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Standard 5 73082 ‘Camelot’ at rest in road 2 at Tinley Rose Sidings. Q1 33001 is sat on road 1 with the local goods train marshalled in road 3 furthest from the camera

A long way from their original stomping ground, Ex L&Y ‘Pug’ 51212 and crew visit Tinley Rose Sidings before the long and slow trip back up to Bristol Barrow Road Shed

The lads from the goods yard race into town to pick up some sticky buns for lunch! The farmer chugs away on the Fergie having fixed his fences as Daisy, Buttercup and friends chew the cud

A Bridge too Far? Finally got round to adding the floating half bridge! hopefully you all can see what I’m aiming for! A busy afternoon with the Goods train departing while the Auto train waits in road 1 and the Railcar ticks over in road 2 Meanwhile the farmer has finished fixing the fence so his cows can’t escape! And a couple of the chaps from the goods yard are driving into town to pick up a sweet treat from the bakers!

Backscenes and Such As the nights grow darker some time was spent adding a frame and a backscene. Progressing slowly on! Need to start detailing and weathering locos, ‘151 is looking a bit too clean for a hardworking mixed traffic loco! The loading dock is nearly done, just need to paint it and weather the crane.

The mixed goods awaiting pick up in the main road at Tinley Rose Sidings The brake van is ready, just waiting for the guard

Barely have time for the real layout! and thats barely 5' x 2'!

Now there's an idea for a thread! 1 mile long London Victoria To Brighton Mainline in about 1950 anyone?

Signalling Situation cont. My thoughts are as follows. Is a ground signal and a "route indicator" sufficient at a to cover the entirety of the yard? I volunteer at the Bluebell Railway and this appears to be their arrangement for the carriage shed and engine shed at Sheffield Park either side of the running line. This then means that signals at b and c are not required. Manouvering past d towards the rest of the world requires reversal onto the main line against the usual flow of traffic, what sort of signalling was required for the entry / exit of goods yards and sidings in the 60's. I have read that ground signals can be used, would there be a pair, one for entry and one for exit and is d a good location for them, or would a stop semaphore for exit and an off scene branch and main semaphore have been more likely?

Signalling Situation Here is a diagram of the layout with a few points where I would like to add appropriate signals, as to what would have been common practice in the early 60s and operated from a ground frame / off scene signal box where required. GF is a 4 lever ground frame Road 1 is the main road which runs next to the island platform. Road 2 is the road with the loading dock and goods crane Road 3 is a road which is just a siding Track with a red line through is not on the layout, just added for ease of explanation. a,b,c,d are locations where I think a signal of some form should go but I am not sure what. Here is my thinking so far a should indicate which way its point is set, either into road 1 or towards roads 2 and 3 maybe a ground signal and an indicator as to which road? b should indicate which way the point is set either into road 2 or 3 c may be required to indicate that the point is set into road 3 if an indicator is in place at a then would this and a ground signal be all that is required? d is a signal for movements off scene towards the rest of the world.

Goods and Ephemera Some more updates including a loading platform with goods crane and an extended barrow crossing. Weathering of rolling stock Addition of common trackside detritus as seen at my local heritage line.

Wiring and Rolling Apologies for the lack of updates due to 1:1 life. Finally had some spare time over the Easter weekend and added a number of power droppers to increase reliability of running (old set track problems). Rolling Stock continues to increase in number and variety thanks to various bargains off the Bay and second hand shopping. Have started to add in more railway infrastructure, this ground frame and relay box came from a job lot from a friend. The platform needs more work still but it’s nice to be able to run trains without needing to ‘hand of god’ every few minutes.

Blackmoor Vale simmering in the morning sun, realistic if you squint! And ignore the edge of the baseboard...

Much happening in the 1:1 world so apologies for the absence! A few progress pictures. Sanded the DAS prior to painting. Painted the platform an appropriate shade of greyish, fitted metcalfe paving slabs as platform edge. Blackmoor Vale simmering in the morning sun, need to find some ground covering for around the track, thinking a light sprinkle of static grass, and a bit of railway debris. New gate and extended fencing for the cows field. An overhead view of the layout as it is currently.

Now filled in the platform with a skin of DAS, will probably paint the platform sides with acrylic paint and the top of the platform will use metcalfe paving slabs as platform edging