Coalbridge Street: It’s a sign…

No, literally, it’s a sign…

If you remember, Coalbridge Street is not on the Claremont and Concord but the yard at the end of the short Wantage Terminal Company. My re-casting of the Wantage Tramway in 1970s New England might be somewhat unusual but allows me to blend inspiration from seperate sources. Earlier in the week we spoke about Clark’s mill (Clark’s operated a flour mill in Wantage, a busy customer on the Oxfordshire tramway). Today, this sign is the start of Langton’s builders yard (in Oxfordshire Langton’s were a coal merchant) which is inspired by a prototype on the Claremont and Concord - LaValley’s in Claremont.

I created the artwork on my Mac and printed off on cheap paper, superglued to 10thou styrene. Assembled on to 40thou square Evergreen section with some 20thou for the ‘roof’ - it is quirky, it is distinctive. It is more than the steps I used to create it, yes it’s neat, yes they’re methods you could use - but it means something because I care about this layout, these prototypes. I’ve injected my love of the hobby, blended it with my own creativity, my imagination. Invited you to come along by sharing the story here…

It’s not glued in, in fact I might re-work the roof slightly anyway. It’s a marker of progress and a sign, excuse the pun, of me deeply enjoying this project. Until next time, more soon…

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