Brickin’ it
The last fortnight since returning from Wales has passed in a blur, with work and family leaving little time or energy for model making. There have been opportunities to get up in to the attic, switch Wheal Ponder on and run a few trains on more than one occasion. The Ruston arrives at Wheal Ponder with a brace of wagons from the local brick works. Operating Wheal Ponder has a regular pattern about it, though I am keen to vary operation a bit, as the real railway would have done and a thought occurred during one of these operating sessions of a small modelling job that could help this. My original intention with Wheal Ponder was to use the different Chivers four wheel wagons, with the two plank version being used for brick traffic. These ended up being used for China Clay traffic and I built a couple of Port Wynnstay single plank waggons and knocked up a quick brick load for them. The thought occurred that by making a brick load for the Chivers wagon, I could add a bit more variety to ...
