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Well, that's a good bit of effective advertising - ordered now! Thank for the heads-up Best Scott.

For added interest, you could split the station in two, with the top platforms operated by one company, the bottom two operated by another. A second loco loco spur off an additional turnout and above "Low building roof, alleys, etc." It would be an interesting talking point to have two companies using segregated platforms and facilities. Was it Moorgate that was originally operated like that? Best Scott.

As surveys/questionnaires go, I thought it quite refreshing with regards some of the questions asked. Best Scott.

Ach but it sure is fun. The word 'round the campfire is that the Drakes donate a small fortune every year to the Villians for Archeology Mission Against Poverty to take care of the families of those slain in the pursuit of mythical/legendary treasures... Best Scott.

There's very little that floats my boat in games lately. So much so that I went back and played Uncharted 4 over three or four nights last week. What a great ride. Makes me want to go back and play the Ship graveyard bit of Uncharted 3... Best Scott.

The Aston - Gushetfaulds Condor wasn't initiated until the start of 1963, long after the 28s had been exiled to Barrow. The primary haulage, at least initially, was Class 24s. There is an image in the 1963 paragraph of this page, showing a 24 at Aston with a Condor headboard. Best Scott. https://www.derbysulzers.com/24083.html

By strange coincidence, this system popped up on my Instagram as an advert abd it intrigued me. I wonder what the cost comparison is compared with traditional concrete blocks, etc., for something like a garage/outbuilding... https://gablok.be/en/ https://www.gablokuk.co.uk/ Best Scott.

1 - 3.23mm 2 - 1.8mm 3 - 16.32mm 4 - 10.1mm Best Scott.

I think this is key. The fiddle/storage yard(s) need to be designed and planned with as much care as the on-scene sections of the layout, and in conjunction with however you are going to operate the layout. Otherwise it will quickly stifle operation. Off-scene yards need very careful thought. Best Scott.

Excellent modelling and realisation. Very cleverly executed, and much to inspire from that one blog entry alone. Thanks for sharing! Best Scott.

Another vote for the "simple" trackwork. It has more finesse and less fussy to my eye. Regardless, I've been following your journey (from a distance) so it will be good to watch as this comes to fruition. Best Scott.

So it is. I missed that first time then, or it was added later. No matter... Best Scott.

Further to this: Photo of D5700 April 1961 with flat w/s, no SYP. It didn't go to Duckinfield until 20th October 1961. Photo of D5704 September 1960 with flat w/s, no SYP. It didn't go to Duckinfield until 18th September 1961. Photo of D5705 May 1961 with flat w/s, no SYP. It didn't go to Duckinfield until 20th October 1961 Photo of D5705 April 1960 with flat w/s, ends not visible. It didn't go to Duckinfield until 20th October 1961. In terms of whether flat w/s 28s hauled Condor, there is a photo of an unidentified pair dated 1961, the leader with flat front and no SYP, pulling a Condor service at Ampthill, near Luton. None of the 28s came out of Duckinfield rectified, until 1962, bar one: D5719. It exited 21/12/61, and although there is a suggestion elsewhere that D57019 may have exited Duckinfield without SYP, the lighting on the photograph doesn't suggest December. The Locomotive went straight to 12B which by that time was Carlisle Upperby with Penrith as a sub-shed and was noted there 30th December, so it seems extremely unlikely 19 is the one. Based on that, I would suggest it is perfectly plausible to run a model of the Condor with a flat fronted, non-SYP class 28. Best Scott.

Law Junction. Best Scott.

I think some windows were modified before the mass return to the makers. I'll check later, but I'm sure Anthony Sayers' latest volume includes images of flat fronted windows before the class was withdrawn for rectification... Best Scott.

