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I have a lot of info on G&SWR signalling so if you want anything in that regard to help with your project drop me a line. R

Many thanks Butler. I always look at magazines for ScR content....but I missed that. Much appreciated! R

The latest October RB magazine has an article on Burghead Line Pt.2. But when was Pt.1 published? Can't see it show as being in September issue?

Here's an action shot of cycling signaller.

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I know this may not be write place to ask but when I try to go into private messages the message content is hidden behind an advertising video I cant get rid off....help?

HB Drop me a private email as I have further information on Penicuik I can send. A King Lever general is used to 'over-ride' the locking that normally prevents two trains being signalled towards each other on a single line. If a box is 'switched out' i.e. closed at night due to low traffic, the king lever is used to allow the points and signals to be set to allow traffic to pass through either way safely. There were a number of lines in Scotland where this was used with special arrangements for the single line block instruments to allow it.

Here's Penicuik M1

Halton Boy will see what I have for Penicuik :-)

For those interest i attach the M2

Folks, Aberfeldy had a dual-system where normal operation would be Train Staff but at times of more traffic a tablet could be used. See BoT Extract: MT29/95 Aberfeldy 'Oct.15, 1946 – Mount reported that in 1938, the LMS decided that the Branch originally worked by tablet could be made to operate train staff with one engine in steam most of the year. Arrangements to introduce the train staff vice the tablet by inserting a king lever at Aberfeldy, which had fixed to it a train staff in shape of an Annett’s Key lock attached to the King Lever No.13, which normally stood pulled. This lever could then be restored to the midway position which allowed the Up and Down running signals to be replaced to normal (danger). Thereafter the King Lever could be fully replaced, removing the back locks from Nos.4 & 10, which could then be placed normal. At the same time replacement of the King Lever to normal permitted the section tablet to be withdrawn from the mechanical control instrument behind the King Lever while the train staff became locked in the King Lever lock. This control instrument was of McKenzie & Holland design, adapted to work in conjunction with the King Lever. When the tablet was locked in the control instrument, the block instruments were out of phase at Aberfeldy and Ballinluig. The main Ground Frame at Aberfeldy had 13 working levers and was controlled by an Annett’s Key. Another 2-lever Ground Frame worked the Platform run round crossover. There was a 4-lever Ground Frame at the Aberfeldy Distillery and similar 4-lever Ground Frame at Grandtully, both controlled by either train staff or tablet whichever was in use.' I'm going to attach a couple of drawings of mine showing detail. Note the drawing earlier in thread is an M1 track & signalling NOT an M5 signal box diagram. I attach both. Aberfeldy-M1-1934-Rev.2-rot.pdf Aberfeldy-M5-1947-Rev.0-rot.pdf

If you send me a message with your email I can send you original signalling scheme plan, etc. R

Folks can I post an inquiry re the Scottish Region perspective: My question simply "Is there any evidence of this type of ex-SR wagon travelling as far North as the Geest banana ripening plant in Scotland's former banana capital at Plains by Airdrie"? Cannot find any photos online of banana traffic in those ex-SR wagons in Scotland. Geest had a very specialist temperature-controlled building linked to the railway line at Plains, where trainloads of bananas were brought directly from the docks and then ripened to suit customer demand. The location of the Geest ripening plant offered excellent rail links in all directions as well as being very convenient for the main centres of banana consumption in Scotland. The building still stands adjacent to the now electrified main running lines although it is currently disconnected from the rail network and now serves as a timber business (Rowan Manufacturing). There is evidence of some of the Geest banana traffic running from the docks at Preston by rail to Plains but as to the wagon type that appears a mystery? For a Scottish themed layout would the ex-SR Accurascale wagons be more appropriate than the ex-LNER Oxford models for the 1960's period? Thanks