In and around Glendevon.
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I decided tonight to take some snaps of various locos on the layout and while i was at it some photos of the rest of the layout.
this layout is older than i am and still wins awards. the track plan is based on moffat but, as the name suggests the layout is meant to be in the fife area served by trains from thornton or maybe perth. when i run it i use mainly a perth based black 5 on a two coah passenger set, as was the case on many scottish branches as the black 5 had the coal/water capacity to enable operation away from the depot for relatively long periods.
the station building.
the goods shed and yard. this layout is always a pleasure to operate, ofcourse in real life a station of this type would probably only be served once or twice a week by freight with perhaps two or three passenger trains per day. at a show the station is always bery busy with freight.
the coal siding that is served every other day.
and away from the railway there is the local pond which has some pretty white residents.
some people need to learn to walk straight. i wonder if the marry man will notice the binn that he's about to trip over. if they make it to the station they probably won't be allood on the train. 'get ye aff my train' i can hear the guard saying.
its nice and peaceful along the street.
carstairs based black 5 45011 has been borrowed by perth shed for working the mid-day train, about to take water in the bay platform. winter is approaching so the loco has been fitted with a small plough.
on another day the usual black 5 was replaced by fairburn tank 42272. these type of loco were not really suited for this type of long distance work due to thier limited coal supply, a black 5 or even a b1 would be the normal motive power.
dropping off a single wagon at murray's, the loco will have propelled the wagon up from glendevon village. and on another day an N15 0-6-2 drops off a LGW wagon. Murrays being the only brewery in the area to be served by these wagons from leith.
the shape of things to some. its a pitty that Br didnt put more into the railbus, the were a good idea to try and keep costs down and lines open.
a colourful visitor. the caley 123 is one of the r-t-r locos that i improved last year by shortening the front end and making frames etc under the running plate to give a better looking loco.
St margarets B1 No 61347 running past the station platform and then around the yard.
more pics to follow and, i am planning a station masters house that the layout has never had, it has always been assumed that this was somewhere in the village but, this would be too far from the station so. ill have to do some research into this.
old meets new.
the pond near the station (one of the swans must have flown into a hill as it has a rather fat flat beek!)
the koos must be waiting for the farmer to return - or theyre sunbathing!
a big visitor.
the coal office with a customers van ootside.
little and even more little.
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