RMweb Premium Legend Posted February 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24 Just been to Model Rail Scotland . Some great tenements in either low relief or full scale available from popupdesigns.co.uk . Seriously tempted except I need to figure out how to incorporate it into my layout . Some great laserprinted models there though including a Caley signal box that I might well, buy tomorrow . It’s not often you see Glasgow tenements though and these certainly looked the part . 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 These are Popupdesign kits. I managed to make 4 buildings from 3 kits by adding plain wood for those walls that wont be seen because they are against the backscene. It will take some work to make them pass muster next to Brian's masterpieces. I intend to cover the basic carcasses with embossed plastic. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 The bus station is starting to take shape 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David Bell Posted February 28 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28 This is the gantry which supports the signal box 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunalastair Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Good to see the progress. Did you ever contemplate modelling pre-1908 incline operation when the rope was still being used? https://www.facebook.com/DavidTurnerrailway/posts/the-cowlairs-incline-glasgow-1907-as-demonstrated-in-the-pictures-this-steep-inc/10159029534725631/ 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 Now that would be a challenge! Not one I am contemplating though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 I made a cardboard mock up of the signal box to check for size 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David Bell Posted March 7 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 7 Some progress with the signal box 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 The bus station now has its surface. I need to paint it to look like concrete 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 14 hours ago, David Bell said: Some progress with the signal box That's terrific and I love the gloomy, subterranean feel that's creeping in. Also, the tenements look great in that position. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 4 minutes ago, brylonscamel said: That's terrific and I love the gloomy, subterranean feel that's creeping in. Also, the tenements look great in that position. Thanks Brian, it is starting to come together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 13 minutes ago, David Bell said: Thanks Brian, it is starting to come together. It certainly is .. PS did you manage to find good photos of the signal box. The photos I found online were all wreathed in smoke from locomotives! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted March 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 8 3 hours ago, brylonscamel said: That's terrific and I love the gloomy, subterranean feel that's creeping in. Also, the tenements look great in that position. You probably need a steam generator belching out smoke from the tunnel mouths ,not forgetting smoke rising up from the low level pre 1961 . It is looking good . I don’t remember the signal box it must be before my time . I think Queen St had been remodelled by the time I took an interest . It was certainly dieselised 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 3 hours ago, brylonscamel said: It certainly is .. PS did you manage to find good photos of the signal box. The photos I found online were all wreathed in smoke from locomotives! I found a good picture of the front. The back ie facing the tunnel, is a work of fiction. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 28 minutes ago, Legend said: I don’t remember the signal box it must be before my time . I think Queen St had been remodelled by the time I took an interest . It was certainly dieselised The signal box was closed in 1967.Control was moved to a panel in Cowlairs box. You will remember the gantry on which the box sat. It was left in situ. Any picture of the 70s or 80s will show it.As far as I know it is still there though that bit is covered over now by later development. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunalastair Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Must have been a challenging posting for the signallers' lungs, even allowing that everybody smoked in those days. Diesel fumes were perhaps not necessarily an improvement. But considering how late the low-level platforms were steam-worked before the blue trains settled down, probably nobody thought anything of it at the time (except for the signallers' wives, working overtime on washday). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 50 minutes ago, Dunalastair said: Must have been a challenging posting for the signallers' lungs, even allowing that everybody smoked in those days. Diesel fumes were perhaps not necessarily an improvement. But considering how late the low-level platforms were steam-worked before the blue trains settled down, probably nobody thought anything of it at the time (except for the signallers' wives, working overtime on washday). I think you are right, especially when you consider nearly every train leaving GQS would be be going full bore to get up the incline and most trains would be banked too. Must have been pretty noisy as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunalastair Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Given a choice between a posting there and e.g. Corrour, I think I know which I'd choose. Even if the wages were better in Glasgow, there would be nothing to spend money on living on the Moor. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8 6 minutes ago, Dunalastair said: Given a choice between a posting there and e.g. Corrour, I think I know which I'd choose. Even if the wages were better in Glasgow, there would be nothing to spend money on living on the Moor. I think Courour was a bit special. For a start, all water came in by train. But also the working arrangements - there may have been some relief, but I think once there you worked continuously. Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, Dunalastair said: Given a choice between a posting there and e.g. Corrour, I think I know which I'd choose. Even if the wages were better in Glasgow, there would be nothing to spend money on living on the Moor. I don't know how much choice railway staff had in terms of location. My grandfather was a stationmaster on the LNER. In 1937 he was posted from Cockburnspath on the ECML to Auchtermuchty in Fife. No running water and no electricity. He stayed 3 weeks then told them to stuff it and went back to Cockburnspath. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 3 hours ago, Legend said: You probably need a steam generator belching out smoke from the tunnel mouths ,not forgetting smoke rising up from the low level pre 1961 . It is looking good . I don’t remember the signal box it must be before my time . I think Queen St had been remodelled by the time I took an interest . It was certainly dieselised where would smoke from the low level have been visible at the high level? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 39 minutes ago, GordonC said: where would smoke from the low level have been visible at the high level? There were two open air sections at each end of the low level station but these were outside the footprint of the high level station. The only source of smoke within the high level station would have been the stairwells to the low level station which were located towards the George Sq end of the station. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 3 hours ago, David Bell said: I think you are right, especially when you consider nearly every train leaving GQS would be be going full bore to get up the incline and most trains would be banked too. Must have been pretty noisy as well! Definitely was! I saw the end of steam banking out of Queen Street, when they were using V1/V3 tanks, all the N15s having been withdrawn. By then, steam locos as train engines were very rare. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunalastair Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 13 hours ago, David Bell said: I don't know how much choice railway staff had in terms of location. My grandfather was a stationmaster on the LNER. In 1937 he was posted from Cockburnspath on the ECML to Auchtermuchty in Fife. No running water and no electricity. He stayed 3 weeks then told them to stuff it and went back to Cockburnspath. My family on my mother's side worked for the railway in NE England. I think that my grandfather worked in the back office rather than on the operations side, but he was moved from York to Hull. My Great Uncle Tom, a true Dalesman who I could barely understand, finished his career as stationmaster at Bedale and bought the stationhouse for his retirement. So, yes, being moved was part of working for the LNER, though I thought it was generally part of career progression unless you were employed in a relief role. There are stories of relief men having to look after the livestock as well as train operation in some of the more remote outposts. Looking forward to seeing how the elusive signal box comes together. I seem to remember the gantry, but the cabin was before my time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 16 hours ago, pH said: Definitely was! I saw the end of steam banking out of Queen Street, when they were using V1/V3 tanks, all the N15s having been withdrawn. By then, steam locos as train engines were very rare. I have one of those. I have made a representation of the cable running from the cab to the front coupling 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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