More on Maintenance of Way

Ann - who hasn't seen all of the stuff together but has seen it arrive in bits - made the comment that I had more support vehicles than some real railways.  The snowplow was an ebay bargain, and Ann now wants track down and snow to be able to play with it: the bottom of the blade is adjustable to get minimum clearance and putting weight (a brick is often used) in the truck bed is good if used for actual snow clearance.  

Having the two ore truck was inspired by the video of the Nicki Frank S:

The Nicki Frank S - ideally in a blue version - is the tender engine that I'm saving up for, but given the costs then it could be a long time.   I suspect that other non 0-4-0 tender locos will come along.  

The cable reel cars were one of the few items I have bought new as the small ones didn't seem to come up on ebay, and the searchlight wagon was a German ebay bargain.  There's bits of glue left where a couple of figures have been mounted, and some railings are broken but it was substantially cheaper than anything I've seen here in England.  The yellow wagon in front of the crane is to be used as a crane support wagon - ropes, taurpaulins, spare jibs etc.  I also have some flashing lights to fit to the snowplow once I've made a frame.  .