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Edward Thomson train pulling three carriages. 

This is a photo of my first bridge

That is a picture of level 3 with an extension bridge half finished

This is a photo of level 3 station and a two layer lifting bridge door

This picture shows the lifting door in the up position.  You can also see the 4 ft long harbour that is 1ft6.  Also level 3 harbour station will be built here for passenger trains.  Below at level 2 is the container yard for goods trains.  Level 1 is for container ships.

This shows lifting bridge no. 2, also with two layers of track.  

 This is a photo of the process of building the Brunel 1859 bridge.  It still need to be completed and painted, it is 8 ft long.  Another lifting bridge for enabling big container ships to go through is still to be built where there is a gap.  This will have an electric motor to lift it.  Small boats can go under the yellow section of the bridge in the foreground.  

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This picture is of 3 trains and 3 levels of track.  In the background at level 3 is a great western Sprinter from 1933 and it is diesel electric.  The other two are steam engines from 1948.

This is the extension connecting the main line with the harbour at level one and three. This is the second bridge door which lifts up to give access to the water tank.

 Here you can see it opened.  It is constructed with 3 hinges.

This is s picture of level 3 and level 2 towards the bridges taking you to level 1 from level 2.  

This is a picture of me starting to build a hill. Under the bridge there will be a river and behind that there will be a watermill. There will also be a waterfall.  On the other side of the bridge there will be another hill.  

I have decided to make more sidings at the back on the bottom layer.  This was planned later as I did not know if it was possible in terms of the lifting door position.

This is the same but seen from the other end of the layout.

This picture shows 2 edward Thomson steam engines from 1948 up to 1962.  One engine is not strong enough to manage the incline as it is very steep.  Each train has 6 volts and I find that it works a bit better.

This shows you the storage space under level 2 giving storage to 6 trains

This shows you 2 trains at the siding

This is a photo of the bridge door with 3 tracks at top level and 2 at lover level.

That is a photo showing you the door lifting.  As you can see both levels open and close together.

Here you see the door fully open with a view to the hinge and the door handle.

This shows you the layout from the other end with a view to the lifting door and 2 tracks of the main line with a third line with a buffer for a shunting yard for goods trains to enable main lines to pass. The other 4 are passenger main lines.

That shows you a train on the bridge.

Here we see two trains under the newly completed bridge door on level one, going in different directions. The train in the background is in a siding on the incline.

This is a photo showing 2 layers on the opening door giving acces to the middle.  Both layers lift together creating a very heavy opening lifting door.  It took a long time to design and get it to work.  A piece of circuit board was used to make it more solid to ensure the tracks will continue to stay in the right place.

This shows a picture of the bridge door open.  The silver coloured metal plates stops the wood getting bashed when it goes down.  

This shows the same but from the other side.

 This gives you an idea of how strong it is so that it will last for many years.

The circle is nearly complete now.

This is a picture of the hinged opening.   The rods are made from a meter long rod cut into smaller pieces and filed.  Washers, bolts and nuts are solder to prevent them moving.  This now completes the circle with an opening that can be lifted up with the hinges on the right hand side.  Both layers move together.  It will be completed to look like a bridge.

Here you see 4 trains, 2 can run at the same time and 2 can stop at siding. 2 fast trains and 2 slow trains running from level 1 to level 2.  A maximum of 12 ft can be fitted onto the siding. At the back is level 3 where you can see train nr 5.

You can see a train going downhill towards the bridge and one is going up in the other direction at the far end.  At the back you can see a bit of the train at level 3.

I have now completed soldering wires all around the track direct from the controller this helps heavy trains to climb the steep incline.  It now works well even without weights.

Here you can see 4 trains photographed from the other end.  At the back in the distance is another train.