Jock67B

Well done Captain and all involved - Isombard Kingdom would have been very proud of you all! Great pictures too! Kind regards, Jock67B.

Thank you for your understanding folks, I've made a note and will move to the relevant sections! I am determined to learn how to do it properly and now I know that when my illness and funding allow, I hope to be able to add a blog showing the start of work on my chosen layout. Thank you once again and kind regards, Jock67B.

Forgive me for my ignorance as a fairly recent member of the RMWeb. I want to add '67B' to 'Jock' on my blogs and responses and hope that one of the more experienced can advise me, or at least point me to the correct area of the site to ask such a question? Did my engineering degree with a slide rule as is probably becoming obvious! Another point is that I don't know how posts are selected to show on the portal front page. Excuse the ignorance - I will persevere. Kind regards to all, Jock 67B.

Hi Pete, Love the pits - looks like I'm going to buy quite a few of the Peco kits in view of the length of my chosen shed (even the truncated version!) I really like the lighting and have to thank you for all the ideas you have planted. I will now consider LED's in the first module on the drawing board which is the Coaling Stage/Turntable area - there is an office involved here as well as some outside lighting on poles although that will require further research. I am as yet still not sure of the exact composition of the lengthwise roof covering on Hurlford shed and so feel I'm not in a very strong position to advise on 'northlight' types -hopefully one of the very knowledgeable members will come up with some inspiration! Keep up the good work and thank you once again, kind regards, Jack.

Hi BurscoughCurves (don't see your name!) I am sorry that I missed your previous post(s). I am at the stage of drawings for a model of the shed (Hurlford 67B) where my Dad was a driver and as I lived literally next door in railway accommodation, I remember the extensive inspection pits on 4 of the 6 lines! I am the one in the middle of the photo aged c.7 on the footplate of Jubilee 'Valiant'! Is there any chance that you could enlighten me about your method from the start as they look very impressive? Really like your model and thanks for the comments about the office interior - I'm toying with the idea of a removable main roof and so will probably have to work on the interior of the room immediately inside the rear wall! Keep up the good work and kind regards, Jock67B (aka. Jack Kerr.)

Wanted to say to a wider group than before how tremendously supportive I have found the RMweb community. Tucked away in the 'Railways of Scotland' section of the Forum you will find my first entry where I asked for information about Hurlford MPD and access to Barleith station; I mentioned my terminal illness and need to work to a short time scale. I was amazed at the response which genuinely made me feel part of a larger family! I simply wanted to publicly thank all concerned with this facility. My current design for a layout based on Hurlford is at the early drawing board stage and I now have enough information (a lot of it thanks to this site) to begin the detailed plan of the coaling stage-turntable section of the complex. When this is done, I shall start on the shed but this is so large that I may have to adjust lengths etc. Does anyone have any idea about how access to Barleith Station was achieved - I am totally embarrassed to admit that I often arrived there on the footplate (usually a 2P driven by one of my Dad's friends) after Saturday morning cinema in Kilmarnock but I simply cannot remember how one got from there to the 'block of maisonettes' where I lived as the son of a driver based at the shed in the fifties!! old age creeping? I would like to include the station at the front of the baseboard if space, time and funds allow. Happy modelling to all and once again a big thank you to all who have posted best wishes and shown support - it appears that RMWeb is set to become the most used site on both iPad Air and PC! Kind regards, Jock67B (aka Jack Kerr).

Hi Ian, I agree, very poor editing! Really don't think you you need an excuse to run something as lovely as the 4-6-0 ; sadly they had all gone by the period that I hope to model although historic accuracy may suffer due to constraints of space and my waning ability. The book I mentioned by Donald Peddie includes some images of very interesting G&SWR stock that ran up to and beyond the end of steam and so I am tempted to try to model one. Keep up the excellent work. Kind regards, Jock67B.

Hi Ian, Just picked up March 'Railway Modeller' to discover 2 pages on the G&SWR. If you haven't seen it or don't fancy buying the mag. let me know and I'll scan and e-mail it to you. Lovely shot of Manson no. 422 which emphasises the width of the coaching stock! Kind regards, Jock67B.

Hi Ian, Wish I had the ability to build such beautiful and evocative models - I would also like to see one now! Occasionaly, I like to visit Bressingham just to inhale the steam as a sort of fix!! Kind regards and keep up the good work, Jock67B.

For Ian and anyone interested : don't know if you have discovered the web site 'shedbashuk.blogspot.co.uk' - if not you will find it is crammed with loco spotting data with classes and numbers itemised over several different years. For instance if you click on South Western Scotland and then on Sub Sheds, Muirkirk is shown over numerous years between 1946 and 1963. There seems to be a mine of information for modellers who wish to have authentically numbered stock in their chosen location. Just got a great book from the library : 'Scottish Railways, Two Decades of Transition' by Donald Peddie 2009. Loads of great pictures of G&SWR region stock at Hurlford and elsewhere and in my chosen era! Plenty for the modeller with locos under repair, departmental stock etc. There is also a lot of content from the Stirling area. For those who haven't discovered this book yet, it is well worth sourcing. I guess my scanner will be in use before the day is done!! Hope this is of interest, Kind regards, Jock67B.