Operational interest for me largely comprises the following (layouts are set 1962-64): Passenger trains made up from BR Marshalling Documents. Locomotives appropriate for the area, era and train being hauled - based on historical sightings or photographs where possible. Passenger trains operating to a sequence based on an historically accurate or plausible timetable. Passenger trains changing locomotive at stations. LE moves backing down to attach to passenger trains. All trains running at appropriate scale speed for their class. Freight/goods trains trundling past at a scale sedate pace or being held at signals for faster trains to pass. A system of chance to determine if a locomotive or unit has failed en-route and needs to arrive "rescued". I model in N gauge primarily, and shunting of individual goods stock is a bit of a fiddle for me, but I would add: Shunting of coaching stock rakes to/from carriage sidings. Best Scott.

SC12972E Gresley SK loses its varnished teak livery at Cowlairs during overhaul. January 1962. The Unusual and the Unexpected on British Railways: A Chronology of Unlikely Events 1948-1868; Dave Peel. Best Scott.

There was a Scottish allocated one at least that retained the teak colouring until 1962, I think. I’ll dig out the reference tomorrow to confirm what date. Best Scott.

I think the only way you could make that work would be for the dead-end siding to be a loco length longer (actually slightly longer still) than it otherwise needed to be. You could then rock up to the siding, place the lift, uncouple the locomotive and drive it on. That doesn't help if the existing sidings are already sized to fit, or there is and/or there is no scope to extend them. For my part I think I will purchase one and see for myself, in the flesh, so to speak. Best Scott.

Agreed. A Farish class 40 is quoted as (145mm) 5.708" (I don't know if that includes length of couplings) which suggests, for storage with the ends on at least, the loco lift will be too short... Best Scott.

I've probably missed it, but is there a length quoted for the new peco lifts? I can't find it on the rails splurge... Best Scott.

Further to Nick's (Njee20) post (and others'), this series of screen grabs should illustrate the point sufficiently. I work in N gauge so the radii will be different for you but the principle is identical: It helps to set up some limits first. Click on the Settings tab and then punch in your minimum radius acceptable. This will allow Anyrail to highlight any curve (in red) that is too tight. Next place a piece of your flexi-track into the work area and select it by placing the cursor arrow on it and pressing the left mouse button. The flexi-track should turn green. Then select it this time with the right mouse button, and a menu will come up. Select "Curve flex..." and a dialogue box will pop up. Punch in angle and the radius (in this example in mm) of your desired curve: You'll then have a nice uniform curve: Select and right click on the new curve and the same menu as before will come up. Select "Add parallel flex", this time, and a new dialogue box will come up. Punch in the distance you want between the tracks and whether you want the new track to be inside or outside of the original one (I want mine outside the original, so I've selected to the "right"): Et voila; two perfectly parallel tracks: It's useful to iterate that this process is applicable to any piece of plain track, regardless of whether they are curved or straight, or whether it was a manual curve or a machine generated curve in the first instance. If you have two curves joined together of different radii, for example when using transition curves, you will need to parallel both of these curves separately. Hopefully, that is of some use. Best Scott.

You've certainly come a long way from February 2, 2017... Best Scott.

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It is perhaps surprising what is needed, coaching stock-wise, when we try and assemble authentic trains from official marshalling documents. Taking just 13 of the 25 rakes required for my lifetime layout (off in the distance) - Glasgow to Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness - I need about as many BSKs as I do SK/SO. Both of these types being the hardest to find: BG 6 BSK 25 CCT 1 CK 14 FK 4 RU 3 RMB 5 SK 23 SLF 1 SLS 1 SO 4 PMV 1 Of the 195 Passenger and Non-Passenger Coaching Stock I'll need to populate the layout, I'm only short 20 now, mostly BSK and SK/SO. I know they'll come and the cash is waiting ringfenced. I don't mind the wait, I've resigned myself to playing the long game. But if I was just starting out in model railways now, knowing what I've learned over the last 10-15 years, I'd probably have chosen OO9 as my primary scale. It certainly helps to have more than one focus or even hobby. All of this said, my feeling is that I am very much in the minority and most modellers don't really care all that much about authentic rake make-up (and that is not being derogatory). If a seven coach train is required, 5 SKs and a couple of BSKs/CKs I'm sure would suffice for most. Best Scott.