With the empties removed from Cill's No. 1 siding 31086 now collects empties from No. 2. The wagons to be removed are the LOWFIT, ex-SE&CR van and wooden bodied coal wagon in the middle of the siding. Once these have been added to the outgoing train standing in the loop the incoming loaded wagons will be placed where they're required.
This shot shows the full width of the layout. Platform, loop and two sidings being all I could fit on the window cill! This image was taken with the bac
The empties from No. 1 siding are propelled gently (!) onto the Brake Van. Note that the side lamps have been removed, they'll be being trimmed before being replaced at the other end of the van. Only the two wagons nearest the brake van will be leaving, the HIFIT attached to the loco will be returned to No. 1 siding before the crew start to shunt No. 2 siding.
The three opens are Parkside Dundas kits, note that the two HIFITs have differing brakes, the furthest one having 8-shoe clasp brak
There's now about twenty-five minutes available for shunting until the pull-push train leaves at 8.55pm. There's no headshunt at Cill so all shunting takes place using the main running line, hence shunting has to stop a few minutes before passenger departures and approximately ten minutes before arrivals. The pull-push train is at the platform on the right with the recently arrived goods in the loop. 31086 has run into No. 1 siding to extract two empties for the goods departure, a PIPEFIT and
Now the goods is standing in the loop the crew of 31086 await the arrival of the 7.52pm from Epple which has just come to a stand at the platform behind the locomotive. Guard Tobin has been discussing the shunt with the yard shunter and is on his way to tell the driver what's required.
31086 buffers up to Guard Tobin's brake van after running round. It's 8.14pm and the signalman wants the platform cleared so that he can accept the 7.52pm from Epple due to arrive in ten minutes. 31086's goods will be shunted into the loop, the imminent arrival is a pull-push service and nothing will require use of the loop for a further hour yet. Also the first vehicle in the goods is van E181497 loaded with parcels/smalls which is required at the dock at the end of the loop siding.
Wainwright C class number 31086 rolls to a halt at Cill with the evening goods arrival. Leaving Epple at 6.22pm this train shunts the yard at Beresford and drops off wagons at Grenham where it waits until the 7.41pm Cill to Epple passenger train clears the section. At 7.52pm it sets off for Cill arriving at 8.10pm, where the crews first priority is to run round and clear the platform in time for the arrival of the 7.52pm pull-push train from Epple at 8.24pm. They then have just under an hour
Having run round its train, 41309 buffers up before propelling set 43 back into the platform at Cill to form the 7.41pm all stations departure to Epple (arriving 8.10pm) sometime in 1958. The loco and stock arrived at 7.30pm (as the 7.00pm from Epple) so smart work is required to achieve the booked 11 minute turn around.
Chris
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