East Coast Main Line 1966 : Marshall Meadows Loops

[Blobrick]

I am hoping someone could possibly point me in the right direction? I am researching the Scottish end of the ECML around the end of steam circ 1966. I have been looking at possible locations to model. One place I have found is Marshall Meadow Loops just north of Berwick upon Tweed, at the Scottish boarders

 

I have found a signalling layout diagram on the LNER siganlling records group site, (which has proved to be a gold mine of information,) However apart from one photo of the signal box at Marshall Meadows, I have been unable to locate any others. Could anyone point me in the right direction to possibly locate any further photos or information, assuming they exist please?

 

Many thanks in advance

 

Bob C

[R Marshall]

You could try the Colour Rail web site.

 

You have to pay for prints or downloads, but you can search for what you want and look at a thumbnail preview (which you can save - I use them as a wanted list).

 

There are other web sites, such as Rail Photoprints and RCTS too, but I don't know how easy they are to search for infrastructure - I've used them for locomotives, thus far.

 

Regards,

 

Roy Marshall

[Blobrick]

Hello Roy

 

Thank you for the advice, these sound like good places to start  I ll look into these site and see what l can find, great idea

 

 

Once again many thanks

 

Bob C

[ColinK]

I can't help answer your question, but Marshal Meadows has a special place in our family history.

 

One year we hired a campervan, if I remember correctly a Bedford Dormabile, with sliding cab doors and a raising roof. On the way home from Scotland we decided to stay at Marshal Meadows campsite. It was dark when we got there, so we parked the campervan by the wall and went to bed. What we hadn't realised was that the other side of the wall was the ECML. So all night we had trains racing past just yards from our beds. Perhaps a reason I like deltics?