Kingmoorkid

A railway that has interested me since I first saw trackbed and bits of infrastructure in the 70's. Nothing much seems to have changed up there since, still plenty of remains to see and bits of the route are walkable, with some footpaths round Tindale now on the old trackbed. I'm guessing that those interested will have seen Ernie Brack's site on Flickr, if not he has an Album on the Brampton Railway with 30+ images. I'll be following progress.

If it's any help Ribblehead on the same morning in low morning light, grey tones and brick orange, not much obvious brown unless others see it differently.

I've been lurking for a bit but had this snap from February before we all got locked away. Not a view of Arten Gill you see very often, from path to Whernside from Dentdale, but it shows how well it sits in the surroundings. Colour is not that obvious from a couple of miles away, but the viaducts in Dentdale are certainly more dark grey than brown, however the colour does seem to change with the light. Anyway experimenting to get a happy medium is all part of the fun. Simon.

Alex not sure how far you've got with planning, but this is an end view with a rare special arriving at the quarry in March this year. It gives some idea of track plan at North end. I have a few more shots of Cracoe which I'll load in next couple of days.

Catching up on the Dent thread, and not sure you got the answer on these pictures, picture 2 IS the south end of Kingmoor Shed, the others are of the Fuel and Inspection shed (F&I to us locals) that was at the south end of Kingmoor Marshalling Yard and about a mile north of Kingmoor shed. This was the main stabling point for the Yard and in early 70's would host up to 50+ locos, that were normally left idling, in the sidings adjacent to the shed and immediately to the West. I recall an old Fowler tender being used near the fuelling point in the early 70's. You would nearly always see classes 08, 24,25,26,27,37,40,45,46,47,50, and after 1974 also 81,82,83,84,85,86. Class 20's were not regular visitors but not unusual, unlike Brush 2 5634 that pitched up on a Saturday afternoon in 1973 to the amazement of the regulars.

Carlisle No.12 box. Absolutely spot on.

Looks fantastic - I reckon the stream is Cow Gill Beck, which is just the sort of descriptive name you would expect in the high fell country. There has been a huge amount of forestry clearance in the Rise Hill area recently, which has opened up the previously conifer blighted landscape so it's more like the period you are modelling. Might have a trip up in next couple of weeks. Simon

The rather austere 1950's lines of the London Midland Type 15 signal box has always appealed to me, but I wanted something different to Bachmann's offering of Hest Bank. This is a model of the smaller 20 lever version, based on 2 x 10ft front panels and the shallow 11' depth. I've tried to capture a well used box that's a bit rough round the edges, well that's my excuse anyway, Built round a perspex box with microstrip glazing and plasticard sheet from my spares box. Rudimentary interior is included, with Smith's etched levers the only purchased item. It needs a signalman, and a suitable layout based around the Preston Division in the mid 70's. Kingmoorkid

Thanks Jeff Looking forward to the signal box build in near future - I suspect you won't be happy using a kit when you can do a bit of scratch building. Simon

Jeff, its about time I got off the lurking shelf with this KL2 thread, which I have followed closely since day 1, but have made no contribution - rude of me I think. As I've enjoyed the trials and tribulations of both KL1 and KL2 I'd just like to say thanks for keeping us all updated and providing inspiration. I've been up to Kirkby Stephen a couple of times this year and it's an eye opener looking at some of the prototype detail you and are incorporating into KL2. Here's one moment that I was there to capture. Now can we talk about that backscene! Cheers Kingmoorkid (Simon)

Much missed? I got two of these etches last year from Cooper Craft for £5 each. Bargain. Put my modified Lima bodies onto old mainline chassis/bogies with appropriate buffers and rebuilt battery boxes. Worked for me.

I don't bother with many shows but glad I did Pontefract on Sunday, some excellent layouts with Crinan up among the best on display in my opinion. Excellent scenery, well detailed rolling stock from my favourite era, and plenty going on. Thanks

Great reading this again, the David Hey web site is a mine of information and has some real gems, I have spent a few happy hours browsing (time well spent if you ask me), I have just noticed that Ilkley Shed closed on the day I was born, a mere 57 and a bit years ago, 26 of which I've lived in Ilkley. There is some sort of test train due into the station tonight around 1:00am followed by a scheduled leaf buster with a couple of class 20s at around 3:00am, I'm tempted to visit but good sense might prevail! Simon

Ron Simon - Kingmoorkid tells you where I spent my many hours in my teenage years. Some pictures taken before Northern Rail employees informed me that I wasn't allowed to take pictures of stations - just not worth the argument! The rudimentary dimensions that I did manage to get are - height to bottom of rail 3 feet 4inches. From middle of uprights to middle of next upright 6inches - you can scale from picture on that basis. I didn't want to get my tape measure confiscated..... The good news is that said Northern Rail employee was happy to discuss what happened and what's happening. The car hit the fence with such force that a 12" bit of it finished between that tracks luckily no one injured. Part of the fence has been removed for repairing and it will be restored, with other cracks in the same run attended to on return . They thought about recreating a new casting but cost was circa £10k so have decided to repair instead, Simon

I I'll pop out and measure and photograph the fences tomorrow. Might get some strange looks from M&S shoppers!