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Steam on Cement Quay?

Chris Nevard

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2-8-0 superpower as 48660 pulls a rakes of steel 16 ton mineral wagons away from the loading screen on the wharf at Cement Quay.

 

Some industrial locations can suit multiple eras with just a few changes. In this shot the scene is wound back to the mid 1960's and the last days of steam on the Western Region. The 8F and the 16 ton mineral wagons look completely at home, to the extent that next time I take Cement Quay out I'm tempted to run it as a steam layout with maybe a few green diesels rather than the more usual present day scenario for a change. Just for this shot I did change the high vis jackets of Bill and Ben on the right from orange to some kind of murky blue, this could be easily addressed for real though. I'm sure the odd person will get hot under the collar about this, but hey, it's my trainset so there! :mocking_mini:

 

 

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DonB

One can see the advantages of Hi-vis, I had to put that shot onto full screen size to be sure that I'd really spotted B&B! (need to go to Specsavers??)

A question for elsewhere I suspect, but when did the Hi-vis jackets (etc) first get issued?

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Chris Nevard

Looking at old happy snappies they started to appear in the very early 1970's on the railways. Like you, I'd like to know a little more.

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