Drilling in the workshop

Drilling in the workshop

Cutting the rail to length

Cutting the rail to length

15'lengths are fun to handle - a power hacksaw is very useful!

15'lengths are fun to handle - a power hacksaw is very useful!

The track building jig

The track building jig

With sleepers and one rail

With sleepers and one rail

Both rails, just needs screwing up

Both rails, just needs screwing up

Are you sure there's a railway here?  (Not tigers or lions!)

Are you sure there's a railway here? (Not tigers or lions!)

I'm sure that there is a trackbed here somewhere!

I'm sure that there is a track-bed here somewhere!

Hornby track was never that difficult!

Hornby track was never that difficult!

The wilderness!

The wilderness!

Turf removed and track laid from High Hole to the station area

Turf removed and track laid from High Hole to the station area

A view from where the tips of the points will be

A view from where the tips of the points will be

Points in position

Points in position

A view from inside High Hole

A view from inside High Hole

Another view from High Hole to the station

Another view from High Hole to the station

Buffers - any similarity in design between these and Peco sleeper built is purely coincidental!

Buffers - any similarity in design between these and Peco sleeper built is purely coincidental!

Station siding in place

Station siding in place

Points past High Hole for the storage siding

Points past High Hole for the storage siding

A CKD station (Completely Knocked Down!)

A CKD station (Completely Knocked Down!)

So part

So part "A" attaches to part "H" with screws "J"!

I'm off to get a hammer!

I'm off to get a hammer!

The platform complete

The platform complete

The base for the bokking office

The base for the booking office

Together!  Ahh!

Together!

The old bufers (now painted in old fashioned creosote!)

The old buffers (now painted in old fashioned creosote!)

The mandatory Fixed Red Light

The mandatory Fixed Red Light

A pair of old buffers

A pair of old buffers

The completed station

The completed station

Getting things ready for the great day!

Getting things ready for the great day!

Fred did a wonderful job putting wire netting over the platform surface

Fred did a wonderful job putting wire netting over the platform surface

Robert in charge of the barrow!

Robert in charge of the barrow!

(Notice it's empty! - well apart from the shovel)

(Notice it's empty! - well apart from the shovel)

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