 Arches was born out of frustration. The old underpinnings from Camelot had been turned into supports for a new layout in the basement of a room I had added to the house. Then my mother-in-law moved into a retirement home and my new baseboards supported boxes of her possessions. Searching through the back of the garage I came across the end baseboard of Camelot. At 40 x 48 inches it would just fit into my Quest minivan. A new exhibition layout was underway.
There are two track levels. The lower has 16.5 mm gauge with a very short length of 32 mm, and the upper has 9 mm gauge and a short length of 6 mm track. The dividing viaduct idea came to me early one morning and provided the ideal scenic break on what became a highly detailed tail chaser.
Arches was The Feature Article in the September/October 2003 issue of Narrow Gauge and Shortlines Gazette. Quite an honour.
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