Things are about to get dirty

Yes, after buying a heavily weathered tank loco and several other secondhand ones we are about to embark on a dirty campaign - Weathering them to look like those quite dirty tanks in all the photos.

I have asked John to ensure authenticity of running stock so that our efforts to create an authentic scene are complete.  He has already sorted quite a lot of stock of the right era.  The one exception is a Thomas train for the youngsters to watch.

Weathering is a tricky thing to get right but in our case a good foundation will be slightly sprayed sleeper grime so I need to take in my extractor unit to keep the fumes away.