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HI, Is there any one of the scratch building aces on here, that could help with this, please? I am looking to get these buildings done, as party of my proposed layout. At the moment, I only have a few photos, of the main station building and ticket office, and the footprint of the building. I have no indication of height. what is the best way of scratch-building the station house/ticket office? I believe everything was demolished, late 70's- early 80's. Any advice at all, would be great Dene

I've been interested in this station for a while- I think the line to Caernarfon should have stayed open. Do any of our experts on the North Wales Coast line, have any information on the track layout, prior to closure, if possible. Any information would be gratefully received Thanks Dean

Hi Gordon, that's what I intend to do.

Dear All I could do with some advice on signalling this layout, once complete- It has a yard area, and a coal siding that locos reverse in to? its an end-to-end layout. If any one can help, please? Period is late 60'sto early 70;s Western Region Thanks, Dene ,

Hi All Have any of our local experts on this CLC station, have any information on the layout? I got an old drawing from the “Disused Stations” website, but it’s not very clear. The little bay at the end of the down platform seems a little peculiar, as does the banking at the back of platform, and the heads hunt at the entrance to the goods yard? Any information gratefully received!

Have posted a revised plan below

Done!

A more detailed version- the trackwork at the Redruth end is not that clear, but would involve curved points, to give access to the yard. There is also a bit of disused trackbed at each end, plus an old goods yard just before the entrance from the Penzance direction.

Above is the first "aerial shot" of a plan on a curved version, with all other redundant tracks taken out- the layout flows much better than the previous draft, I plan to have a 3, or 4-road fiddle at the Redruth end. I estimate that the layout will fit in the 14' space available in the garage.

Hi, I have been working on a more flowing plan, which I think will look better- will post it tomorrow. Thanks for your suggestion!

Thanks David- what is shown is the scribble sheet, the drawing was added to, at intervals to envisage what may have been there. As with a lot of "period" layouts, I do intend to use some leeway with what locos are run- The layout is sated 1968-75. It is not intended as an exhibition layout, but I will keep it well within scope. Someone has suggested a slightly curved approach to the layout, and I am going to visit this idea, to see what the result is. The red bits I added to indicate what had been stripped out- they wont be going back in. I don't intend using Setrack points, as I don't like them, and for sidings, I won't be going smaller than medium radius. This is intended as a garage layout, and I have a running length of around 14 feet available, if needed. Thanks for your help, I'll get back to the drawing board! Dene

yes thanks for that- the layout is expected to be around 12 feet long, and around 14" deep from front to backscene Dean

I'd like a bit of help with this, too if possible If a Class 52 was taking freight from Exeter to Penzance, what would be the likely headcode, if the train was restricted to 45 mph? I'm looking to modify one for my layout/ Many thanks, Dene

Afternoon all! Just wondered whether anyone could help with this project? Its planned to be a fictional junction on a branch of BR (W) a few years after the Beeching Cuts- I have called it Crantock Tor, and it provided a junction between Penzance, Redruth and Helston. The period is 68-75. I intend to have one main running line, plus one truncated, a small factory siding next to the main platform, and a small coal siding on the other side of the abandoned island platform. I wish to run the locos DCC if possible, but I'm not confident about doing it with the track. I would like help with siting the feeds, if possible. It is an end- to end layout, with a simple run-round at one end (just past the signal bow, for 16T coal hoppers from the yard), and traffic from the factory siding. I'll probably run 24's and 25's on it, maybe some "guest" locos, depending on factory needs! Many Thanks, Dene

Thanks, Brian These will be a great help- I always thought that feature on the platform, had been a covered entrance to the site. The 1960's photo I have, has it chained up. Of course it had all gone by 1980 Thanks once again Dean

Morning all! just wondered whether any of our local experts could help with this? I’ve been looking at the buildings that were on this station, such a shame that it had all gone by the 80’s- I had asked a contributor to a website about a branch that ran in to BNFL (as was). My late father had mentioned sidings, but I’d never seen them and a signal box. Apparently the signal box and sidings went in ‘69? Can anyone shed some light on this, please??

Thanks very much for that info!

Hi I was travelling towards Bromley Cross on Friday afternoon, when I noticed this- just north of Bolton Station, a viaduct curving away to the left, that was very overgrown, and fenced off. Would this be part of the Darcy Lever section? Apologies, I don't know this area very well, Greater Manchester must have loads of these disused viaducts!- I remember seeing one a few times, in the "Life on Mars" series- didn't manage to locate that one either! Any help from people with knowledge on that area, gratefully received! Dean

Thanks for posting- great picture (hadn't seen this one before!) The photo I had was of a black 5 in that very same siding- backed up in the dispatch siding. Was taken about '65. The loco has the diagonal white stripe on the cab, and Overhead cables warning tags on the cab and boiler

Evening all! Been a while since I've been on here- I seem to recall a photo of a black 5 awaiting departure from Levers sidings at Port sunlight= does anyone recall this pic? I'm sure its been on here. Dean

40106 came through my local station, Hooton, several times- I always thought it Odd that she carried Tops on all 4 sides, and was still in BR Green, with the late pattern BR badge still on- Here she is on ballast duties-

Chester used to have a large "double scissors" crossover between platforms 2 and 4, for splitting/joining trains during the Birkenhead to Paddington era- cant find any pics of it though! The only example I've seen up here......