Works started at last in firming up the baseboard. The trackwork is "customised" Peco Code 75 - customised by having the outer edges of the sleepers cut back to the edge of the chairs. All of the rails within the carriage shops were flush and level with the road surfaces necessitating in the case of the model, bringing the level of the baseboard up to the that of the rail. This was done by using a layer of 3.5mm cork, followed by a layer/s of fine surface filler. Cutting back the chairs allo
Work progresses slowly on the main baseboard, with the track cut to (rough) size - waiting a decision on the traverser! All of the baseboard surrounding the track and pits has been raised to (almost) rail level using 3.5mm cork. Pictures later in the week once I've more "features" to point out however in the interim;
The following couple of photographs were obtained from the original photographer (with thanks to Mr Barr) and were of particular interest to me having been taken around my time
In one of the previous entries to the blog, a question arose about the somewhat unique lifting traverser (most are for "traversing" sideways! only) that was installed between the Carriage and Carriage Lift shop at Glasgow Works. Pictures of it do not appear too often however having first run this past Andy.Y these images were taken from old BREL Glasgow Works pamphlets.
There were three traversers in the Caley, one outside of the carriage shop, one within the paint shop and this, the onl
There's plenty of photographs of Glasgow Works / St.Rollox but usually involving locomotives and rarely of Loco-Hauled Stock, NPCCS, DMU's or EMU's in the Carriage Shops....
One person who did take some however was Brian Daniels to whom I'm grateful for allowing me the use of these shots;
View looking East to the end of No.6 Road in the carriage shop - usual Met-Camm in for a bit of bodywork and one of the many to get the rainwater strip removed and replaced with full length aluminium
You know the script with tribute bands like The Bootleg Beatles – kind of like the real thing but not quite! Well this “working diorma†is in essence a bootleg B.R.E.L. Glasgow Works /St.Rollox / “The Caley†(if you’re a local), specifically part of the Carriage and Carriage Lift Shop complete with the unique within BREL, lifting traverser sat square in the middle, set in the years 1974 to 1979.
The “not quite†bit is down to it being almost half the width with half the roads o
