My first day as a junior engineer on the Pix Valley Railway

My first day as a junior engineer on the Pix Valley Railway. by Marc Toddington

Yesterday I helped granddad put ballast down on the track at Rushmoor station. I sprinkled the ballast on the track and brushed it level I then sprayed it with water and dribbled a glue mixture of white glue and water.

When the glue was dry we used granddad’s Hoover attachment to suck up all the loose bits of ballast.

I had fun shunting all the engines around the track to see if everything worked.