Our 1st Anniversary.

So I have been building my little part of Wales for a year now. Over the course of the last 12 months, Bron Effans has gone from this:

To this:

What a year it has been. I can't explain how happy I am with the progress of the layout. If you had asked me what I wanted to have completed 12 months ago I would not have expected to have made the progress that I have. 

I have learned a great deal about what works and what does not work and am excited to take this knowledge into the future. I went from something small and compact to an all encompassing project the has become a real labour of love.

I have gone from having a small collection of three locomotives to a massive collection of 12 locomotives and 15 other pieces of rolling stock, the majority of which being coaches. I know this is much more rolling stock than I actually need for a layout this size, but it allows me to field a variety of trains and showcase different ways of running on the layout. 

Over the next 12 months I am aiming to have the layout ready for the postponed Dual-gauge exhibition next May. I would like to get the layout completed to a good standard so that it doesn't look like a half finished effort. My layout is ultimately my project and I am prepared to give it the time that it needs to get it to where I wish it to be. 

I have no plans to acquire any new rolling stock for the layout for some time as it has been quite an expensive year but I would not do anything different.