Track improvements & a steam-up!

More very pleasant weekend weather today (is this the warmest / sunniest February in recent history?!), and we got out into the garden. I was able to spent 40 minutes or so re-aligning track on the main circuit, and also finally got around to re-laying the rear section of the circuit, getting rid of the small 'hill' in the process. This was fairly easy to do following the extensive pruning of the shrubs before Christmas! After some running with the Baguley-Drewery to check all was well, I steamed up Mortimer, and he ran very well, especially on the re-laid rear section. He ended up running for about 40 minutes, refuelling & watering after the first fill ran out.

Here you can see Mortimer running over the re-laid rear section - the small 'wiggle' in the track is to clear the concrete fence-post.





And here you can see a lovely plume of steam backlit by the February sun!