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While I was in town last Thursday I bought a tin of clear varnish to simulate water on the layout. It needs a few coats to achieve the desired effect, each allowed to dry before the next is applied. The … Continue reading →

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Before anything else, the answers to yesterday’s station spotting quiz. Top row: San Fernandez (Norte), Antequera, Resurreccion. Middle: Derrotado, Colina Rosa, Sangriento. Bottom: Pano Cucina, Cuarto de Pulgada, San Fernandez (Veinte Veinte). Well done if you got all nine. The …

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The booking hall section of the structure was assembled pretty much as designed, except for having the roof locating peg and a slice of the base removed from the end which will be joined to the office. The office and … Continue reading →

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Diesel 39 was back in traffic early this morning, assigned to a ballast extra from Cuarto to Chunamayo before the timetabled trains started running. Seen below after running round at Grande. With Limping Loretta on the front, a tatty old … Continue reading →

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Quechua had no standardized writing system when colonial-era names were recorded, which is why the same sound sometimes appears differently across names — Cusco is also written Cuzco, and modern Quechua orthography sometimes prefers Qosqo. This isn’t inconsistency to apologize …

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