Parracombe

D34 has my vote.

For information on Cowlairs built locomotives would suggest Scottish Steam a Celebration by Keith Langston

I would suggest W1 on grounds of innovation J72 on longevity and A1 just ahead of V2 for the remaining headings.

If only one can be chosen A1!

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

as  Jim MacIntosh's book tells us!

I would nominate C11 Midlothian 

If you are after Photographic evidence try SCRAN

Title: Queen of Scots Pullman train at Newtown St Boswells during the closure of the East Coast main line in 1948

Scran ID: 000-000-112-651-C

'London Borough of Havering Celebrating 40 Years '

Hi

I live a stones throw from the L&B trackbed at Parracombe so your layout topic has been of great interest.

Without wishing to find fault in your project or the fine work you are doing, it does raise the question of realism in our hobby. How far should we take into account actual landscape factors and history?

I am struggling with the idea of a Lynmouth Terminus when Lynton had a perfectly good one and a link to Lynmouth by cliff railway; albeit the station and cliff railway are a distance apart., the ability to physically take the railway to Lynmouth is very questionable and it would have surely disrupted the tourists  'little switzerland that prompted the opening  of the line in the first place?

On a more helpful note: Combe Martin, like Lynton, has a very good small museum which could help with background; I think you would find that your Combe Martin station would have been very useful to the market gardeners  who had a very important early strawberry trade etc also there was a good trade in rabbit meat pre myxamatosis ! There was also a busy Bristol Channel trade with ships beaching in the harbour , including an ex Clyde Puffer, possibilities there?

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Hi

Are those excellent photographs of the Express Dairies depot at Lapford on the Barnstaple - Exeter Line?

Thank you very much Jeremy.

Galashiels overall Station roof structure:

I am proposing to model Galashiels with the overall roof structure, original Station Brae Bridge and the small turntable and loco storage depot

in place before the re-modelling in the late 1930's.

There seems to be scant photographic evidence and the plans available on disused-stations and other resources  so far used, cannot answer all my queries:-

These include- The stanchion and roof structure detail, (are the steel lattices visible after the roof was removed perhaps part of the original structure?), position

of signal boxes and signalling etc.

I wonder if anyone has researched this detail before or might have ideas as to the best places to look?