Introducing the EJ&KLR...

Inspiration?

European coaches and small powerful steam locomotives on a picturesque line in mid Wales! The Welshpool and Llanfair has been a favourite of mine for many years - especially it's original steam locomotives with the GW rebuilt chimney, dome, safety valve and number plates. Chunky and purposeful.

I have wanted an LGB garden railway for pretty much my whole life - I think it was my best friend Tim's Christmas present when I was 9 that started it all, an LGB starter set. His Dad soon purchased an extra locomotive and some second track and I remember the last summers of Primary School spending ages in Tim's garden created our very own railway properly playing trains rather than the finer scale modelling we both were into with our OO layouts.

Fast forward twenty years and with Dad's retirement and Elly turning 3 this summer I'm in the mood for re-living those childhood memories, so I sit here with a 95% certainty that this project is a goer...

So the EJ&KLR (Elly, James & Keith Light Railway) is born... with an LGB Big Train set and a Liliput diesel shunter plus some extra track. Where this journey will take us I'm not sure, but I'm hoping for lots of fun playing rather than modelling :)

So this frames all my other modelling now perfectly. I've yearned for a railway to play with in addition to my shunting planks and detailed P4 ideas but I just haven't got the space inside... now things are clear! Paxton Road (and it's successor) will be shunting planks for my detailed OO RTR modern image locomotives, my P4 bug will be fulfilled by the MSC project 'Meadow Lane'. So where does this leave Rose Hill? Out in the cold I'm afraid. I'm going to finish off the Pacer (interior and wiring) and sell it along with the buildings and base board and track - along with some older stock I don't need any more - a way to start funding some of my longer term garden railway plans.

An exciting time - and I can't wait to share more with you all soon :)