FraserClarke

Well done and well deserved! I look forward to reading it. 

Great idea!  I think it would be very entertaining to watch. 

I would have thought there is also a family of configurations with the loop in the middle? 

I'll mention it Mike... I'm (a lowly) part of the group that looks after the "currently out of service" engines in the main shed, but I'm not sure if the broad gauge stuff has a similar arrangement. Perhaps we should take them under our aegis if not.

(disclaimer - I volunteer at Didcot)

I suspect you'll find that those cans are deliberately there to provide some protection for vulnerable things like oiling points etc, such that when it does reach the top of the overhaul queue it's a *bit* of an eaiser job as the oil reservoirs won't be full of water... Not elegant I agree, but probably effective. Of course, like anywhere, there are always the odd visitors who will just leave their rubbish lying about too :-\

I don't know where else it could go to get more protection though -- the broad gauge road is full, so something has to be at the open end of the shed.

Did you use the hammer for the kits??

Beautifully subtle differentiation!

Hi Sam, You can use something like "paint" (assuming you're on Windows?) to resize the pictures so they can directly uploaded...