Hi Ian, Thank you so much for the support - I have the book in question (it is particularly good on Muikirk with scale drawings at the front as well!). From memory, the roof trusses etc. we're the same on the big sheds. I was lucky enough to have several footplate rides along the Darvel branch when Dad did extra shifts between top link and testing - mainly 2Ps but also a 'Micket Mouse'. Feel really lucky to have such an upbringing. I scaled off one of the superb 'Barking Bill' photos of Hurlford in his Flick'r group - made the entrance arches c. 15ft high based on the height of the loco cab sitting right in the doorway and then extrapolated all other sizes from that. Possibly a risky method but good enough for model purposes! It is however going to be a bit shorter than scale or it won't fit the space available. I'm going to have to join the association I think. Your information is most helpful however and much appreciated. You will notice from above that I am still finding my way around the RMWeb but at least I've learned how to reply without re-posting the whole article! To repeat myself, feel like I have a new family and it really lifts the spirit. I'm told that being positive is half the battle and I am determined to extend the timeline statistics!! Kind regards, Jock67B.

I would like to reply to both Marc and 'Chard' above as well as all other watchers by saying that such support underpins my resolve and there is, I understand, nothing better than set targets to prolong the battle. I am currently engaged in designing a 00 rendition of the Hurlford coaling stagewhich I will start as soon as time and budget permit. The shed will be next but I may have to reduce the scale length - I remember how long it took to walk the length! I want to do both as modules which can then be set into an open plan baseboard as there were a surprising amount of gradient changes. Thank you from the heart for your comments ; I feel as a recent member I have found a new family!! Kind regards, Jock67B (Jack Kerr).

Hi Jim,Fantastic thanks -looks just like the very machine my Dad tested! Must find the photo and post it, from memory it was taken in almost the same position. Kind regards and again many thanks, Jock67B.

Thanks Dava, oddly enough, the photo that you selected shows a diesel shunter and my Dad was sent to college to learn diesel engineering by BR, in order that he could carry out a lot of the initial testing in the mineral sidings adjoining the shed. Must try and find a photo I remember from the family album of him in the cab of one of Messrs. Barclays offerings! Thank once again for your consideration, Kind regards,Jock67B.

Thank you Jim, the '38 map in particular is very useful though I will have to remember that a much bigger turntable was fitted by the era I am keen on - it held a Crostini boiler end 9F whilst under trials on the Nith valley line! I love your layout by the way a much grander scale than the one I have planned. Can I refer you to my comments on pH and Dava's posts? Thank you so much of your assistance,Kind regards Jock67B.

Hi Davao,Thank you for the post - what a fantastic bunch of characters live in RMWeb !!Kind regards, Jock67B.

Thank you so much pH, yes I have that book and oddly enough the picture you mention shows where I actually lived- the last lower maisonette next to the shed- 1A Block Barleith. Dad moved as a driver from Dumfries (where I was born in '47) in 1952 and we stayed for 4 or 5 years before moving in to Hurlford. I do remember the accommodation as very basic but with a good supply of quality coal! The camaraderie of the populace was fantastic and what a playground with 'dens' in guards vans and loco' sand open moorland to explore nearby in a safer era. The maps look very useful and I am indebted to you, kind regards, Jock67B.

Your perseverance is an inspiration for one as ham-fisted as me!! Regards, Jock67B.

Thanks 66C, guess I better become a member. As an aside, I have an original but very fragile drivers log sheet for engine 41 doing a round trip Glasgow to Carlisle and back from 17-6-1872. It is part of my ex GSWR driver fathers estate which I am charged with disposal. I feel it should probably go to offers from a society member before going on open sale but I have other beneficiaries to consider - what a responsibility! Thank you once again, Kind regards, Jock67B.

Hello folks - a brief but sad tale, I was recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer which adds urgency to my dream of producing a model reminiscent of my days living in the block of maisonettes adjoining 67B in the fifties. The only track diagram I have is from the twenties and there must have been great changes since. Would anyone have such a plan or indeed be able to point me in the right direction for a source? I am also struggling to find photo's or details of the Barleith Station adjoining, particularly the passenger access which I sadly can't recall despite having travelled from there often. I appreciate your consideration, Kind regards, Jock67B. jackjokerr@btinternet.com

Phil, thank you so much for the clarification, it is really refreshing to have people in the hobby like yourself who are committed to helping us dunces along and you have clarified my requirements as my layout will be firmly fixed at home. Retirement due to a terminal illness means that time as well as budget are limited, thanks again, Jock 67B.

Thanks guys, found the thread and posted on there. I'm even getting the hang of the vernacular!! Jock 67B

Hi Phil, Jock here, thank you for picking up my blog of last night. As a recent member I still don't know my way around the site very well! My original query as I am now at the planning stage was about point wiring. On Edgeworth, which by the way is an excellent starters guide and very useful to an 'old' returning modeller like me, I simply wondered why you hadn't used the accessories switch and point re-wiring as suggested on the Peco advice sheet for code 75 electro frog points. Was it because the simplicity of the layout makes it un-necessary? Keep up the impressive work and thank you in anticipation, Jock 67B.

Thanks Mod4, apologies but, as a recent member I still really don't know my way around the site yet. I'm now about to attempt to find the modelling questions area! I would like to drop Phil a PM if I knew what it was !! Great to have advice though, thanks once again, Kind regards, Jock 67B.

Sorry but hospital trip caused me to miss a few days ad I don't know if Phil or anyone answered my query about Peco electro frog point wiring? Kin regards, Jock 67B