sb67 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 HI everyone. I was wondering, was the Peco goods depot based on any prototype and what sort of era would it be good for. I was thinking around the 1980's? Be good to hear your views. Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 peco-lk82-goods-depot-oo-gauge-9041452-0-1419702821000.jpg HI everyone. I was wondering, was the Peco goods depot based on any prototype and what sort of era would it be good for. I was thinking around the 1980's? Be good to hear your views. Steve. It was based on somewhere in Hertfordshire (Stevenage or Welwyn Garden City?), I believe, which had been rebuilt during the late 1950s. The sort of traffic it had been intended to handle (sundries) went over to road distribution within the next decade, so it wouldn't have been in use by the 1980s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 As Brian says by the 1980s a depot like that would no longer be used for its original purpose. In some locations the civil engineers or signal engineers sometimes took over former goods depots or loading docks. You could perhaps replace the churns and crates with cable drums or stacks of concrete troughing if the signals depot have taken over with a tube wagon or pipe wagon or maybe a high-fit relegated to CS&TE work in the siding. Looking through my photos I see in 1981 the additional freight structure attached to the transit shed at Exeter St Davids was host to a ferry van Exeter Middle signal box and transit shed beyond 9/3/81. I notice, looking on Flickr that this shed was also sometimes filled with stacks of pallets in the 1980s. as here in 1982 https://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/16076424548/in/photolist-quBSVA-pfgP7A-k5HHCB-dccScM-dbeJ4i-gkFBpt-4z5wrn-7dt6v-4z9Kkf-dmVGYY-7caMM4-cjYaHG-7bRaZG-4RvvMq-5dXuns-ehMUAg-mYY7fT-ir94qE-4AtVdT-db5NoN-dQ3FkF-926ofG-dat3cP-dbXfUD-dat3qe-aEous2-cWeccd-GHyfxT-dbdvmy-eMnh8E-smNysq-cJHq8Q-79vquq-dcuNQA-ow7Yp2-p6EeRS-dbdrwB-7B315A-dacAvQ-88XkhA-dc784X-ow7gy6-5NsHRX-qSkzfA-5Xw8kB-qF7u2m-wtsEoq-bmW1BE-daVYiw-amHMfp cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 It was based on somewhere in Hertfordshire (Stevenage or Welwyn Garden City?), I believe, which had been rebuilt during the late 1950s. The sort of traffic it had been intended to handle (sundries) went over to road distribution within the next decade, so it wouldn't have been in use by the 1980s. It looks very like the one at the southern end of Hemel Hempstead. The building is still there & I think the track may be too. Nothing has used it for many years so it looks a little more weathered than the kit depicts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 The prototype for this depot (and the modern signal box kit) was actually at Potters Bar. I asked the question a little while ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 The prototype for this depot (and the modern signal box kit) was actually at Potters Bar. I asked the question a little while ago It certainly was, the original model was by Merit, who were based in Potters Bar, even their running-in boards had Potters Bar on! Peco inherited/bought Merits range Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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