This model of the coal drops is beginning to job my memory a bit, although I await the addition of scenery and masses of undergrowth. I like the length of your sidings and feel this factor will add greatly to the pleasure of shunting the daily goods.

Larry

This model of the coal drops is beginning to job my memory a bit, although I await the addition of scenery and masses of undergrowth. I like the length of your sidings and feel this factor will add greatly to the pleasure of shunting the daily goods.

 

Larry

Larry,

Your jogged memory will be a very useful source of information, I hope!

Unfortunately, due to modern developments, the embankment between Delph New Road and the station level has changed out of all recognition, particularly between the site of the coal drops and the main road junction. I haven't seen any photos from the road side looking towards the railway in the 1950's, so it might be a case of a best guess. Photos from the station looking across the yard show a line of trees and bushes - mainly hawthorn (?) along the boundary fence, but I don't what else grew further down the bank near the road - brambles and rye-grass, willowherb, etc., I presume. These visible trees/bushes may have to be thinned out a bit, otherwise the railway will be hidden from view!

Any thoughts you might have on this would be most welcome.

Regards,

Dave.