Yoker Loco Shed. (65G).

[andytrains]

David.

Thanks for your comments.

The roof is not a cheap option, but for a small model it is OK and I am very pleased with it. I have yet to get the ridge tiles for the coaling stage and work out the tipping arrangement for the coal 'buckets'. I have been told that the one at Didcot has a steel plate floor, which, when you think of it would make sense as the wheels on the coal buckets are very small and would probably eventually dig into a wooden floor. I presume other coaling stages would be the same, i.e. steel plate floor.

Andy Neil.

I have been told by somebody that the floors of the coaling stages were made from iron plate.

[andytrains]

I thought I would add a bit of an update on the layout.

Progress has been slow due to other commitments.

However below are some pictures of J72, 68709, which was one of Eastfields couple of J72's in front of Yoker's coaling stage. 68709 had a shunters step, which I have added and had a stovepipe chimney at sometime in the 1950's. I have also added handrails, one of the tank filler covers open, LNER GS Buffers and a cab interior with backhead and crew.

I have still to add the brake gear, three links, lamp irons, glaze the spectacles and buffer heads.

The body is an old Mainline one and the chassis is etched and compensated.

 

 

A picture of the road bridge (Dyke Road), over the railway. The bridge still exists and I managed to get pictures of it off Google Earth. It is not an exact copy as there were five tracks going underneath the road at this point.

Next couple are of the mess hut, minus roof at the moment!

The next one is one of the buffer stops around the turntable. It is one of the Lanarkshire Models.see +http://www.lanarkshiremodels.com/

As you can see the castings are very crisp and they are dead easy to put together.

Edited May 2, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Another update. I must be getting the vapours!

 

First of all here are some pictures of the coaling stage embankment.

It had, at Yoker, and they probably did elsewhere, timbers, possibly old sleepers, staked in to hold back the bottom of the slope. I have made these with coffee stirrers, cut length-ways. Then the bottom one is stuck to paper and the upper one is cut to approx 8'6" - 9' lengths, (30mm approx) and stuck on the paper above the first one. Half cuts are made in the bottom one to make it look like the end of a piece of wood. They were then stuck into the ground with the help of .45 wire stuck in an upright position. The stakes retain the wood against the bottom of the embankment. I have been shaping the contours of the embankment with initially card strips interlaced the tissues soaked in PVA across it and now with Das Clay. This gives a very strong light structure to the embankment.

Edited September 10, 2022 by andytrains

[pH]

I have done the roof on the Mess Hut. (At least the crews will not be eating their snap in the pouring rain. Unless the roof leaks).

 

 

Yoker crews would not be eating their 'snap'! Try 'pieces'.

[andytrains]

Yoker crews would not be eating their 'snap'! Try 'pieces'.

Thanks for the advice. My dad was a Glasgow boy, (electricians apprentice in the shipyards), and he always called it his 'snap', mind you he had been in the Royal Navy from 1940 to 1965, so may have picked the saying up there. (And we all ended up living in Birmingham).

Edited August 1, 2013 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Below is a picture of the coaling stage embankment. Now painted to get rid of the bright Das clay colour.

 

 

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Next is a kit I acquired some years ago and I need to get finished.

It is a North British, LNER/BR, class J83.

It started life as a GEM kit and I have made the following modifications to the body:-

New smokebox front and sandboxes.

Brass cab front & roof. I have filled in the rear of the cabs spectacles and drilled them out in the correct position.

Replaced the chimney, (Westward) and dome, (Hornby off their J83). Scratch built the square safety valve cover.

Scratch-built a cab interior and back-head. Added shunters step and sprung buffers.

The chassis is an Eastfield models, now NBR Developments, http://www.nbr4mm.co.uk/ (No connection, apart from a happy customer). Mashima 1624 motor and a High Level 108-1 gearbox. http://www.highlevelkits.co.uk/ (Again no connection).

This gives extremely slow smooth running.

It still needs a few minor jobs before it goes to the paint shops. (Tin of 99p shop primer to start).

 

 

Edited September 10, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Another loco.

This time it is 44331, which is visiting Yoker to be coaled and watered, and for their crew to have their 'piece'.

