Seanem44

Looks like it's screaming to be Modelled. The station that is, not the poultry and egg coach.

Well, here's a hypothetical then... if a branch was dotted red or red, would it be feasible for a large engine such as a Catsle, Hall, etc. to pick up good such as milk or fish so long as the branch wasn't to far off the mainline? Or would a shunter take those good wagons out to the mainline and couple there?

Wow... I can't even trust what I read in magazines What am I to do?

In this month's Railway Modeller, Kingsnewton is based on the Kingswear branchline. The author states that large engines such as Halls and Castles could be frequently found on this single track branch line.

I have found a highly detailed route map that might shed some light on this, or at least theoretically what might have been possible in actual "real life" operations. http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/article/gwr-route-availability-map-worcester/634 That being said, for the purpose of my layout it might be best that I incorporate creative license rather than base it off of prototype. As its during the WWII era, I will just say that the branch line had a 10 kmph restriction imposed (for red) to raise the line up to a red route in support of the war effort.... or something to that effect. Really I just want an excuse to run a Castle with it not being too incredibly far-fetched.

Thanks guys. So bottom line is with a little creative reasoning, while not at all common, it would not be unheard of to have such a train run on the Terminus I plan on building. I plan on making it war/post war period, so in my little background I imagine them possibly being used as evacuation trains, or bringing soldiers home. With that, I think under the circumstances, it would work and I could use a "for the war effort" attitude. I had just purchased a Hornby Wellington Castle, so with its livery it puts in right around 1945ish. I'll just say it got its running in taking Soldiers home or something to that affect.

A while back I read something and I don't know where I saw it. I read that Castles would sometime run short trains on branch lines after they had been shopped or built. Can anyone confirm this or point me in the direction of an article regarding this? I'm about to start work on a GWR branch line around the 1945 time frame. Three coaches will be the max for any formation, and as such I have preordered 2 Collet brake thirds and a composite for when they are released in summer. I would very much like to have an excuse to run a Castle, because who wouldn't want a castle that models GWR? Anyhow, thanks for the help!