sulzer27jd Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Holyrood has now gotten its correct flush riveted tender. The riveted one being paired with 60159 Bonnie Dundee. Here is the pair of them, posed on Balbeggie Sidings; Along with a roster shot of Bonnie Dundee; John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 I was messing around with a few things today and had my iphone handy. 27041 passes Balbeggie Sidings with an Edinburgh to Dundee local. 26029 shunts a couple of 16t minerals in the yard, before heading back to Thornton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted September 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2012 Lovely stuff, amazing that these came from an iPhone! I'm a late arrival in the thread having come in via the gallery image which was the in the homepage - I can't add much apart from echoing how evocative the pictures are, being able to show lengthy trains in correct formations is very atmospheric. Having just got here I'm slightly concerned at talk of a new project - BR Blue is my favourite, but good luck if things do change! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poindexter Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Sublime weathering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Having just got here I'm slightly concerned at talk of a new project - BR Blue is my favourite, but good luck if things do change! With my time restrictions at present I think Balbeggie Sidings will be around for some time to come. I am looking at re-aligning a couple of the points though. Thanks for the +ve feedback J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 taken from the same session; The afternoon Aberdeen to Leeds service heads towards Kirkcaldy with 47 464 leading; On its way it passes 26 029 collecting odd minerals from local sidings (remember them?); The 26 sits idling in the yard; When its completed its shunt the 26 will wander back to Thornton Yard with its wagons. But it has to wait for the next Edinburgh to Dundee to pass. Here is 27 041 running 2L56, the 18.25 off of Waverley. J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Brilliant stuff as always, J. I swear I could hear The Skids playing in the background! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Brilliant stuff as always, J. I swear I could hear The Skids playing in the background! Dave. Oh what have you done - I now have Into the Valley, playing very loud! Good man Cheers J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted September 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2012 Oh what have you done - I now have Into the Valley, playing very loud! Good man Cheers J Coincidentally, "Into the Valley" turned up on random shuffle on my stereo earlier this evening. The Skids, and quality BR Blue layouts like this, never get old! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted September 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2012 Lovely stuff, amazing that these came from an iPhone! I'm a late arrival in the thread having come in via the gallery image which was the in the homepage - I can't add much apart from echoing how evocative the pictures are, being able to show lengthy trains in correct formations is very atmospheric. Having just got here I'm slightly concerned at talk of a new project BR Blue is my favourite, but good luck if things do change! Have to agree with everything Rich said - just read the thread from start to finish and those recent low level pics are superb as are the last set of 4. Keep that BR blue coming brings back such good memories... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 I haven't tried this before but here is a couple of videos taken on the layout http://youtu.be/NexnD3MfMA4 Apologies for the quality but it was just taken on an iPhone. It shows a pair of class 20's hauling a loaded MGR into the loops at Balbeggie Sidings. This is one of the signatures of the layout and loads and empties shuffle around throughout the day. In the opposite direction - 47464 substitutes for a Sulzer type 2 on a Dundee to Edinburgh stopper; http://youtu.be/eRE5-QJEoHo hope you enjoy John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted October 2, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2012 I haven't tried this before but here is a couple of videos taken on the layout hope you enjoy John To quote the Churchill dog - "oohh yes!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 John I know that you're pretty good on '80s Scotland so just two quick questions. In the Scottish 1980s parcel traffic thread Deltic9001 talks about the 4A40 11.10 Edinburgh - Aberdeen parcels. For starters it is not in the 1981-82 Working Timetable, had it ceased running by then? The second question is that 7K81 22.49 Craiginches - Millerhill has Mail just below the column heading, did this Class 7 freight regularly have parcels vans attached? