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Thanks, Brian!   I've since learned that the Genesis parts aren't available any more so it would be difficult to do this project now.   Do you remember what livery the Hymek was in?

Nice work Al, very impressive. . The "reverse" livery takes me back, way back, to one memorable school lunch time in 1971, when a set passed through Ely on the SWML, behind a Hymek ! (I still have the notebook too....). . Keep up the good work. . Brian

Lovely Al.

Very nice Tim.      Reasonably sure. The fundamental design features are right, including the manure pit and the vents beneath the window (replaced in Tim's shot but see link below).     The location is indeed akward. However, although the goods shed is at some distance, the yard itself is just across the tracks via the barrow crossing. Significantly, the exchange sidings behind the stables may well have needed horse shunting (access beneath the footbridge?), an

Mikkel - yes, timber platforms are an attractve platform option and I've noticed that they pop up where it appears to be necessary to reduce weight, often where the railway is carried on bridge beams where they reflect the shape and orientation of the roadway, canal or whatever beneath - which is the situation at Swan Hill.  There was a timber platform at Uxbridge Vine Street which encouraged me to look at timber as an option for 1920s Swan Hill, so there is the fish platform on one side of the