John Oxlade

I found a photo of the coach. It isn't the main item of interest, but it is just to right of the 2-BIL in this photo my Dad took: http://www.flickr.com/photos/86615534@N06/8664406438/in/set-72157633281123435

I don't think it's there any more - probably rotted away years ago.

Just down the embankment from the top of the siding about level with the points there used to be an old grounded, wooden coach body (as in, go over the footbridge into Holmethorpe and in the garden of the first house on the left). Of all the photos I have of Holmethorpe, I don't seem to have a photo of it.

OKI, ignoring the ones above with the housing estate in them - sad to see :-( - I now have 61 images of the exchange sidings. anyone who wants copies, please send me a private message and I'll share them out using You Send It or similar.

I've managed to dig up 52 photos of (mostly) the exchange sidings. Not sure where they all came from, some are mine, some from Flickr, etc., so I cannot give appropriate credit to them, but I could send them to you via Dropbox or similar if you like. I haven't seen a photo of a Crompton down there either. I know it did happen as Dad told me and I also recall he told the guy in the office that he'd not be responsible if he went down there with a Crompton and it spread the rails. I don't think one ever did, but it did happen to him at Crawley New Yard once. Kind regards John

This is one reason I am holding off making a DC Kits Tadpole - I know full well that a Hastings set will come out at some point (fingers-crossed for a short, 3-window motor coach), then add a trailer from the 2EPB and hey-presto. I never raved about NSE myself (I'm a child of BR blue/grey) but this is a superb model. Well done.