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 John I know that you're pretty good on '80s Scotland so just two quick questions. In the Scottish 1980s parcel traffic thread Deltic9001 talks about the 4A40 11.10 Edinburgh - Aberdeen parcels. For starters it is not in the 1981-82 Working Timetable, had it ceased running by then? The second question is that 7K81 22.49 Craiginches - Millerhill has Mail just below the column heading, did this Class 7 freight regularly have parcels vans attached? Flood re Q1 - I have this in the 1980-81 WTT as 4A40. The 11.34 Edinburgh to Aberdeen Parcels. The is shown with a timing load of 525t and a class 40 allocated. I remember this train well as it would arrive into Dundee into the South Yard (now the road past the side of the station). It would then reverse out and down into platform 4, where the sport amongst the locals was watching the parcels marked as "fragile" being carefully thrown across the platform! Arrival time into Aberdeen was 18.03. Re Q2 - the short answer is I don't know. I have it as the 22.48 Guild Street to Millerhill and was a Sundays excepted (so for my reckoning doesn't run on Monday morning) It is clearly marked with MAIL. The only reference in the WTT is to the Freight Train Load Book which if you had access to that might reveal the secrets of this mystery. I have forwarded on your query to a friend who may be able to help. Hope that is of some use J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Thanks for that John. I didn't have the arrival time for 4A40 at Aberdeen so that is a bonus and it also means that none of the stock from this train went onto the Stonehaven local which left at 17.12. This means, to me at least, that the parcels stock from the 01.05 Perth - Aberdeen went back on the 17.12 Aberdeen - Edinburgh (local as far as Stonehaven, thereafter parcels) and the stock from 4A40 returned on 7K81. If your friend does know any more then that would also help but for the time being that's all the queries answered. Thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted October 13, 2012 Author Share Posted October 13, 2012 Having shown the loaded MGR moving coal away, it is only right that I should try and show the corresponding empty working. Here is 6V73 lead by 20 114 and 20 192 heading on the mainline towards Kingslaw Loading Facility with an empty MGR. http://youtu.be/AHtOnMnNvPU These services help set the context for the layout by placing it in the coal producing area of Fife, on the ECML. I hope you enjoy John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 Going back to the later half of the 1950's and Peppercorn A1 lifts a north bound express from Kirkcaldy up the climb past Balbeggie Sidings. J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Here is a couple of my latest photos, suitably enhanced with some weather. I noticed that most of the ones I have done previously have blue skies. Now of course on the day that we have blue skies here everyone does rush outside to see if someone has stolen our clouds. So to add an extra dimension of accuracy I went and took some grey cloud pics. Anyway here is the result; 20213 leads a loaded MGR from the loading facility outside Kirkcaldy in to Balbeggie Sidings. It will then head to Thornton Yard before onward progress to its destination. 6K73 is the 14.22 Aberdeen Craiginches to Millerhill freight. Today with 47009 (HA) in charge. J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Words can't do Balbeggie Sdgs justice, so a huge vote of thanks for the latest photos. These evoke such strong memories I could almost bottle them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linthorpe Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Great thread, and indeed layout John. Your extension out between your roof trusses has given me food for thought as I have a couple of posts in my way. I was thinking of keeping things skinny on the inside of them but having seen this thread I should be able to incorporate them into the boards and gain more depth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Here are a few photos of some of the less prestigious services around Balbeggie Sidings? One of the more mundane workings is the Kirkcaldy to Thornton Yard DMU. This is a service set that terminates at Kirkcaldy, then runs ECS to the Yard for servicing, before heading back to form a Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh service. Here is a MetCam 101 heading towards Kirkcaldy having been fuelled and serviced; 37 108 sits in the loops at Balbeggie Siding having come off of the Rosyth Dockyard branch earlier in the day. It will head back to Thornton Yard once a clear path has been established for it; Finally - the second loop is little used for through trains but it does allow shunting manoeuvres to take place and leave the main loop free. Here 26 031 is pulling clear from the sidings having shunted a couple of wagons into the small yard. It will also now head back to Thornton Yard for re-marshalling and servicing; Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Great layout. Enjoyed the thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bri.s Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Really love your layout .Just been looking through your photos and you've really captured the area and workings well .Wish I had that kind of space lol. Just wondering what you used for ballast it looks really good. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Fantastic layout mate. I love the atmosphere of all your photos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Really love your layout .Just been looking through your photos and you've really captured the area and workings well .Wish I had that kind of space lol. Just wondering what you used for ballast it looks really good. Brian Many thanks all for the supportive comments. I use Woodland Scenics extra fine ballast, which a lighter colour on the mainlines and a slightly darker on the sidings to represent older stone. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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