MartinRS

I too am getting similar messages from McAfee on one of the PC's I use at various web sites. So far it has not happened on RmWeb. (The PC does have McAfee installed and a full system scan shows no problems). On anther PC, with a different internet connection and Norton as the firewall/virus scanner I have not had any problems, though I don't use that PC as often so it could just be a coincidence. It appears to me that the 'McAfee' messages is just the latest scam on the web at the moment. When I have time I might visit the McAfee site to see if they are aware of what is happening and any fix, if one is possible.

I have just found this web-site https://railwayadverts.uk/ Here's another link. It's not railway advertising, rather it is Model railway (mostly) advertising from Bassett-Lowke Ltd.

If you are going to be hauling heavy steel ladles what better loco than this one from the Yorkshire Engine Co featured in the Directory of Railway Officials and Yearbook, 1958. If you want track, something to haul and some motive power then Sheffield could provide it all.

Another one from the 1955 A Technical Survey of the Iron & Steel Works of Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, this one for some serious rolling stock from Newton Chambers.

Here's one from Edgar Allen & Co from A Technical Survey of the Iron & Steel Works of Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, published by Iron & Coal Trades Review, 1955.

And here's one from The Canada directory for 1857-58

It looks like some of these ploughs are still in use! https://www.flickriver.com/photos/ottergoose/5385804330/

Here's a strange looking plough from Railway Track & Structures 1922-01: Vol 18 Iss 1.

This larger (Canadien) terminal suggests a generic layout of sidings and pipework. https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-irving-oil-rail-terminal-st-johns-new-brunswick-canada-image32896949

You can also find some information here http://www.igg.org.uk/rail/7-fops/fo-petrol.htm

have a look at https://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/list.php?label=Oil+Terminal&gridref=NN1174 and https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/8159229694

Another layout with an influence on my modelling choices was of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad which featured in a 1960s issue of RM as Layout of the Month. It was the first ever issue of RM I had bought for me. I didn't (and still don't) know anything about US railroads but when I switched from 00 to N US outline was my first choice. A follow-up article on using a random card system to generate freight traffic also influenced how I operate layouts and my preference for freight operations.

I can remember reading about an automated N gauge German outline layout in RM sometime in the 1970s. I have no idea what issue it appeared in or the name of the layout. It was, IIRC, a couple of reversing loops connected by a single track looped around a rectangular baseboard with one loop passing over the other. I think the automatic system was proprietary and manufactured by Arnold. It set me off playing around with relays and experimenting with automation.

Perhaps his mobile was going straight to voicemail?

Here are two more from Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide and official directory of 1915.

Sighting of the signal could always be improved by mounting it on an existing post or gantry. I have found this photo of a shunting signal mounted on its own post at Hem Heath Colliery. I'm not sure what the other post mounted lights on the other side of the track are. At first glance I thought the foreground one was some sort of a solitary searchlight signal, but then I noticed there was a line of them. When I zoomed into the high-res version of the picture I saw it had a single central lens surrounded by eight other lenses. The working instruction for this area might give a clue as to how these unusual 'searchlight' signals work and if they act as some sort of repeater.

Pitchfork? I don't even have a pitchfork! Does anyone know how many pitchforks the Russians have? "Mister President, we must not allow a pitchfork mine shaft gap!" George C. Scott as General 'Buck' Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.

You'll be fine. Just take Tom Hurry Riches with you. He looks like he's up for a scrap!

Here are another two from Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide and official directory of 1915. The dimensions have been reduced by 50% to reduce file size. I'm not sure what the Henry Berry wheel clutting machine does or is it a misprint?

Another couple from the 1915 Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide and official directory, both reduced in size.

Thursday ? I'm sure Vince (from Rex the Runt) said 'Tuesday'? Just fount it on youtube!

I once met a former shunter who'd been transferred to the S&T to work as a labourer. His claim to fame was his ability to get 12 wagons into a siding only long enough to accommodate 10 wagons. He stacked a couple of them on top of each other!

I wish you hadn't suggested identifying the MR signal box! I have to try! A number of observations. I have aligned a rule with the left-hand edge of the locking room. The upstairs looks to me to be oversailing. That would rule-out Wistow. I'm unsure if the rectangular structure in front of the locking room is a location box as I first thought. It could be the locking room door or one of those portable fog-man's huts? I'm going to suggest Kilby Bridge as the best candidate. Have a look at the Kilby Bridge Signal Box (2) photo linked from this web page. Note the (abandoned?) fog-man's hut, the absence of windows in the locking room's side facing the track. Another feature is the grey box (in the colour photo) attached to the lower portion of the telephone pole which appears as a a grey smudge in the picture with the two Class 20s. The lamp-room is also in the same location in both pictures.

Glendon North Junction box does have a couple of adjacent location boxes. (One could be obscured by the Class 20s). The telephone pole looks to be in the wrong place and Glendon North Junction has two windows in the locking room, so I would rule that box out. Glendon Sidings does have a telephone pole in the right place but I can't find a decent photo of that box from the right angle to see if it has the end facing us in the photo. Kilby Bridge is an oversailing type.

Thanks for the heads up about the Facebook Railway Identification Group. I'll give it a miss for now as I've got a mountain of paperwork to deal with and phone calls to handle. I already spend far too much time here on RmWeb. It does give me something to do when I'm sat listening to the inevitable music on hold though!