Update - I have been refining the schedule of motive power/rolling stock that will be represented on the layout. The period chosen of 1979 - 1981 will allow the phasing out of the class 25's and the overlapping and replacement by the Class 37's, which ruled until the arrival of the class 66's.

Locos have been strictly selected upon prototypes that visited the branch and include:

25155 - BR Blue - Bachfar (with reprofiled 2FS wheels and one fully detailed front end - DG to the other)

25080 - BR Blue - Bachfar conversion or 'It's N gauge' resin body or Bachfar 24 with Etched pixels etches (with reprofiled 2FS wheels and one fully detailed front end - DG to the other)

37142 - BR Blue - Bachfar (with reprofiled 2FS wheels and one fully detailed front end - DG to the other)

37207 - BR Blue - Bachfar (with snow ploughs, reprofiled 2FS wheels and one fully detailed front end - DG to the other)

101 DMU - BR Blue grey (Farish model with 108 chassis or new Bachfar revised model...if it ever happens! - Fully detailed front ends)

121 DMU - BR Blue grey (Dapol or Worsley Works kit or 'It's N gauge' resin body - Fully detailed front ends)

2 x rakes of UCV clay hoods - Parkwood kits on 2FS chassis's (One rake to include ECC blue tarps)

Obviously this is quite limited so my original idea is to have a removable type cassette to Moorswater viaduct and this will allow a rotating static display of motive power which would never frequent the branch i.e. HST, classes 46, 47, 50 etc

It is sometimes tempting to purchase a Freightliner Class 66 and a few CDA's to see what it would like like in Moorswater dries, but my strict compliance to BR Blue forbids this...a few ECC clay Tigers would be nice though

Work on 37142 is programmed for next week - the attached photo showing it in it's current state.

Any comments on the above list are welcomed, as usual.

Pete