TUVA - Tugela Vaal Water Scheme
Mike created his TUVA layout while working as a resident engineer on the Tugela Vaal water scheme some 30 years ago
Introduction
Mike has been constructing a layout, 3.5m square, for a year now. There is no scenery, only buildings some of which are as old as 35 years. The layout is American outline in the transitional
period (steam to the 1 st generation of Diesels), with Mike's own road name TUVA and some Santa Fe. Mike has just converted to DCC (Digitrax).
TUVA - Tugela Vaal Water Scheme
Mike created his TUVA layout while working as a resident engineer on the Tugela Vaal water scheme some 30 years ago
Mike's Scratchbuilt Coal Mine
Weathered Coal hoppers being shunted into the mine
Shunting Siding
Notice the use of the crossover to faciltate some interesting shunting manoevers
Main station and passing tracks
Looking down the main station with a F7 disappearing into the background
Airfix Church Kit
Mike discovered the kit in a box and turned it into a great stone church
Later that evening the Springboks beat England in the final of the Rugby World Cup 15 - 9 to become the 2007 Rugby World Cup Champions, only the second team to have won the William Webb Ellis Trophy twice since the inception of the Cup! Well done Bokke!!
Mike Richardson