RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted December 31, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2018 Another selection of photos taken earlier this year of the varied workings in the area including the familiar North British Railway classes and of course the Haymarket pacifics to the fore. and again and again and again Wishing you all A Happy New Year 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Another selection of photos taken earlier this year of the varied workings in the area including the familiar North British Railway classes and of course the Haymarket pacifics to the fore. 1. A4 60027 Merlin .JPG 2. A3 60100 Spearmint.JPG 3. A2 60536 Trimbush (1).JPG and again 4. A2 60536 Trimbush (2) .JPG 5. A4 60031 Golden Plover.JPG 6. D34 at Longdrem Station.JPG 7. B1 61244 Strang Steel.JPG 8. St. Cl. 5 73147 .JPG 9. J35 64524 just about to leave the branch for the down main.JPG 10. D11.2 62693 Roderick Dhu crossing over to the down main from the branch(1).JPG and again 11. D11.2 62693 Roderick Dhu (2).JPG 12. J88 68328 heading for Pinkhill .JPG 13. B1 61221 Sir Alexander Erskine-Hill.JPG 14. End of the headshunt at Pinkhill.JPG 15. C16 67497.JPG 16. A2 60532 Blue Peter .JPG 17. A2 60534 Irish Elegance .JPG 18. Canine supervision at Pinkhill Goods Yard(.JPG 19. Shed scene.JPG 20. J36 65235 on the branch with the daily pick-up freight.JPG 21. Director on the branch and an Ivatt 2 on the down main .JPG 22. St. Cl. 5 73009.JPG 23. V3 67620.JPG 24. D34 62487 Glen Arklet.JPG 25. J36 65243 Maude.JPG 26. Station scene with two N. B. R. locos .JPG 27. J35 64489 heads through with a local freight.JPG 28. Britannia and WD 2-8-0 .JPG 29. D34 62471 Glen Falloch at the branch platform.JPG 30. Waiting to be fed at a Pinkhill cottage.JPG 31. J36 65224 Mons .JPG 32. V2 60873 Coldstreamer .JPG 33. D30 62421 Laird o' Monkbarns.JPG 34. A2.1 60507 Highland Chieftan .JPG 35. A1 60160 Auld Reekie on one of the usual number 2 link turns .JPG 36. A3 60089 Felstead .JPG 37. A4 60009 Union of South Africa (1).JPG and again 38. A4 60009 Union of South Africa (2).JPG Wishing you all A Happy New Year Hi Eric Great set of photos and a very Happy New Year to you and your family. Have you seen the new Hornby J36, as someone who makes their own locomotive kits I would be interested in your opinion?. I did post of photo of 65311 Haig on my thread last week, I have now completely weathered it so I will post a new photo in the next few days. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted December 31, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2018 David, The Hornby J36 is a first rate model. They have done a really good job in getting the look of the class spot on. I purchased a couple from the local model shop, Harburn Hobbies, and one will stay as Haig when at Polmont and the other from St.Margarets. Most of them were not vacuum brake fitted so, as usual, it is wiser to check the photographs. Hopefully they will be ready for the layout after some detailing in the coming weeks. All the best for 2019. Eric 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Happy new year. How do you get such a sheen on Hornby a3s and a4s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted January 2, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2019 David, After adding the extra detail to them they get a bit of a gentle going over with a mixture of cotton buds/Costa Coffee paper napkins which do not have loose strands circulating all over the place and then finish off with a ladies make up brush which is of a very fine texture. I recommend those from Clinique from whom my wife has a rather extensive stock. Lastly, I finish them with a coat of Klear and that’s that! I always tone down the wheels, valve gear frames etc. I prefer, out of respect to those who worked there, to leave the bodies alone as Haymarket did their best to keep the Pacifics looking good. However it is a bit different for those from 52A and 52B! A Happy New Year Eric 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 David, After adding the extra detail to them they get a bit of a gentle going over with a mixture of cotton buds/Costa Coffee paper napkins which do not have loose strands circulating all over the place and then finish off with a ladies make up brush which is of a very fine texture. I recommend those from Clinique from whom my wife has a rather extensive stock. Lastly, I finish them with a coat of Klear and that’s that! I always tone down the wheels, valve gear frames etc. I prefer, out of respect to those who worked there, to leave the bodies alone as Haymarket did their best to keep the Pacifics looking good. However it is a bit different for those from 52A and 52B! A Happy New Year Eric Thanks Eric. Appreciated. We're still waiting for a v2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted January 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2019 A great selection of photos as always Eric. So many foreign pacifics to drool over, though I do like the muckiest of that D11/2 as well. Happy New Year to you and your family. Cheers Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted February 3, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) “Bad news on the doorstep” It’s the morning of the 4th. February 1959 and Golden Plover approaches Longdrem station. Golden Plover’s young fireman discusses with some fellow railwaymen the sad news on the wireless of a plane crash the previous day in America. it's now 60 years later, but - Edited February 3, 2019 by 60027Merlin 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamysandy Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I was born at Drem and am now seventy years later living in Longniddry.Beautiful Layout and full of atmosphere. Definitely one of my favourites. