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31/08/2026

30/08/2026

I've arrived back home after a fantastic weekend on the Laterem Counties Railway - the largest collaborative layout Eddingham has been a part of - and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the rest of the group for their hard work on their layouts and for supplying trains to fill said layout! I believe the layout route mileage came out to around 130 feet which is way bigger than I originally imagined when Block Junction and I originally applied way back 8 months ago. I look forward to the next time we're all out and about on the LCR!

28/08/2026

We're almost set up at Bricks in the Roundhouse 2026! We've got a fantastic spot and some finishing touches left to do across 6 combined layouts before running trains across 30 metres of layout this weekend at Barrow Hill Roundhouse near Chesterfield. It's shaping up to be a fantastic weekend with lots of amazing builds, so come and say hi!

10am to 4pm both days!

23/08/2026

Sometimes, it's nice to take it slow and savour the opportunuty to run trains on the fantastic layouts the LUKR has to offer. Other times, I'm taking it slow because Circuit Cubes don't have enough juice for me to drive at mach to whomever it concerns like I usually would. Here's some examples of the former - some of our slow Circuit Cube locos trundling through the Laterem Valleys at previous events.

Clip #1 is the Block Junction J70 and my Kitson No.5 on Billingate
Clip #2 is my 03 on Pilot duties through Eddingham
Clip # 3 is my WD on it's last run before overhaul and a Locomotion passing Eddingham's scenic section.

22/08/2026

Just under a week to go before Bricks in the Roundhouse! There's only little bits left to do for team LCR before we're all ready to assemble our individual layouts into one collaborative railway. I'm really looking forward to seeing how it all turns out!

09/08/2026

Who needs a big layout when you can have a little layout! This is a 1:8 scale Eddingham, to go alongside the tiny version of LCR we are going to have at Bricks in the Roundhouse. I'm very pleased with how it's turned out, it's compact but it really captures the essence of it's slightly larger counterpart. I'm looking forward to Tiny Eddingham alongside the rest of mini LCR.

30/07/2026

I've reached a new milestone for Eddingham today - the first two motorised points have been fitted to the layout! I'm using GeekServo motors hooked up to an Arduino R4 so I can control the layout points and signals using Bluetooth. These two points are the crossover in front of Eddingham ROC, the motor is fitted for the third point in that section, I'm just waiting for a new ballast plate for that point. I've also got some new signals courtesy of Great Eastern Lego Models, so the signals on this section will look miles better than the temporary signals on the other side (which will also be replaced). I've just got to fit all the wiring then it's just ballast and programming to do!

28/07/2026

It's time once again for another episode of Snails where Snails should not be! This time, I'm in Norwich helping Harry add some signals to his layout before Bricks in the Roundhouse - with only a month to go, we're adding the final bits and bobs to our layouts before combining them into the Laterem Counties Railway.

12/05/2026

Welcome back to another episode of "Snails where Snails should not be", this time Network Snail has invaded exhibits at Edinbrick (consensually of course!) - there was lots of fantastic builds to molluscify!