I'm currently sourcing some buildings for the layout. Itve made a list of what I need:

 

Station building

 

Waiting room

 

Signal Box

 

Lineside huts

 

 

For the station building, I'm thinking of having a small one. I don't want a big one as it probably wouldn't fit in the space that's planned for it. However, it has to match up with the LMS theme and finding a suitable one has proved to be tricky. There's a few Settle and Carlisle ones which are Metcalfe and Hornby but I don't know what the size of the platform is and if it will fit. 

 

For the signal box, I was thinking of having a small one on the platform or having one near the goods sidings. I had a few in mind but the Skaledale East one is currently my first option. 

 

 

Hornby R8853 Skaledale East signal box

 

Hornby R9534 Barrow Hill signal box (Limited edition)

 

Hornby R9725 LMS signal box

 

Ratio 536 Midland signal box 

 

 

Finding lineside huts proved to be no problem as a quick search revealed a dozen. Some were kits from manufacturers like Wills and Ratio and pre-made ones by Bachmann and Hornby. 

 

 

Update (13/01/23): I've sourced a Hornby R8853 Skaledale East signal box on ebay and brought it today. I should get it sometime next week. 

 

 

2nd Update (21/01/23): I received the Signal box today. I've had it out of the packaging and it looks ok. It'll be put on the layout tonight.

 

 

Update: took the 'box round and put it in position on the layout. I think it looks good!

 

 

 

01/02/23

 

Yesterday, I saw a Metcalfe Dent station building on one of the shelves in the new building my club is now in. I asked if I could have it for my layout. They didn't mind as they already had Hornby Skaledale S&C buildings for the layoutand weren't planning on using it. It was missing chimney pots and needed a bit of TLC.

 

I think it might be a bit big in width for the platform but I might be able to extend the platform width for it to fit.

 

 

 

12/02/23

 

Update of the Metcalfe kit: It's too big in width so I needed to source a new one. Luckily, I went to the Festival of British Railway Modelling in Doncaster yesterday to get some stuff for the layout and I decided to find a new station building.

 

I did. I found two buildings that would be suitable.

 

The first is a Hornby Skaledale model of Butterley station waiting room and the second is a laser cut kit of a 20th Century station building by LCUT Creative. I had to buy the canopy for it separately.

 

 

20/05/23

 

I have brought another building! It's a Coal Merchants office made by Hornby for their Skakedale range. I brought it at Grosmont in the the model shop opposite the level crossing. I've also brought some Coal Staithes from the same manufacturer to go with it. They will go where the big hill was. 

 

 

 

 

08/07/23

 

Finally got round to temporarily putting the coal merchant's office and coal staithes in position on the baseboard. I think it looks good. 

 

 

I've also been experimenting with the position of the signal box. Previously, it was located on the curve opposite the short siding. Recently, I decided to have a goods shed in that space. However I wasn't able to fit both in the same area o the layout as there wasn't enough clearance between the tack and signal box so it had to move. 

 

I thought about where I could move it to until I thought "why don't I move it opposite the passing loop?" I moved it next to the track and carefully tweaked its position until I was happy. I then temporarily added a barrow crossing (the middle section of which, annoyingly, is just a bit too short)

 

 

 

Overview of the signal box in its new location, the coal merchant's office and coal staithes and the goods shed. 

 

 

21/07/23

 

I finally started work assembling the LCUT Creative station building today. I've done the walls and glued them together and supported the corners with offcuts from the wall "sprues". It's finally starting to take shape. Think I'll paint the window frames and doors next.