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2019 41 minutes ago, 60027Merlin said: It's now 60 years later, but - He does Eric. I still play the songs, and I still remember what a huge thing it was to discover him when I was just 13 years old. His death was such an awful shock. Did you see the programme on BBC4 on Friday evening? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted February 3, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2019 Gilbert, I also looked at the BBC4 programme on Friday night. He was way ahead of his time. I recall that time as well. I was going to drumming practice at the Boys Brigade hall in the evening of the 4th. February and we were all shocked. Usually for the last half our or so a couple of the lads got their guitars out and we hammered out some early rock stuff including some of Buddy Holly's faster numbers on a regular basis. That started off a great decade or two of playing in bands, great days! Eric 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Hi Eric Lovely layout, I too am working on an east lothian based layout and was wondering how often britannia classes would have been seen. I notice you have one running. I have a lot of stock from a previous layout including some brits but I didnt think they were hugely applicable if at all in east lothian? Lovely layout, always enjoy the pictures. Do keep them coming. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted February 4, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2019 When I started building kits back in the late 60s there was nothing much in RTR and a small number of kits for locos which were seen locally. I was only interested in building loco classes which I saw regularly in the city. I did not have a layout then so it did not matter about being too exact for a particular line. In the 70s and 80s a great many suitable kits for the area became available so the end result was a variety of loco classes. Of course many of them were only suitable for certain lines locally. We were fortunate in the city to have 5 main lines, the ECML south to Newcastle and north to Aberdeen, the Waverley Route, to Glasgow Queen Street/Stirling and the ex- Caley/LMS line to Glasgow Central/Carlisle and the south via Carstairs. Add in to that the suburban network and many branch lines in and outside the city in the Lothians. Edinburgh, although a small city, was an amazing place for railways then as within a short bus ride/bike rides you could visit so many different railway lines. For example Dalry Road Shed was only a 10 minute walk from Haymarket Shed. In the west of the city, it only took half an hour to walk from Saughton Junction up to Slateford. That resulted in seeing the LNER pacifics etc. and 30 minutes later you then had the LMS Coronations, Royal Scots etc. Add in to that the suburban lines and the Corstorphine and Balerno branches. When the layout was being built I decided that a prototype location would not be feasible due to space, as even a Corstorphine Station model would require at least 40 feet long to do it right. So what I planned to do was change the locos and coaches every quarter to suit the 5 main lines however that fell by the wayside and it developed into changing the area location every few years! So for a bit of a change now and then I throw in something which is not correct for the particular main line but at least it was still seen in the city on one of the other lines a few miles away. From memory the Dalry Road Crab, Pickersgill 4-4-0, 812 and no doubt some others have appeared out of context in earlier photos. The Britannia you spotted being an example of this. It would be OK for The Waverley Route or the LMS line from the Caley Station. That being the case there is still the exception to the rule as I have a picture of a Britannia at Corstorphine station on a military train carrying horses for the Royal Highland Show! Hope that this explains the layout set up. Eric 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Thanks for the explanation Eric, I wasn't quite sure myself as I'm too young to know for sure, but I'm actually in the process of building an N gauge model of Inveresk station and jsut trying to understand my stock requirements. I did have a previous layout that was based on waverley route stock, primarily from the Edinburgh end but I also decided to add in a good few Kingmoor entries including two Brits. Like you I'll probably just run them to be honest, but I'll need to see. Thanks again for the explanation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted March 14, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2019 Two photos of the new Hornby J36 now working on the layout. It is unfair to compare the GEM kit to this as it is approx. 