This is an Airfix body, which had had the original handrails and knobs replaced and a bit more detailing work done. It runs on a Perseverance chassis, which is compensated, Gibson wheels, a DS10 motor and 30-1 gearbox. (It could probably have done with a bigger motor). But it runs very well. It has pick-ups on all loco and tender wheels, which I like to do on tender locos as it makes such a difference to running. (Less chance of a stall).

44331 was converted and built long before Hornby brought out their incarnation of it. I was going to re-number it, but I thought sod them, I did it first!

 

 

 

Edited September 10, 2022 by andytrains

[class"66"]

Nice modeling buddy....

[andytrains]

Here are a few pictures of 69508, which was a Parkhead based loco. (What it's doing at Yoker, is anybody's guess, probably brought out of store to see if it was suitable for shunting the yards. (Modellers licence)).

This is a Hornby body on an old Airfix chassis, which has been converted to EM gauge with Alan Gibson wheels, using the original chassis, gears and motor. It runs OK but is very noisy forward, but OK in reverse. (Must get around to building the replacement Comet chassis).

The body has had the following detailing work:- Replacement, taller chimney, safety valve, removal of one of the coal rails on the bunker, pipe runs around the footsteps, screw-link couplings, lamp irons, new handrails and knobs, smokebox door handle, re-numbered, smokebox number plate and shed plate, the smokebox number is in the unusual lower position as per a photo I have of her:-

 

Need to varnish the transfers again to hide the film, and yes the 6 is a bit low on the left side of the loco!

Edited August 10, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Here are a few pictures of unfitted wagons. I have been checking the prior to them being used on our clubs (East Ham Model Railway Club), layout Clatterford at the Ilford and West Essex MRC show over the weekend of 5/6th October.

 

 

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

A couple of new examples of RTR locos detailed and converted to EM gauge:-

 

Hornby Black 5. Started life as 45253. Converted to EM with Gibson wheels.

Brassmasters detailing kit.

Re-numbered to 45487 a one time Dawsholm allocated loco, then weathered:-

 

Pair Bachmann DE Shunters, both converted to EM gauge with Ultrascale wheelsets, extra pick ups and Bill Bedford Connecting rods. Both re-numbered and weathered.

13134 started life as a plain green one and has been detailed with side door strapping and then repainted into black:-

13198 was originally 13029 already in black with door strapping.

 

 

Edited October 2, 2013 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Some pictures of 56161, a Caledonian 0-6-0T, Class 498 loco.

They were known by various names, such as Braby Pugs, Wee Cuddies, Bullldogs and Hercules.

They were also known as Beetlecrushers, but this seems to have been a name given by enthusiasts rather that flootplatemen.

The earlier pictures I posted seem to have disappeared from post no: 10 on this topic.

I had this loco built for me by John Brighton. (My retirement present).

It is a Caley Coaches kit built to EM gauge.

Will have to retire again!

 

 

Edited October 25, 2013 by andytrains

[andytrains]

And a couple of the other side of 56161.

[andytrains]

I Bumped this topic yesterday that's why it showed up as View New Content.

 

Here are a few more pictures of one of Yokers visiting locos:-

47182, a Sentinel built from a Nu-Cast kit. This is powered by a Black Beetle unit. This loco built in 1930 for the LMS and was based at Ayr for some years. It was withdrawn in 1956.

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Here are a couple of pictures of J39, no 64950, which was allocated to Dundee, Tay Bridge shed.

It has worked into the docks on a freight and has come on shed at Yoker to be turned.

64950 is a Bachmann model with extra detail added, it also has extra pick-ups fitted on the tender, so is permanently coupled. 

 

Edited September 10, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Three pictures of 43138, one of the few Scottish Flying Pigs.

43138 was a built in 1951 at Doncaster Works. She was allocated to Eastfield for most of her service but was transferred to the NE region at North Blyth (52F), from where she was withdrawn in 1967.

This is an early Bachmann model and I modified it with the tablet pick up at the front of the tender side. (Just before Bachmann did the same version.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2022 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Here are a couple of pictures of 68635. An ex Great Eastern 0-6-0T that was transferred to Scotland during LNER days.

