Dave was sharing his lifetime of ballasting experience with Tony. The latter seemed disappointed that the ballasting box did not automatically move down the track.

Meanwhile CMRS’ answer to Para Handy continued work on his coal puffer utilising the wooden stirrers that he had acquired in the last week. Modellers are a dedicated bunch, not thinking twice about quaffing gallons of coffee in order to secure a reliable supply of wooden stirring sticks.

A demo module has been made to enable the shuttle train to automatically control the buffer light at the station. The colour sequence and timing are key, so some experimentation is going to be required to make it work.