When I Moo, I only Moo for You

I'm busily landscaping again, this time on the Tunnel Branch between Shildon North and Fieldon's Bridge Junction.

You can find this charming little scene about halfway between the two junctions:













More from this area of the route soon.

Peak-a-boo!

Shildon Tunnel (or Prince of Wales Tunnel to give it its full name) was built by the Stockton & Darlington Railway to link Shildon with Bishop Auckland without all those pesky inclines. I've now finally got around to landscaping the area around it on my Bishop Auckland route:



The tunnel portal I've used here is a temporary one until I can get a protoypical asset sorted. The real thing actually looks like this:



Or, for a more up to date photo (the one above was taken around 1900 - it's the only one I've found which shows that it was originally double tracked), see http://blackhatrailwaypics.fotopic.net/p41265249.html

I've just about finished laying scenery around Auckland Park Colliery now, so once I've done a bit more work on Coundon Grange and South Church I'll be able to post another full set of screenshots. :)