45 years old and whilst the Crownline/PDK kit of a couple of decades ago is good the Hornby model is way ahead with excellent detail and really looks the part. With sales being at a high level hopefully this will encourage Hornby and other manufacturers to produce more Scottish models. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted March 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2019 Keeping just under the new 10mb limit, here are some of 64B's finest at work plus a visitor in the form of a Clan, a few of which were transferred to Haymarket for a short time before being moved on. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 14/03/2019 at 20:08, 60027Merlin said: Two photos of the new Hornby J36 now working on the layout. It is unfair to compare the GEM kit to this as it is approx. 45 years old and whilst the Crownline/PDK kit of a couple of decades ago is good the Hornby model is way ahead with excellent detail and really looks the part. With sales being at a high level hopefully this will encourage Hornby and other manufacturers to produce more Scottish models. What a beautifully-natural job there, Eric, Is it the best J36 in 4mm Scale, ever? Though never having seen one, nor built a kit of one, I'd say it's hard to beat. Regards, Tony. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted March 19, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2019 Tony, I would place the Hornby J36 at the top of the list of the other model kits. It has that extra overall finesse which is hard to beat. When I first saw it on the Hornby stand at the AMRSS Show last year it looked spot on from a distance and the closer I looked just confirmed this. Hornby have produced a well thought out first class model and are to be congratulated on that and also by making a few variants to suit the class’s history. Whilst the BR version of Haig is vac pipe fitted the L & NER model is not and that variant will be out in BR guise later in the year as 65235 Gough. The non vac pipe fitted types were the more numerous so no doubt sales will be good for these as they have been for the two variants released so far. I will be obliged to purchase Gough as it was a Haymarket loco and relegate the GEM one, as the new model will look better alongside the Haymarket pacifics! There are a handful of Scottish pre-grouping loco classes which would be commercial successes so hopefully more will follow. They and other manufacturers have already been alerted to the D30 Scott and D34 Glen which could be produced as joint exercise as apart from the different size of driving wheels/splashers were the same externally with the other differences being internal and not requiring to be modelled. For comparison I attach a photo of the Crownline/PDK kit which is good and of course will continue to be used on the layout. Eric 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Hi Eric Once again a very nice set of new photos. I totally agree with your comments that the new Hornby J36 is an excellent model with exquisite detailing. I hope you don't mind me posting a photo of my recently purchased Hornby J36 65311 Haig which I have weathered and is seen passing my interpretation of the main shed entrance to Haymarket MPD. Thats also good news that an additional class member No 65235 Gough will also be available sometime later. Regards David 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted March 27, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2019 The new Hornby J36, Haig, now in service and updated to the late 50s on freight duties meets William Whitelaw which is entering Longdrem station heading north. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, 60027Merlin said: The new Hornby J36, Haig, now in service and updated to the late 50s on freight duties meets William Whitelaw which is entering Longdrem station heading north. A slacker pipe over the cabside - classic J35/6/7! Lovely touch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted April 7, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2019 Some photos on the branch at Pinkhill Station and on the next posting at Longdrem Station. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted April 7, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2019 Longdrem Station 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 3 hours ago, 60027Merlin said: Longdrem Station Hi Eric Very nice photos, such a variety of locations and locomotives as well. Did you change the tender totem on your J36 65311 Haig? Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted April 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2019 David, Yes. Haig was transferred from St. Margaret's to Polmont in 1956 and as I model the mid/late 50s a 64E shedplate and the later emblem were added. I could have left the earlier emblem but I have a photo of it at Polmont with the later one. I recall seeing it a few times on the main line to/from Queen Street just along from Haymarket Shed at the golf course on local goods work so I decided not to change its identity. Eric 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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