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Thanks Peter, I did wonder if it was on a Railtour. I think it will be predominantly 56s on shed and for the later years 60s! Yesterday Grimley Senior and I spent a good few hours dry fitting the depot shed in preparation for gluing and pining. A few extra pieces of wood were cut and although we had a couple of minor problems which hopefully will be addressed tonight it seems to look how it is supposed to. It certainly does look like a mini Toton and gives a good idea of how the finished depot will look. Here are some photos of the depot clamped together: I am planning to make a couple of adjustments this evening, get the whole depot frame together and once happy get it glued at the weekend.

Thanks for the kind comments Guy. I do like the Bachmann shed, they have done a nice job on it. Blimey Railwatch, I have not seen that for a while! Remember watching that all week back in 1988, we have it on video somewhere. That was always my favourite part the Grids around Knottingley, always a great place to visit for seeing 56 on MGRs. Thanks for the link, really enjoyed watching that last night. Red-stripe Railfreight 56s, love them, will have to have a few of those for my new project!

Thanks for the photos Peter, very helpful and interesting. I like the one of the Peak up on the lifting jacks, I plan to have a Grid up off its bogies. When were the photos taken? 1984 ish? I see a pair of Thornaby 37/0s on shed, there must have been a working to Corby which included a stay at Toton, as when I visited 501 and 502 were there. Think I will need to get a few more pairs of Choppers though, don??™t think three 20s will be enough! Will definitely be modelling 45104, great shot of it at Cambridge. Was it there for a special occasion or had it worked a passenger service? To be honest I think it may well be a while before I can afford any new stock as the inspection pits alone require quite a bit of cash and then with the track and DCC hardware, funds for new locos will be almost non-existent! But we shall see??¦??¦. I have spent the past couple of days just finalising the depot plan which is almost there, just a couple of little issues which need sorting. My plan is to assemble the depot shed at the weekend which I am quite excited about. This will probably give me a wake up call when I see just how large the shed is! Not sure Mrs. Grimley is going to share my excitement!! Hi Simon, thanks for the offer. The Grimley pool does have a couple in it which will be made available! The first board which is for the depot shed is 1.2m x 1.5m with the second 1.2m x 1.75, the latter being for stabling and the point work. May need to add another board on the end, will have more of an idea once the shed has been built.

Thanks Dave I have made a bit of progress! My wife thinks it is starting to become a bit obsessive??¦??¦??¦ I am fairly pleased with progress so far and once the main shed skeleton has been put together I can make a start on marking out where the inspection pits will go! Hopefully you will have something to see after the weekend! Yesterday Grimley Senior and I spent a couple of hours doing some woodwork for the depot building in preparation for construction of the main shed. The cross pieces have been cut with some being a little on the delicate side, so battens have been added to some of them to add a bit of strength. Here you can see some of the cross pieces drying on the kitchen floor after having the battens attached: Hopefully later in the week a start can be made on putting the first pieces together allowing a first real look at Boxenby TMD.

Hi Peter, Thanks for the info. on the Peaks, to be honest it does sound like a minefield so will wait until I am ready to model some and then ask for some help! If that is ok with you? Love Griffon, superb. Thanks for posting the photos, would like to see that one visit Boxenby! Yes I pan to model mine as they were right at the end of their lives with orange cant rail stripes and high intensity head lights. Just how I remember them. The day we visited Toton, 45104 arrived in Derby when we were there on some MK2s, superb! I do have a Replica 45106 which is one of may favourite locos, will take a photo of it at Grimley next time I visit. After doing some research I agree it appears to be August 1988 that they were finally withdrawn. Keep looking at your 45103, really looking forward to modelling BR Blue stock.

Dave, I believe it failed yesterday with coolant problems! Heard also that the LH beast 59 is having problems too!

Hi Kevin, excellent photos of the metals grid on the slabs. Would you mind telling us how you made/weathered your slabs?

