We are rebuilding the club test track - Barrie Island
We mothballed our
club test track Barrie Island at the start of the
pandemic in March 2020 because of the Covid
restrictions.
We realized the current test
track was too bulky and heavy so the decision was taken
to rebuild it on a lighter weight baseboard made of
plywood.
The plywood for the baseboard
has now been acquired and cut to size. The next stage is
assembling the baseboard and then transferring all track from
the current one.
Being the third version of the
test track it will be known as Barrie Island III.
The test track is named Barrie
Island as it is named after the club member Barrie
Summers who looks after it.
Progress on the new Barrie
Island III
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The
timber arrived in the Club Room on Tuesday 29th
March |
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By Thursday 12th April the
layout had been completed. A link to a film of
the first train is below |
Link
to a film of the first train running on Barrie Island
