danstercivicman

The last down train of note arrives at 21:45.

Stanier 5MT 44789 is in charge and it bolstered by a non corridor coach and an Ex-LMS BG. 

21:30 Hrs Friday Somethingth of July 1964...

First to depart is the Glasgow ‘Irishman’  

Ably headed by STD 5MT 73079

The bus driver has stopped to have a look.  He may have actually just dumped the bus there...

On 06/06/2020 at 14:00, coronach said:

Now the track is relaid on the southern approach to Whinburgh, I can continue with the moorland scenery .  Vallejo textured earth Paint is great as a base, followed by many layers of scenic scatter attached with diluted PVA. The trick will be develop the scenery so that the two parallel sets of running lines remain distinctly separate in the minds eye

Wow! 

Super scenery! 

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Ballasting will be revisited..

 

I was concerned that the ballast is too "small".. well

 

 

it is .. and so.. despite the use of a spray of dilute IPA and a bit of fairy liquid in the pva/water mix...

 

 

It is still quite "dusty " and not as even as I usually manage

 

 

Further ballasting will now take place tomorrow all being well.

 

Baz

 

 

Looks good to me  

That trailer drawbar looks abit toy like!! 

A busy late summer evening in 1963 or 1964 or even early summer 1965...

6MT Clan 72008 gently warms its stock.    The passengers are just settling into their carriages.  The ‘UP’ N.Irishman will arrive at Euston tomorrow morning.  The Clan will come off at Carlisle and a 7MT will complete the journey southward.  

The Boat Train to Glasgow has a STD 5MT in charge.  This is quite a long train tonight.  It’s all BR Mk.1 stock as the Class 126’s are having some fettling...

A Stanier 5MT rests at the head of the local stopper. This is a much shorter service of ex LMS stock.

The Crab and 6MT 72005 will take their respective parcels and fitted freights as soon as the passenger turns have cleared. 

Pressure from the railway supporting MP’s has grown and the Port Road May be saved...

8 hours ago, 'CHARD said:

 

Not so dissimilar, that well known resort of Fishguard/ Goodwick  was once frequented by this contributor, and it was found to be spectacularly underwhelming in that regard!  When I've visited Holyhead in recent years, work-related, it's reinforced my view of these settlements as little more than serviced transit hubs.  

I went there on holiday years back.  It’s such a shame the once huge siding complex has gone... we had a nice holiday though  

6 minutes ago, lmsforever said:

This layout keeps looking better every post what you need now is a ferry think your children will love to load and unload it!

I’d certainly have to remortgage

Yes a Ferry would be awesome!

I’m planning more yard lamps in the run up to Christmas then sorting the loco fleet into relevant loco numbers...

Thank you for the comments.  I look at many of the layouts on RMWEB and realise how mediocre my efforts are! 

A Crab has backed into the Harbour to take the C Head Code All Fitted Conflat and XP Van Stock to Carlisle. 

I’ve redone 72005 with smaller numbers but I’m not impressed.  It will do for now but getting the individual numbers close enough is nigh impossible for my decal skills! 

A Highland gathering!

6MT Clan 72005 says hello to fellow 12A Kingmoor stable mate 72008.

72005 is wearing C Headcodes for a parcel train to Dumfries..

72008 is still wearing the headboard from this mornings ‘down’ Boat Train and XP head codes

Then some random wagons...

Which caused the aforementioned fish to turn abit fruity.

Which led to the resin clan being 3/4 finished...

Finally a shot of the bunkering oil tanker wagon!

I’ve ordered a Parklife Vanwide..

Anyone got any suggestions for wagons/things I need to add?

Loco wise I need another Jubilee body to make 45596 into 45691... or 45687...

That’s followed by my unfitted stock and brake van...

After that it gets abit fishy! 

These are odds and ends which get bolted onto the parcel train or coach formations...

The parcel stock is also featured...

Then there is the cattle consist and the special cattle wagons 

They have a choice of brake vans 

Followed by the Conflat consist.  

The MIlk consist is next.

Here are my current freight wagons...

Consisting of:

XP vans (not yet weathered)

1 hour ago, Legend said:

Romantic break in Stranraer ................one of the funniest things I've heard in a while!

Ssshh don’t spoil the illusion

Unfortunately the plan is on hold  

8 hours ago, Wheatley said:

I think the tankers were Esso but don't quote me on that just yet, I'll have a proper look later. The 14 tons or thereabouts black (Class B) should be ok, I've not found any of the larger 35 ton tankers in pics. 

