enginelane Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Hive of activity last night at the club rooms. Perhaps knowing it’s only 8 weeks to show time might have kicked in! J50 coming up incline with full 16t wagons. Trains had to be brought up in sections and the two sidings replicate these movements 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Fiddleyard boards constructed and ready to lay track. Morning spent roughing in the level crossing and finally adding some ground cover to the bare foam. Had some of the Metcalf self adhesive pavement slabs so spent some time laying a path No idea why the last 4 images are on their side! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted September 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) Stanley Station circa 1960. Taken from the family records. Our Great Aunt, Emma Davies, continued to live at 103 Bottomboat Road till late 1970s - she died just short of her 90th birthday. Paternal Grandfather worked at Stanley as a signalman from 1912 till moving his family to his home town of Peterborough in 1923-5 (they didn't all go at once). Regards Chris H Edited November 19, 2018 by Metropolitan H 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Stanley Station circa 1960. Taken from the family records. Our Great Aunt, Emma Davies, continued to live at 103 Bottomboat Road till late 1970s - she died just short of her 90th birthday. Paternal Grandfather worked at Stanley as a signalman from 1912 till moving his family to his home town of Peterborough in 1923-5 (they didn't all go at once). Stanley Station 1950s 002.jpg Stanley Station 1950s 003.jpg Stanley Station 1950s 004.jpg Stanley Station 1950s 005.jpg Stanley Station 1950s 006 (1).jpg Regards Chris H Many thanks! The last photo of the signal box is my next project and of course the wall on which the young boy is sat 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted September 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2018 Many thanks! The last photo of the signal box is my next project and of course the wall on which the young boy is sat Glad you like the pictures. The young boy - my younger brother - is now 65. I intend to make a special trip to Wakefield in November to see your model of Stanley. Are you going to include any vestiges of the Lake Lock Railroad? Regards Chris H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 Glad you like the pictures. The young boy - my younger brother - is now 65. I intend to make a special trip to Wakefield in November to see your model of Stanley. Are you going to include any vestiges of the Lake Lock Railroad? Regards Chris H You will made most welcome. Regarding Lake Lock Railroad I will ask when I am at the club rooms on Monday. Currently making a representation of the signal box as an etched windows are being used to create a model of the real signal box but that might not make it for the show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 Progress made on roads and crossing and at other end boards are getting foliage added 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Morning spent in the rhubarb fields of Stanley. Morning spent in the rhubarb fields of Stanley. Getting a little pigged off photo is correct when loaded and then turns on its side! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Fiddleyard getting ever closer to completion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Rainy morning so headed off to club rooms for an early morning shift. Rhubarb vans parked up in their sidings awaiting their last call for duty. More weathering to be done on them. Sleeper strip glued into place on level crossing and platform edges completed. Chris completed the scenic section by the bridge and attached front fascia pieces. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Hinges made for the level crossing 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 After burning the never ending pot of midnight oil Stanley made it to the Wakefield 2019 show. Visitor comments were very positive and it generated a lot of local interest. I did manage to miss a number of people who had travelled up to specially see it but thank you for coming and I hope you agree that the members had done justice with the information , images etc you had supplied. Stanley will now have a period of gremlin bashing just to iron out one or two wrinkles and we hope that it will be appearing at shows over the coming years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 Took opportunity of Stanley being up from a club running evening and gave WD 04 and 101 a chance to get some running time in as normally only used on a very short end to end. 04 needs chassis easing as very noisy but otherwise trundled along very nicely. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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