Worsdell forever

So that's what you got for Christmas is it?

Just about all I've got done in the last couple of weeks is a platelayer's hut. But today I've managed to get out and have a fiddle with the fiddleyard.

From a few years ago. Nearing the end of the Rosedale line's existence, J24 No 1860 prepares to depart The Depots for Blakey Jcn. where it will run round it's train and head off across the moor top for Ingleby incline top.

Last trains heading for home before Christmas.

Level crossing boards cut.

Still cutting up bits of fence, also made a couple of 'kissing gates'.

As I said above, the Southern ones were a copy of the North Eastern one. Buy the book here- https://ner.org.uk/product/railway-snowploughs-of-the-north-east/

Been thinking about platform lamps as I'd like to have the positions of them sorted before the final surface is put down, ideally I'd like some Mike's Models lamps, fluted posts with square lanterns, and I have some, just nowhere near enough! So I've been looking around and there's a massive selection ranging from utter junk to some good stuff, unfortunately the good ones just don't seem to be available. It seems the best compromise are the ones from DCC Concepts, bit expensive as they're working ones which isn't really needed, it's a warm late spring early summer day here! Anyway, they've had a coat of Indian Red (they were maroon) and had the station name added.

Not even unique to the Southern 😲, they built 2, as the NER had already built one in 1907, which I would imagine the Southern ones were a copy of. The only difference being the addition of the beam and lifting pulleys.

Yeah, last time I was down there, there were no traces of the railway left, I'm assuming the the line went over the road somewhere near the village hall as the road turns east.

And the other end of the platform, nothing is fixed yet, I want to get the scenery substantially finished before final fitting. Starting to look like a station now.

Warm enough to get out in the shed today so I'm cutting the sections of platform fence to length and fitting pins into some of the posts to secure them to the platforms.

Yes, 2 of them. They are light, I've built one tonight and it weighs in at 2.8 kilo, it's 6mm ply but it seems to be a well designed frame and all joints fitted together neatly.

Work has paused on the stop blocks as this little parcel arrived this afternoon. Bits of wood with holes!

Splash of paint last night has brightened them up a bit!

Four stop blocks built yesterday, rail ends trimmed to fit and now ready for paint. Lanarkshire models North Eastern early type.

Just think, a staple right through your Morton clutch... 😲

I think if I was to add anything it would be a lamp, they just look better.

Been righting Ratio's wrongs tonight, when they designed their North Eastern platform fencing they inexplicably missed out the middle rail so I've been adding them with 60x20 thou plastic strip. Modellers of the Midland will also need to add the middle rail.

Bit of paint on the gates, as far as I can tell I probably don't need targets or lamps on the gates, it seems from photos I've found that only more major lines and roads had them.

And they seem to fit.

The base is a simple strip of brass, pins soldered through holes and the plastic posts drilled and glued on to these. Another larger hole is drilled to take the operating rod.

Gate number 1 trial fitted, mounted on a strip of brass and there's an operating rod going down through the baseboard.

Thought it was cold in't shed last night...