A belated Christmas present to myself arrived today - Arthur Jordan's classic "The Shakespeare Route" book on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway. This has additional photos not published elsewhere with particular emphasis on the Stratford end of the line (unlike the Towcester book!). But still no definitive Midland 3F sightings in the mid-1930s.

The plan of the station building at Stratford Old Town prompted me to use it as a "go by" for SketchUIp practice. But as is often the case, once you get into the details the errors start to appear in the published data. The various photos on warwickshirerailways.com will help to sort out what is right and what is wrong, but even so, the many photos were taken at different times during different eras (pre-Grouping, Grouping and BR days).

So, here is the progress on the virtual 3D model:

The oversize canopy appears to be too long by comparison with photos. Some additional research should solve this one.

While examining the book I discovered a loose piece of paper in the back which turns out to be an original East and West Junction Railway memorandum dated 3 January 1883.