

The coaches in the background are standing on the main line, the circuit of track which goes all around the upper level, a continuous run of a good 22 metres.

[John Ashworth]

My mistake - none of them are Hornby. The fuelling point and prefab office are Bachmann, and the gantry crane is Scenecraft.

[John Ashworth]

I've started doing some more work on the loco depot. At the moment I'm kit-bashing water columns from parts of Dapol signal gantry kits and odd scraps of plastic sprue, based on South African types.

[John Ashworth]

Water columns, a diesel fuel tank and a water tank in the loco depot.