David Bell Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 This is the box at Stonehaven 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Inverurie box in 2015 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrour Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 08/08/2020 at 13:53, Caley Jim said: That's a much later diagram than the one I was familiar with. As I said, the gates were operated from the box with the last three levers on the right of the frame (21,22 &23?), painted brown, being for the gate stops and the wicket lock, There was also an up starter (14) which again had splitting distants on it. The 'Down Sidings' were in fact a loop from just to the north of Glenboig station, entry being controlled by Garnqueen NJ. Jim Hi Jim, Here's a diagram from gate era. best wishes, Robert 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) Here is Greenfoot in all its glory, with Garnqueen North Edited August 9, 2020 by luckymucklebackit 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Corrour said: Here's a diagram from gate era. That's as i remember it! OK, so I got the gate lever numbers wrong, but it is c67 years since I was last in the box. Some of the spare levers had originally been for a connection into a clay mine on the up side across the road, gone by the time I was there. We stayed in Annathill at the time, a mile or so to the north. 11 minutes ago, luckymucklebackit said: Here is Greenfoot in all its glory, with Garnqueen SouNorth Again, that's after my time, vis. the lifting barriers. Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Here is Dunkeld box and the adjacent home signal, taken today 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 A couple of shots of the,by then long disused, box at Biggar, taken in the late 1960's. The box, and the station building, are still extant, the former used by an architect, I believe, and the latter by a local builder. Jim 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2020 (edited) Bing satellite image: Edited May 30, 2022 by keefer 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Came through Biggar the other day and stopped in a layby on the main road just outside the town,leant on a fence and got an electric shock. There were no signs barring one broken plate on a fence post that was hardly noticable. Ouch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Kircaldy in 1978 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Or how about Waverly? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Love those Tim Thanks for posting Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tim V said: Or how about Waverly? That turnout on the extreme right at the exit from the north bore is now a tandem. Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Does Annan count? Bit of a distant shot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, David Bell said: Came through Biggar the other day and stopped in a layby on the main road just outside the town,leant on a fence and got an electric shock. There were no signs barring one broken plate on a fence post that was hardly noticable. Ouch! Ah, but you should have looked for the clues! Insulators, or bits of rubber tubing, where the top wire is attached to the posts and the electrified wire is usually on the field side and the other wires on the road side. You learn these things when you live in the country! Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Perfectly legible if you zoom in. Nice tall box too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 40 minutes ago, Tim V said: Or how about Waverly? Waverley West - nice pic, it's easy to forget it was there built into the wall! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 48 minutes ago, Tim V said: Kircaldy in 1978 The main lines, crossover, down loop and brake van siding are all that's left today. The Up loading bank siding was the last to go a few years ago, although the loading bank itself went long before. Up (shown) and Down yards are both car parks now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Caley Jim said: Ah, but you should have looked for the clues! Insulators, or bits of rubber tubing, where the top wire is attached to the posts and the electrified wire is usually on the field side and the other wires on the road side. You learn these things when you live in the country! Jim I do live in the country! Up here we put little yellow plastic pennants on the live wire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Kirkcaldy SB – 1978 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/16505803601/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunwurken Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 09/10/2020 at 18:04, johnw1 said: Kirkcaldy SB – 1978 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/16505803601/ Rather odd design of corner Windows. Anyone any idea why they were designed that way? Malcolm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) For 'hingin oot the windae' to give hand/lamp signals or spoken instructions for shunting? I wonder if that's a former cludgie there? Also I wonder what the sign says? Edited October 11, 2020 by keefer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrour Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 From the days when there was more to see... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 4 hours ago, keefer said: For 'hingin oot the windae' to give hand/lamp signals or spoken instructions for shunting? Exactly. I think all signal boxes had some form of opening windows at the corners for exactly that purpose. on CR southern Section boxes the whole corner sash slid inside. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrour Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Folks I thought I'd post this as it has very good detail for modelling. best wishes, Robert 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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