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Note the odd wheels on dirt can #26. Proof for those people who questioned my model.

Your space would almost equate to 12'x2' in 7mm. There are plenty of O gauge layouts in this space. I certainly did one. One left field idea is to model the station at the Beamish museum. The name of it's original location escapes me.

I had deliberately omitted the seaside resorts as these were much larger than the terminus that the poster had in mind. Thanks for the others there are certainly plenty to investigate.

Are you looking for rtr or serious kit/ s cratch building ? Scale? Available locomotives? At the risk of being corrected the LNER didn't do the GWR type branch. There were however several light railways that came into their ownership. Easingwold, Cawood&Wistow, Nidd Valley to name but a few. Use rule one to pair up the most ancient examples you can find from one of the constituent companies. An old articulated pair might be a starter. Or a pair of ancient six wheelers? The Derwent Valley line ran mixed trains including a pair of ancient four wheelers

I had a look whilst glue was setting on another Selby task. It doesn't look as bad as I feared and with 35 years of grime removed might even take paint. Getting running might be another matter.

He has the look of a Gethin. Talented flanker from the valleys shunned by friends and family when he took the money and signed for Salford or St Helens. Now in more enlightened times he.has come home with tales to tell and memories to dream.

The second one reminds me of an early attempt at scratch building . The drawing came from a library book "Locomotives worth modelling". Sadly it was never completed and probably still lurks in a long unopened box somewhere.

Food for thought. I had always assumed that the hydraulic ram lifted the rear axle in the manner of a trolley jack causing the wagon to pivot on the front axle. More research needed.

Excellent. Almost tempting me to dig out the Q6!

Arising from the Selby project I noticed that there were separate offices for the ticket collectors and the gaurds& porters. Was this for practical reasons or a case of different pay grades?

The water tank needs to be just above cab height. They were suprisingly common in Area 8. A low level diesel tank might work.

In the UK i have used the 1833 from Taff Vale Models

I believe red was the only colour option for this protective paint. I am old.enougj to remember student vacation jobs and having to red lead a.water tank twenty feet long six feet high but only two and a half feet wide. I forgot to mention, it had no drain and had to be emptied with buckets and a mop.....

That's a bold statement. Almost certainly true but have hard hat on standby.

The snag is that the Yeadon photographs span the life of the locomotives. Not surprisingly most are from the 1930s and BR era. Occasionally you get a titbit of information that gives a date to.a specific change.

That would be an impressive build in 7mm. To achieve it in 4mm is amazing.

The real question is, how many locomotives actually received the initial lettering?

Excellent work. Finescale wheels?

One of my daughter's running friends has a young small cat. They also have a large healthy rat now resident somewhere in the house. Their cctv caught the moment when cat brought rat through the the flap and then sat down and watched it munch it's way through the bowl of cat biscuits. Some chaos and collateral damage ensued before professional help was sought. Rat remains free and this story may run for some.time...

Whilst we are collecting top tips: Look in Wickes or B&Q for vaneer pins. Then invest if you haven't already got one in a pin.vice and some 1 mm drills. I prefer the vice without the wooden handle as it will fit on the chuck of my cordless drill. Pilot all pins. Become a seriel hoarder of clamps and set squares. You can never have enough,.and they are always on offer at car boot sales etc .

Someone once said that I have more saws than Lazerus. Starting with the 100 pound table saw. It is very useful especially for recycling timber but isn't big enough to take a full plywood sheet without a second person. Without dust extraction it is also very messy. My 100 pound chop/ radial arm saw is far more important as it is easy to repeat square consistent lengths. I love my band saw but there is little that it does that can't be done with a jigsaw. My late father's collection of once expensive handsaws are dust traps as I always default to a six quid jacksaw from Wickes. When it blunts I replace it. Agreeing with previous posters, the secret is to find a good local timber.merchant. This requires a bit of careful pre planning which is itself a good thing. The cost of having a.full sheet of plywood delivered will usually be.far greater than having one cut to custom sizes which will fit easily into most cars. Post covid there is no cheap timber and the DIY stores are about the same price as the small independent timber merchants. Baltic birch plywood is fabulous to work with but do you really need it? There are much cheaper options that meet our needs. If voids appear in a cut edge a smear of filler sanded smooth makes them good. Use external ply if possible and once assembled paint it with primer to seal. Marine ply is for boat building unless you have money to burn. 18mm plywood cut into 50mm strips is a much better choice than DIY store 2x1. The real question is do you want to build layout or have a fully equipped work shop?.

I have had a good response from one of our group who spent his career in S&T. Many thanks.

As part of the Selby project I am looking to kit out the telegraph office. W hllst there are a fair few American images I cannot find anything from the U K. Perhaps there is someone out there with a link to a useful photo. 1930s LNER is perfect but anything from the period will help.

They follow the met office weather warning. As a storm approaches a couple of mice are caught and released indoors to provide entertainment/ exercise/ snack during the foul weather to come.

I built one of George Norton's J25 many years ago. The frames are definitely of that era. It is the cab etchings that are the puzzle. They do remind me of a Rising Star N2 but that is another story.