I have been messing about with that old lack shelf I left in the garage some months ago, wondering if it would save me another woodworking session or three when it came to baseboards.

Here are a few pics,trying out building up from it with plywood and MDF. The result is not too light but seems solid enough.

One of the reasons for chucking the last attempt was that I want something fundamentally small, so that I will want to get it out more often,and can sit it on the kitchen table with at least one cassette on one end.

Glenfield on the outskirts of Leicester, on the old Swannington line, is indeed the location ( Andy - well spotted there! B) )

The 1100mm x 260mm seems to provide a little landscaping opportunity, and a platform of about 400mm - enough for 2-3

6-wheelers and engine.

From what I can see in the books I have, Glenfield either used the loop as a goods yard (or the platform itself?), as there appears to be a building which looks suspiciously like a goods office between the booking hut and the shelter.

The sharply curved spur off the loop appears to stop at some kind of wharf or dock, though I am tempted to pass it through the backscene into a siding which can represent a quarry.

Stone was mined locally at several local sites.