Kelvinbank, a Caledonian Railway project.

That's one of the most characterful wagons I've seen for a while. I can see how "General Terminus When Empty" may have caused problems!

 

The trains in the video are a real tribute to pre-grouping goods operations.  Wonderful stuff.

Good looking wagon to me! What did you use for the ridge of the wagon roof? I'm guessing it would be some sort of felt in reality, very hard to scale right, but looks spot on to me!

Nothing wrong with your weathering skills Dave, the wagon looks fabulous!

Hi SVS, the drawing says canvass, but I'd guess it would be treated to make it similar to a tarpaulin. Some sort of heavy bitumen paint. I used a strip off a spare smiths wagon sheet stuck down with glue n glaze, when set I smeared some diluted pva into it to reduce the hairiness. 

I had been going to ask about the very small "GENERAL TERMINUS WHEN EMPTY" lettering but having just had the HMRS Scottish wagons transfer sheet out, I see it's on there. But "General terminus"? Where?

 

Nice 'Sou-West wagon in that train there!

Hi Compound, 

 

General Terminus Quay was a dock complex south of the Clyde in central Glasgow.

 

Some good info here ;

 

https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/G/General_Terminus/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Terminus_and_Glasgow_Harbour_Railway

 

 

It does I think lend support to the idea that much Lime was moved in bulk by water and that rail movements were prhaps the last leg of the journey. 

10 minutes ago, Dave John said:

General Terminus Quay was a dock complex south of the Clyde in central Glasgow.

 

It does I think lend support to the idea that much Lime was moved in bulk by water and that rail movements were prhaps the last leg of the journey. 

 

A sort of "Union Station" for goods and mineral traffic. 

 

I'm wondering which way the lime was going. Was there much limestone quarrying in Scotland? I need to dig out my copy of K.J. Lea, A Geography of Scotland (David & Charles, 1977).

Some limestone mining in various places, though I know there were limekilns at Dumbarton, some being used in glassmaking. That might suggest a link with the river. The traffic flow must have been out of general terminus , hence return empty 

38 minutes ago, Dave John said:

The traffic flow must have been out of general terminus , hence return empty 

 

Unless General Terminus was the holding place for lime wagons not in traffic - there must have been sufficient storage siding space? (Looking at the 25" map, there was some.)

Possibly Compound, that was certainly true of St. Rollox. 

 

 

 

 

 

Your point about ‘giving the right impression’ is spot on. I think this wagon looks just right. A great job on a very interesting prototype. Well done.

Very nicely done. I have heard it suggested that these wagons were sent around stations carrying the lime used for disinfecting cattle wagons and pens