68635 was based at 62C Dunfermline Upper, until the 1950's when it was transferred back to Ex-Great Eastern metals at various sheds and ending up at Stratford.

It has a shunting step fitted and retains the lower roof profile.

The model of 68635 is built from a South Eastern Finecast kit. 

[andytrains]

Here are a few photos that show how the embankment and bridge were built at the fiddle yard end of the layout.

First a wooden frame was made which slots into the baseboard top to hold it in position. I want it to be removable to enable any maintenance repairs that might be needed in the future as there will be a turnout under the bridge on the rear track.

This one also shows the rear of the bridge where the lines meet the fiddle yard, which uses a cassette system

This one shows the supports and framework under the bridge.

The next two photos show the embankment filled in, with a lattice of strips of cardboard stuck together with PVA and then covered in tissue soaked with diluted PVA. This makes a very strong light weight surface. Once dry it is then painted, brown in this case.

The bridge stonework is from Wills sheets and the Girders are from the Vari-Girder pack.

Edited December 23, 2013 by andytrains

[andytrains]

The next couple show the embankment covered in hanging basket liner, (99p shop).

This is stuck face down with Copydex, allowed to dry and the the rear plastic covering is pulled away to give this effect.

The stonework has been painted and weathered down and capping stones added, apart for the piers on top of the bridge.

This one shows the roadway painted and the pavements stuck down. These are Street Level Models ones stuck to thicker card to give some depth. (I had tried embossed paving slabs but they did not look right).

I have trimmed the basket liner and have yet to add a bit more greenery.

 

[andytrains]

Not much with regards to the layout has happened since Christmas as I have been busy moving my son and his partner, with baby out of here into a flat.

So, the Missus said, 'You know the loft room they were in it would make a great railway room'.

Soon as they had gone I got my stuff moved up there and I am still in the process of sorting things out.

So I now have a room for the railway rather than a shelf above a work table, horray!

I know the reason why, she has now let it out that she wants the bedroom I was in in done up as our room.

Think I'll go and buy a hammock for me room!

[Jim49]

Glad to hear that you're going up in the world, even if it is the result of a fiendish ulterior motive.

 

As an aside, George C O'Hara's latest book "BR Steam in Scotland" has a photo of Yoker shed on Page 35. 

It is looking towards the shed and is taken from the toe of the point in front of the shed itself, probably next to the water tower.

The buffer stop serving the coaling stage can be seen on the left hand side and the mess hut to the right. On shed are a pair

of unidentified ex Caley 3F 0-6-0 tanks, both in steam.

 

Jim

[andytrains]

Jim.

Thought I had BR Steam in Scotland, but I had not, so it has now been ordered.

Another excellent book, (with one picture of Yoker), is The Last Days of Scottish Steam, (The Bill Reed Collection), by Peter Tuffrey. It has lots of quality colour pictures covering a wide selection of locations.

Andy.

[andytrains]

I am now moved up into the loft room and I am virtually sorted out.

The layout is up, sitting on trestles. I am trying to keep it clear so I can work on it. Where it was before at a higher level meant that when I wanted to do something to the layout it almost always had to come down off its shelf.

Here is a picture showing a front view.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2014 by andytrains

[andytrains]

Here are a couple of pictures of the latest loco I have been working on. (I have also posted this on the Scottish Locos thread).

This is a Ex-Caledonian 439 class loco.

It is a DJH kit that I bought, for a song, a while ago, part built. I have had to do quite a lot of remedial work, where there was marks and large scratches all over the thing, some so bad I have had to use low melt as a filler.

(Edit: In fact looking at some of the photos I have taken tonight show up the marks even better than the 'human eye').

Anyway I think it is coming along.

It will eventually be finished as a Polmadie Loco, in lined mixed traffic black.

The chassis is effectively an 0-4-0, (drivers wheels), with the bogie mounted on the underside of the cast body.

I have got the chassis running OK but I am not 100 per cent happy with it. It has an old D11 motor which with the 40-1 gears make it too fast.