micklner Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Looks like NE to me. Is this a Van ? cant tell if there is a Roof or not ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Looking again (thanks for the closeup, Mick) I think we're seeing the front 2/3 of a loco coal wagon and the recessed panels are the cupboard doors. It's more obvious on the first shot, but what I thought was light on an upper panel might be 'LOCO' lettering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 ID with NER Dia Q2 Loco Coal 20 tons capacity LNER Wagons has a picture of same . Well done JW . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Attached, what will probably be the final pictures of the signal box until it is fixed permenantly on the layout. The "Back Drop" is not finished, but for now it will suffice, in the meantime, more pressing jobs to be on with. Mick. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7mm Mick Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Great work mate, I'm hoping a grimey A7 draws upto the board at any moment and sits simmering long enough for the signalman to capture a picture of it, ATB Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
signalmaintainer Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Great stuff, Mick. I especially like the sign! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Great work mate, I'm hoping a grimey A7 draws upto the board at any moment and sits simmering long enough for the signalman to capture a picture of it, ATB Mick Thanks Mick, but first we need to go to York and get the "A7" GA and Detail drawings. Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Great stuff, Mick. I especially like the sign! I made the sign on the "Electric Telegraph Instrument" and then printed it onto cream coloured card. The style and details were taken from '50's photographs and a surviving sign I discovered still in situ, and not that many yards from where the model is suposed to be. Subway Street, is a real place, it still exists and originaly went under the H&B Rly. The phone number is typical for the area and 1950's, likewise the telegraph address. Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 long enough for the signalman to capture a picture of it, I can't believe signalmen would ever take photos of passing trains... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clecklewyke Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Many thanks for the Weedley pictures, Mick. It brings it all back. It's amazing how such an apparently ordinary scene has so much resonance for me. Incidentlly, was it not the case that they had to adjust the route of the line at Weedley because the formation became flooded and the original route became the famous Weedley Springs? Or is my imagination running wild? Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 I have further information on Weedley, such as the "Line Diagram" etc. Yes, for some reason or other, which now escapes me, but is well documented the line was at the construction stage diverted. Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 What might be the purpose of that box on the pedestals in front of the signal mast, Mick? A few posts back you asked the purpose of the "Wooden Box" on concrete legs, as I said at the time a early style location box. Just found the attached, and unusualy, both a wooden and steel box side by side. The picture dates from c1999, and I believe was taken at Howden, just before the box was abolished and replaced by "MAS". Mick. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
signalmaintainer Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks for that, Mick! Is that an Abloy lock on the cabinet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 and I believe was taken at Howden, just before the box was abolished and replaced by "MAS". I bet it was quite a nice stretch with Howden and Eastrington boxes still operable - when did they close? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks for that, Mick! Is that an Abloy lock on the cabinet? We call it a "Padlock". Mick. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 I bet it was quite a nice stretch with Howden and Eastrington boxes still operable - when did they close? Eastrington Sunday 17 September 1989. Caville Bridge 13 May 1942. Howden Sunday 9 November 1997 Wressle Sunday 13 July 1986. Hemingbrough Sunday 9 November 1997 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks for that Mick! It seems odd how boxes have closed between Gilberdyke and Selby but not the other way... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks for that Mick! It seems odd how boxes have closed between Gilberdyke and Selby but not the other way... Only a matter of time before the lots gone, and all in the hands of a computer geek forty or more miles away, great until something goes wrong, can't beat a man on the ground and with local knowledge, such is progress. Mick. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Thanks for that Mick! It seems odd how boxes have closed between Gilberdyke and Selby but not the other way... James, I see your point, but not so, a lot has also happened Paragon to Gylberdyke: CLOSEING DATES. Paragon Tempory 1905 Park Street April 1938 West Parade March 1980 Anlaby Road July or Aug 1964 Hessle East 11 July 1965 Hessle Haven 27 February 1983 Hessle Station c1972 Hessle Quarry c1970 Swanland c1909 Ferriby July 1980 Welton c1917 Brough West c1976 Staddlethorpe East c1967 Gylberdyke c1909 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 After several years of other things, I am now able to return to my own layout and hopefully bring into use the several models I have had in store. A couple of pictures of what is little more then a Mock Up of what I hope eventually to achieve, as always time will tell. Most of the track is just dropped into position, and as for the ballasting. "Could do Better and must do so. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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