Passing loops, sidings and debates

Isaac started this layout off in a similar way to yesterday's 'elaborate' layout. He began with the repair shed and added the Y points. But on the second entrance he added a set of points and then made a passing loop form them. If you remember back to the 'It's a family affair' layout it was mum who came up with the idea, but Isaac never really took it up. Until now. Which just goes to show that a child might show no signs of taking ideas on board, but they're always listening and watching.


Isaac built on the idea of a running loop, that he used yesterday, and extended that out into quite a orderly, by his standards, rectangular loop. The addition of the engine shed on a short siding and the level crossing were the final touches Isaac added to the layout.


About half an hour later Isaac had gone off somewhere and his brother came and added in the turntable and two sidings. Isaac's return prompted a "loud and lively discussion" on the merits and desirability of this addition to the layout. Eventually after being offered an option to go away and calm down Isaac accepted the appendix to his work - reluctantly. Later however he seemed to be happy playing with the sidings. Again a lesson to us all about taking time to try out changes that might not be out idea before dismissing them.

"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts." Arnold Bennett