The Long Drag to Garsdale - Garsdale Signal Box Pt2
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After the initial assembly of the box, it was obvious to me that from the operator/visitor view point that the interior would need to be furnished.
The current lever and frame at the box is 33 levers in a forty frame, and I believe the
Northallerton line through Hawes in Wensleydale will be achievable one day. Therefore on my layout of Garsdale Junction this is reflected and gives me more operational value.
I came across Steve Hewitt’s fine Semaphore signal work here on RM Web (before I joined) that gave me an invaluable insight into the original signalling from a 1956 Garsdale Diagram so much so that I decided to base my revised track layout on that diagram. No doubt on my AnyRail Station plan someone has already spotted the signal numbers and positions. There are many photos that I would like to post here, but copyright infringement would prevent me.
Needless to say that many of you will no doubt know the area well and seen the myriad of material available about Garsdale Station through the Internet these days.
The point and signal levers are coloured as close as possible to the prototype as I can tell, but I’m open to correction.
The building of the back wall with its repeater instruments and gauges was easier to make than the lever and frame with all its levers.
To begin with I used a piece of clear styrene, as I didn’t have any other sort on hand, and scribed the interior panelling timbers. Using 2.0mm Evergreen angle cut down to 1.0mm (3”x 3” actual size) as best I could for the angle supports for the shelf above the lever/frame and gradually built it up from there.
That was my best guess from half a world away at the actual angle size. Now if someone could be kind enough to enlighten me further it would be appreciated.
It is frustrating for me not to be able to define the detail on the instruments further, but then I’m glad I didn’t choose to model in N scale. I take my hat off to those guys who do.
You can see my results below as the photos are self-explanatory.
As with all the station buildings I still have a long way to go with detailing it all.
Next up the Garsdale Railway workers terrace houses.
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