OHLE Mast replacement

The Colcester Approach Lines have had OHLE Masts and wires up for sometime now, however I was becoming more and more displeased with the look of the Hadley JV masts in comparison with the Dapol ones and my own scratchbuilt masts too. I decided to start removing the older Hadley ones and replace them with Dapol masts and my own variants along the Approach Lines and Colcester West Junction and into the platforms of Colcester International.

I will also be replacing the present overhead wiring with a new strong cotton line which will be looped around the register arms of each mast and kept taught along the line of the track between each support mast or gantry. This is because the readily available sections of wire are not designed to work with the junction design I came up with and wiring these areas will pose a problem unless another method is used.

I have also come up with a good design for a two track OHLE gantry which will be invaluable for the junction wiring.