Jamie, it certainly is a large shed. When I laid out the pieces on the board the other day it did surprise me a little! I am planning to construct the shed with the roof completely separate and detachable. This will allow you to see inside the shed once the roof has been removed. Arpleymodeller, I do plan to detail the inside of the shed not sure how it will turn out though! Yes you are right it will take quite a few locos to fill it, especially as it will be able to hold 34 locos inside. Not sure I have enough at the moment and certainly won??™t tell Mrs. Grimley that more locos are required, well not just yet! Thanks GM, I am up for the challenge and do plan to add full interior detailing. I also plan to have a 60 with roof panels and engine room doors open revealing the engine. And also once Bachmann release their lifting jacks plan to have a Grid off its bogies. I must be mad??¦??¦??¦.. Hi Baggie, yes I have been a bit busy with my latest obsession! I am quite pleased with progress so far, hopefully more can be done tonight subject to the adverse weather conditions! Aye, they will only be visiting and certainly not to be stored like at Toton. Be nice to have somewhere to see them all in one place. Really looking forward to going back to 1988??¦..your Original Railfreight Tractor will have to visit!

You are quite right having fun is what our hobby is all about! I did although there is nothing wrong with the photo of 40173 at Eastfield! I remember back in 1991 I think it was, going round Eastfield depot, great TMD that was. Used to love going passed on the train or standing up on the bank looking at all the Large Logo 37s and 47s on shed. Great times??¦.. Eastfield would make a lovely layout, as previously mentioned there is a guy on the internet and may be a member on here that has been working on modelling said TMD. Very impressive. I look forward to seeing your model once your current project is finished! Love your idea of the exhibition featuring famous sheds, Tinsley, Old Oak, Thornaby, Eastfield, Immingham, Canton??¦??¦..how good would that be?

Now that is a layout, great work. You must have a lot of fun playing trains!

Superb Steel rod loads on your BDAs, excellent work. Loving the Metals Grid!

Hi Peter, love the photos of your Peaks, quality. I am really looking forward to getting a 45, sorry this is probably a silly question but have Bachmann brought out their new model? As my interest has been in the present day I haven??™t been keeping up with the older locos. My plan is to model 45104 and 45110 first, the latter always seemed to be around when we went out! Used to love the Tinsley unofficially named ones with the high intensity headlights. Which one do you have? Just been looking on the internet at when they were withdrawn. Also saw a photo of Toton back in 1992 and there is 45148 inside the shed with a 60015. That would be great if you could dig out some Toton pics. I am surprised at how much progress has been made, but would like it finished so that I can play!

You are a weak man Pugs! I look forward to seeing this machine finished. To be honest if JLTRT were to produce a 56 or 60 I too would succumb!

You are a weak man Pugs! I look forward to seeing this machine finished. To be honest if JLTRT were to produce a 56 or 60 I too would succumb!

I have made a start on the woodwork for the main depot building and after spending a couple of afternoon??™s in the garage with Grimley Senior a bit of progress has been made. To start off with one of the drawings was stuck to some plywood using double-sided sticky tape and then the outline was cut out using a jigsaw. This then gave the basic shape of the shed. Different parts were then cut out until I had several sections which hopefully when joined together will form the basic skeleton of the depot shed. There are still a few adjustments to be made to the inner sections but once these have been made construction will begin. I stood the sections up on one of the boards to see how it will look: Yesterday I spent the afternoon finalising the dimensions for the battens which will be used to join up the different sections. Hopefully at the weekend I can make a start putting it all together.

Thanks Lukasz, not sure I share your optimism! Thanks Worralls, I am beginning to think that a smaller depot might have been a better idea! BigT, thought you might like it! Might have to extend it to allow some MGR trains to run passed! Only joking??¦??¦ Hi Jon, Tugs 1 and 6 are more than welcome to visit any time. Don??™t worry it is being made to be fully transportable outside! Porkie, well there is always time in the future for you to model Tinsley. I certainly didn??™t think 20 years ago whilst walking around Toton that I would attempt to build a model of it!

