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What a picture. I wonder how many more are hiding out there.

Simon/ Micheal, Thanks for both of your replies. I was convinced that I saw it show red, my mistake, but thanks for the explanations. chris

Definitely can show red. Didn’t have my phone out in time to catch it. Will try to get back and catch it showing the red aspect.

I spotted this signal yesterday, it is on the approach to Gorebridge station on the Borders railway. It appeared to show red, yellow and Green, would this be the norm for a single track line with passing loops? And I wondered what the label means too? any help would be great

@Rammstein2609 thanks for that very detailed reply. Lots to think about and explore. chris

Saw this at St Andrews, brilliant looking. Didn’t get a chance to say hello as you were deep in conversation. Would love to know more about the control panel and how it all works.

Thanks again to everyone for pointing me in the right direction. The kit linked above looks great, I’m doing this in N so it’s probably a job for the 3D printer. Thankfully A.A.Maclean’s book “A pictorial record of LNER constituent signalling” has some drawings which will be a great help.

Thanks for the quick answers. I am planning a visit to Bo’ness in the next week so I’ll have a look if I can.

Hi, My research for my current layout build has thrown up posts on a platform and fence that I haven’t been able to identify. I’ve cropped the posts in question and hope someone can help. it looks like the same thing just at either end of the platform area. It is from Loanhead, which was a North British station. The photos are from around 1959ish.

I’m only a couple of miles from there and it definitely looks like Gorebridge to me. @Ian Mac on the 1965 signalling diagram could Reniston Colliery possibly be Arnistion Colliery, for the Emily or Gore pits? Wish I’d asked about the Lady Vic signal box when I was considering that model. That fell victim to over ambition!

I thought I’d add a couple from a site that might not be commonly seen. This is the Biomass loading site at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool. The ships arrive on one side and are discharged into the silos and the trains run through and are loaded. As has been said earlier it is usually 60’s and 66’s that supply the motive power and the wagons are a good mixed of livery.

After a short delay (2 months!) I have finally managed to test fit the bogies and try the motor for size and position. I am using a Tomytec TM-10 chassis as the donor, it cost about £20 inc. postage from Japan via ebay. I was going to try and build motor bogies based on Alex Duckworth's own design but decided after sourcing small motors I might not be successful. Lots of web searching I thought I'd try the Tomytec chassis, the bogies are about 3mm short but I don't think they will look too bad. The chassis has different bogie sides in the box and I have pick the closest for the moment. Here are some pictures with the bogies in rough position and the motor with its components. A close up of the No1 end. The motor and its components. The motor will be housed it the cab where I hope it will all still look ok when finished. Now on with the build.

Just had my latest ebay purchase, Cinerails "Railways of Scotland Vol. 2 - The Waverley Route" VHS (cheaper than buying the DVD and it still works!) drop through the door. For someone who is too young to have experienced the Waverly route as a working line its an enjoyable watch. Lots of useful modelling inspiration, just a pity that the camera operator was on the Lady Victoria signalbox side as they went past! Recommended viewing.

Slowly emerging again are the platforms at Newtongrange. In good condition so far, just a pity they won't be used. The original station was roughly where the fence crossing the site at the top of the photo.