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I found a press cutting last week for the retirement of George Ainsworth. Signalman at Shillingstone who recalls 2 visits by the Royal Train for GeorgeVI to visit Blandford camp. I’ll scan the cutting in due course and attach if interested. No mention of the train composition though

I have this list in my record but apart from the references 7 and 10 in 1965 I'm unable to validate any of the others. They came from SDJR.net but the site has long since dissapeared and I.m not sure who owned it, Tim Chapman and Geoff Bean were credited in supporting the work of the authors.

Hi Folks, Doing a bit of research for the Museum at Shillingstone on the original goods shed before they were replaced with the concrete provender sheds in the 1930's. Does anyone have any Photo's I could use or drawings of the original sheds ? I use sheds loosely as I heard that the original may have been wooden but assume from the work done at the station in the 1870's through to sometime in the 1930's a standard brick built shed was in place similar to that at Sturminster, Blandford and Stalbridge. If anyone knows why this was replaced that would be great 🙂 Thanks Gavin...

Really nice to see your layout again. The signal box looks great with the steps. Thanks

I cant tell from the Photo if its Stur or not, I would have expected there to be a shadow from the the grain store which as shown in Railwests photo. I do however think its more likely than Shillingstone as I believe the doors at shillingstone would have opened onto the yard side and the land falls away to the Stour once the railway is crossed so I would have expected the land to fall away not rise. There does appear to be a building behind and above the shed and trees which again fits the topology of Stur. Its a great photo though and many thanks for posting it as it shows a very rare view as stated above of the rail side of a "Dorset" shed.

The train automation programs from what I can tell and certainly how iTrain works are based on profiling the locomotives. Once the automation program knows how far the train moves at each speed setting it can very accurately predict the train stop position. If you plan on running unprofiled locomotives then a 3 sensor block with a stop block at each end of the overall block reduces the requirement for profiling. The stop blocks cound be current or spot detection depending on requirement.

Great size for n gauge. Will follow your build with interest

I couldn’t make the May meeting but will keep my eye open for this one. All the boards are still in the garage from the first event and only been out once since then

Picked a couple of dates mid April. Can’t do beginning of April as show and then away and not available in May after the Bank Holiday

I still have the layout from last time and only used it once since last time. Can’t commit at the moment as I already have a show with Sturminster Halt in April but once you have a date I can review. Thanks for the prod Crompton. Not been here for a while ..

One day for me please, cream crackerd after the last event.

Any chance we could get a date before Easter whilst the modeling season is in full swing rather than waiting until June ? Dates permitting count me in anyway :-)