 

By 1959 the modernisation plan was in full swing with BR fitting 10'0" wb vans and opens with vacuum brakes so fewer grey and more bauxite as your period gets closer to 1964. 

 

Not common on the harbour though, mostly vans and parcels stock on there. I've not found a lot of information out about what sort of traffic was actually handled at the harbour in that period apart from containers and ferry oil, all the non-ferry traffic went to Town of course. 

From the reading I have done...

milk tankers travelled over in the fifties to bring milk due to post war shortages 

cattle to the lairage

tractors and cars being taken across to N.Ireland- there are lots of pictures with tractors lined up for delivery

parcels containers and perishables.  I’ve added fruit stock? (I do not know of this is prototypical)

Thats good news on the tanker as mine is a black B 14ton wagon  

I keep meaning to contact the Stranraer historical association and visit Stranraer (I’ve promised my wife a romantic trip to Stranraer) but lockdown landed...

1 hour ago, Wheatley said:

Probably not so many 16 tonners on the harbour mind (!), just the odd tank of bunkering oil for the ferry (often left in the bay platform). Parkside don't do tanks though. 

Yeah the 16t would have been at the Stranraer Town Goods Yard.

There was normally a ferry oil tank wagon left in platform 1 (the Bay) and later I think a more elaborate set up over the other side of the pier.  It’s really hard to determine which oil tankers are suitable.  I guess the 5 planks would be unfitted grey in my period?  I guess everything would also be filthy! 

14 minutes ago, Wheatley said:

Not a lot of evidence of fish traffic from Stranraer ( but I have half a dozen vans anyway !) but plenty of 12 ton fitted vans and 5 plank opens,  (all varieties) and 16 ton minerals. Also Conflats with A and B containers. You could ideally do with BM containers ( fresh meat) but Parkside don't do that one. Osborne Models do it in laser cut MDF but they're pricey. 

Yes definitely.  The Harbour seemed full of vans and such like

I’ll look out for those containers 

Today after a nice cycle and some noisy guitar... I managed to add some detail to the signals and add some more static grass!

Then 45715 backed the Glasgow stock back into Platform 2 whilst 80002 simmered at the head of a local.  

2 hours ago, turtlebah said:

 

I had enough trouble learning how to build C&L points for my simple West Park track plan - the thought of all those double and single slips makes me (and my wallet) very nervous.

There is a thread on rmweb of Glasgow  queen street being built using Peco in a very clever manner.  Low level is way more complex due to the diverging junctions.  I like what you have done on west park it gets the same effect without the point work  

3 hours ago, turtlebah said:

 

Sounds like you dodged a "bullet" there.

 

It's nice that they've worked with the original Low Level station architecture to create the new development.  One day I'll hopefully have the space to start work on a replica version, but until then West Park will have to do.

Yes very very very lucky not to be dead  2mm more and I’d have been gone... 

Yeah I’ve been tempted by Low Level many times.  It needs a lot of space and the pointwork is very complex at the southern end.  

There are are some great old former factory branches, good sheds and routes dotted around Wolves  

57 minutes ago, David Bell said:

No. The five platform roads that have what look like traversers crossed the low level platforms on girders. It is the representation of this that you can see.There were no run round loops in any of the platforms. Stock was moved by station pilots and the train locomotives would reverse out of the station and up Cowlairs incline to be serviced and turned. Incoming locomotives would often come back down the station in threes.

 

 

 

Thats even better for model railway working

Your layout is great!  

On 12/10/2020 at 08:24, Melangoose said:

My son has gone to Wolverhampton University last month, we had a weekend there to get him sorted and settled. We stayed at the Premier Inn which overlooks the old Lower Level station (it was nice to have a wander round during a quite moment on the Sunday).

 

I like what you are doing with your layout, I will look forward to following your progress.

 

This is where I was due to fight in a charity/white collar boxing match.  It was a good job I didn’t as a few weeks before I had a scan which revealed a bleed on the brain from sparring!

The old station is now a banqueting venue.  It’s quite big inside and they have kept quite a lot of the old canopy/roof. 

It is is a lovely location and high level is just behind it.  

Theres is a great deal of old railway infrastructure still left in Wolverhampton.  Worth a visit when it’s out of lock down level high...

Sorry for the massive diversion!  Hope you don’t mind. 

Great work on the layout