September 1974: First track

It's already autumn and over the summer we have been working hard on the station. Inside the station building we have cleaned out and set up a small meeting room and also fixed a few problems with the water and electricity. The entire building will have to be renovated at a later date, but for now we can use it.

On the outside we have manged to lay our first track and we have also set up a small and simple workshop out of some old sleepers and containers.

The plan for now is to extend the track and get some more space for indoor work area.

Our first track. It's not ballasted yet however. August 1974

Small workshop and outdoor area. September 1974

March 1974: First few weeks

The heritage group was formed in 1973 and immediately set out to find a location along the old Comen Vally line. Some of our members also started to look for a locomotive and rolling stock.

In the spring of 1974 the site of Langdale station, was put forward by the town's council, and the group accepted.

Here is a few pictures from when we first arrived and the last picture is about 1 month later. In this month we managed to clear the platform from weeds and the first few things to the railway arrived. 

First look at the station from behind. March 1974

The station from the front. It overgrown. March 1974

First few things has arrived. April 1974

The Comen Vally Railway: What is that?

Hello

My name is Mads, I live in Denmark and I'm the creater of the Comen Vally Railway.

The Comen Vally Railway is a fictional railway, i'm going to create in the game Train Simulator. But the way i'm going to create the route is different from my usual ways. I will have a "roleplay" game of some sorts. I'm going to make some basic finance, have volunteers, and will have to make decision whether to extend the railway, improve public facilities, or restore a locomotive.

I don't know how often I will update this blog, or how far i'm going to go with it, but my plan is to the present year.

Only time will tell.