Great photos Peter, especially the Large Logo 47s. I can see a couple of those visiting my new depot! And may be a couple of peaks too! Glad to see that you have been working on the extension.

Hi Dave, just wanted to say that I agree with previous posts about Waverley West in Model Rail, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article. Great photos as usual, good work Sir!

Whilst doing some planning for Grimley depot I was thinking about putting a lightweight overhead crane (as per the ones normally found in many of the small maintenance depots around the country) in the other shed. Then I got thinking that this would stop me having the new Bachmann lifting jacks, unless I just had one road with the overhead crane. This then got me thinking of perhaps having a larger depot shed and my thoughts turned to Toton??¦.. I think it was back in 1987, whilst a teenager I came across a Modern Railways which had a photo of Toton depot and I could not believe it. The sheer size of it and all the locos there just shocked me. After doing some further research I really wanted to visit said depot and managed to organise a visit on a Sunday in February 1988. This I have to say was fantastic, as I live in Essex it was very hard to see Choppers, 56s and 58s so to see a large shed and sidings full of them and in one place was just amazing. Sorry to bore you! Ever since that visit I have been fascinated by Toton and always thought how good it would be to have a model of such a large depot although it would be very big in 00. So the long and short of it is that I have now gone completely raving mad and decided to start a new project which is going to be a model of Toton but known as Boxenby TMD. It would be nice to have a large depot to park up some of my 60s in! Here are a couple of photos taken back in February 1988: The other day I managed to find my notebook for the 20th of February 1988 and cannot believe how many Grids and 58s were there that day! Although I plan to have my depot loosely based on Toton it will not be exactly the same as I can only work from photos that I have and those that are available on the internet. After further research I decided to see how big the depot would be by coming up with some rough scale drawings of the depot shed. As this didn??™t put me off I decided to come up with a rough track plan on the kitchen floor: Here is the layout plan so far: Due to the demise of the class 60 my plan is to have Boxenby in the period 1988 to 1992 but due to the majority of my stock being for the EWS period, initially the depot will be for the present day until I can build up enough locos to go back in time. Whether it is because that period was great with 20s, 31s, 37s, 45s, 47s, 56s, 58s and the 60 just entering traffic and with so many different liveries to be seen or was it just because I was young and what I remember the railway to be like I am not sure. All I know is that I really enjoyed going out and about then and loved seeing such a variety of traffic. As mentioned before I am looking forward to having BR blue, Large logo, Original Railfreight, Red-stripe Railfreight and Trainload/Sector liveries. Quality! The other week I had some scale drawings printed off ready to construct the depot shed but then realised that I didn??™t have a large enough surface to allow me to build it! So that was put on hold until the first board had been constructed. Yesterday after a visit to B&Q and the local wood merchants, Grimley Senior and I spent the afternoon building two boards. So there is no going back now??¦??¦.. Here they are finished in my garage. The larger of the two is taller than me! Hopefully I can make a start on the depot building over the weekend and have the shell finished to allow the first of the inspection pits to be put in place.

Hi Pugs, I look forward to seeing how your 455 turns out and what weathering techniques the master uses!

Looking good, you are making good progress. I like the buildings, good work Sir.

I hope you are right Beast! Problem is there are so many rumours doing the rounds that it is difficult to know what is true and what isn't. I suppose we will have to just wait and see. My feeling is that if they get withdrawn we just won't see them return...... I see double-headed sheds is the order of the day on a few workings this morning!

Excellent Photos Peter. I for one am in the leave it as a terminus camp, to change it would be a crime! It would completely change the character of the layout but I am probably not the best person to ask as I do not like change! As you know Grimley is a roundy roundy layout and it is great to just run trains around but your layout is superb and should not be changed! Do the extension and start a new layout for the changes that you have in your head. Hope that has been helpful!!!

Excellent photos Dave, I especially like the shed scenes. Looking forward to seeing Waverley West in Model Rail!