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Looks amazing and runs well too. I can just imagine riding behind that, coming out from under the roadbridge and seeing all the locos lined up on shed, trying to get as many numbers as possible, then, as we passed under the next bridge, asking, "Did anyone get the number of that Brit/County/etc etc at the back....?"

Thanks for clarifying that. It led me to these interesting before/after images: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/streetmuseum-app-creates-a-stunning-picture-of-you-in-a-london-scene-from-a-bygone-era-9153842.html

Isn't it Blackfriars station, with the bridge over Queen Victoria Street?

Re the “trains”sign, this is what it looks like today, the corner where Queen Victoria Street passes under the Thameslink line and crosses the Blackfriars bridge road. Thankfully the distinctive triangular building is still there, as it the Blackfriars pub, where NR has been known to enter. The sign refers to the District line Blackfriars station, now with modern signage.

Do you know this story about Einstein: he was sitting next to someone at a dinner who was expounding the benefit of keeping a notebook handy, to jot down good ideas as they occur. Einstein replied it would be no use to him as he had only two good ideas in all his life.

The class 117 is a B H Enterprise kit, which had brass sides and cast white metal ends. In this case instead of building the body kit I modified some old Minitrix Mark 1s, shortening the bodies and filing the ends off before fitting the cast ends. It is powered by a Greenmax chassis in the centre coach The Derby Lightweight 2-car unit was a Worsley Works kit with brass sides and ends, built around a B H Enterprises body kit. It is powered by a Farish class 87 chassis. A pair of Cravens 2 car 105s, both Worsley Works kits, powered by a Farish Class 87 chassis. A Cravens DPU, a B H Enterprise kit on a Farish class 87 chassis. A Worsley Works class 127 kit adapted onto some old Minitrix Mark 1s. The ends were brass sheet and a little tricky to bend into shape, but worth the effort. Powered by a Tomix chassis in one of the centre cars. Derby Lightweight Single car DMU. Worsley Works kit powered by an old Farish DMU Motor bogie. Class 120 Cross Country set. B H Enterprise kit adapted onto old Minitrix Mark 1 coaches, powered by a Greenmax chassis. Class 116. B H Enterprises kit on old Minitrix Mark 1 coaches, powered by a Greenmax chassis

Does this help ? Grahame

Thanks very much Mikkel. I think most of the pictures were added before the style of the forum was revamped so I'm not sure if that caused problems with commenting on pictures. The layout is not quite 50% complete so a long way to go. At the moment I'm working on several buildings to complete the corner between the river and the 90 degree curve in the line as it heads towards Launceston. Best wishes John

I don't know why London Road set the valances so thick because on most Webb engines the valances were rather thin; almost non existent. Mine maybe still overscale: coloured photo from LNWR Society Facdbook

Nice save. A beautiful engine already, soft filter and all

Hi there. Just joined RMWeb and found your blog. Any updates? What prompted my reply was the mystery plastic bodied Y6. I think it might be a Highfield models kit. Way back in the late 70s I had their catalogue and seem to remember a Y6 kit. Their kits were very basic sets of vacuum formings in a gingery brown styrene sheet. Pretty much sides and ends, with a flat sheet to form for the roof. I had a brake van (possibly NE but I can't remember) which was built around a Triang 16T mineral chassis, and a pair of Midland non-corridor coaches built on cut-down Triang coach underframes and bogies. Yes, I know, coil sprung bogies on vintage stock. In my defence I'll point out that I was 12 at the time and so less discerning than I am now. Anyhow, the body of your Y6 has the air of Highfield's vacuum forming.