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  1. There is something about a naked shed that just makes your legs go like jelly. Sweet dreams tonight Andy
  2. I can't argue with your post Ray, I'm no expert in signalling All I remember from my steam days watching my local pickup was a lot of flag waving by the bobby
  3. Here is my take on it Andy. The Up pickup goods would approach the outer distant(12) set a caution, slow for the outer home(11) which would be at danger, as the train neared the outer home(11) it would be pulled off and the train would slowly approach the starter(10) set at danger. The engine or engine and wagons to be shunted would be uncoupled, moving forward on a green flag from the signal box and leaving the rest of the train in the platform. Shunting would then proceed. In the meantime another train could be accepted on the Up Main and stopped at outer home(11) until the shunt was complete. When the shunt was completed, the starter(10) would be pulled off and the pickup would proceed on its way. If the engine of pickup was beyond the starter(10) due to many wagons being added the it would be called on by a green flag from the signal box.
  4. Too true. Einstein and I had a plan to slow down time but we have lost the formula, we are blaming that Dr Who fella for pinching it
  5. A nous for detective work, a fast broadband connection and a knack of searching in the right places But then I still lose things round the house and can't remember what I did an hour ago
  6. 1974 or later, it left Bitton for the Great Central but I cannot find a date, 45379 had been rescued from Barry and parked up, minus most of its motion. There is quite a modern truck in the background as well (Volvo?) http://www.watercressline.co.uk/article.php/30/45379-lms-black-5
  7. Glad to be of assistance. There are some really nice Scottish branch termini track layouts that cry out to be modelled. It is a shame the English government were not so accommodating in making the large scale maps free.
  8. Dent http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344368#zoom=6&lat=3009&lon=12393&layers=BT This added link might help to navigate the whole of the UK, I find it a difficult site to navigate but perseverance gets you there in the end. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=9&lat=54.15011&lon=-1.75471&layers=B000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTFFFFFFFT EDIT: Chose ENGLAND & WALES Ordnace Survey
  9. Perhaps I now understand why people get so addicted to soaps on the telly. We are all just waiting here for that next bit of info that will start us off on the trail of detective work which I find so interesting. Its not fantasy but real stuff we are learning all the time and enjoyable in the process. Thanks for taking us along for the ride Andy
  10. I guess it has. One of the first kits I ever made back in 1958 along with the station and platforms which were too long for the oval of track I had. I remember doing the dockside crane which straddled across the main line, the only line I had, what imagination back then
  11. The Airfix Kit of Oakham Level Crossing (Rutland) box was a Midland Type 2B
  12. screen grabbed from Google Maps
  13. You can do a screen grab, Snipping Tool in windows7 or try one of these http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-tool.htm#SnapDraw or Faststone Viewer http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
  14. You're getting more confused than me Andy too many posts in one day This was from the Semaphore site, http://semaphore.avonvalleyrailway.org/html/frames.html You do have to search around it though to find relevent information Ivatt 2-6-2T No. 41243 approaches Bitton Station with a three coach local train from Bristol, bound for Bath Green Park. This photograph shows the layout at the north end of Bitton very well. A Single Slip point (controlled by levers 4 and 5 in the signal box) gave access from the main line to the yard, which then fanned out into four sidings. To the right can be seen the two, long coal sidings, whilst the point immediately in front of the photographer led one line, past a five ton capacity hand operated crane, through the goods shed; with the other curving around the outside of that building, and running in to the cattle dock. The goods shed siding was closed and removed in 1964, followed by the other three sidings on 19th July 1965, two weeks after Bitton closed to goods traffic (5/7/1965). As is well documented elsewhere, the last scheduled BR passenger trains ran on Saturday 5th March 1966, with the line closing the following day, along with the whole of the Somerset and Dorset Railway. Immediately behind the Ivatt, and largely hidden by it, can be seen Bitton Signal Box, a Midland Railway timber type 2B which opened on 19/7/1894, replacing an earlier box. The signal box closed on 19th July 1965, when the yard sidings were closed, and was demolished long before preservationists reached the site in 1972. In the middle, extreme right of the picture can be seen the tall Bitton Down Home signal, controlled by lever No. 2 in Bitton Box. Just visible behind the last coach (between the down main and the head shunt) can be seen the yellow ground signal (lever 6) which controlled the exit of trains from the yard in a northerly direction. A similar yellow ground signal (lever 7) controlled the exit of trains from the yard in a southerly direction, this being behind the photographer. Photograph by Ronald E Toop. I'm off to check my name now
  15. Andy The photo Al posted of the signal box of Butterley CF is a Midland Type 2a, originally at Ais Gill, the same as you will be modelling for Bitton. Bitton signal box was destroyed in 1965, the one acquired for preservation came from Painswick Road in Gloucester. http://semaphore.avonvalleyrailway.org/html/frames.html http://www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk/signalboxes/operational.html Incorrect info, Bitton is a Midland Type 2B, sorry
  16. Hi Neil Just a thought, I know you like sticking to the prototype, but......... I could not see the point of the cross over in the bay platform, surely any engine would not go through the goods shed. I've tweaked the plan, may give you an idea, maybe not As for the run round situation at Bodmin, don't forget that this is a preserved railway, that said, it is usually frowned upon to propel stock with passengers onboard, don't quote me but I think there are quite a few rules pertaining to this activity. In pre-preservation days at other country termini the engine release cross over was sometimes quite a way back from the buffers. The incoming train would most likely go to or within a few feet of the buffers where the passengers would disembark and then the doors closed by the guard. No passengers would be allowed to board the stationary train. The train would then be propelled back beyond the engine release, the engine would uncouple and perform the run round. Once coupled up again, the train would be propelled back to the buffers where the departing passengers would then be allowed to board. In preservation it is quite common for a lot of passengers to remain onboard for the return journey so the action of propelling said passengers like you witnessed seems a bit dubious to me.
  17. You can see why elf & safety was need in industry. It is just a pity that it has been carried over and used in more mundane circumstances as an excuse to keep joe public in check where the application of common sense would suffice. But then again, a lot of people today have little common sense and no rational thinking towards their own wellbeing.
  18. They have done a good job though Andy, it doesn't look a bodged job (no offence to you) bodged, of-fence, I'm digging myself a hole here if I'm not careful Its only frustrating when you know you could do a lot better. It is starting to look good out back, old garage gone, grass laid, conifers cut, fence up, just concrete base then ttthhhhuuuuuu bunker and you have still got your health intact, so it must be a bonus
  19. Don't worry Andy, when you wake up you can have a look how to maintain that Marcway. The video has a bit of noise and a water mark, but is well worth watching especially the last bit about curves.
  20. What they didn't tell you Andy is that they have been copying the pro's
  21. 0.07mm :jester:How do you sharpen those drills Mike
  22. I've been waiting months to add a new project from you to my Andy Peters folder. Then you sneak up with a four page opener before I've had time to blink. Looking forward to the blow by blow account of Bitton with lots and lots of photos of the whole project. Once the shed is up and running what is the timescale before we see the all important GRASS
  23. How did they get in the Bunker? I remember 40 odd years ago on our new build when a low loader full of paving slabs turned up at 4 o,clock and all the builders had gone home at 3.30
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