Stoke West

The sign alongside with S on it for switch ie catch points .

The vans on the right would be stored , either going back into traffic or condemed , the siding on the left handled full loads , in September of that year there was fertiliser from ICI Severn Beach which was possibly what the vans in shot were carrying

Cant imagine " on the cushions " and IEP go together , better off finding something to sit on in the van . Of course lots on here won't understand what i've just said

By north of Glendon North box i meant further down the line to Market Harborough and Wigston South where the lines were paired by directon . I cant read the milepost with the peak in shot , which would give the exact location . For some reason for a line i'm not familiar with East Langton comes to mind ,

Definitley north of Glendon North Junction box

Dont know about the 1950's . In the 60's when Kingmoor Yard was being built Kingmoor had austerity's to work in stone for the construction from Sandside quarry located on the line from Hincaster Junction south of Oxenholme , banked to Grayrigg and Shap . Most workings were through express freights fitted wagons by this time apart from and to locations on the line , look at various photos by Derek Cross showing a continuous stream of northbound freights in the morning ascending Shap a majority black fives with the odd 9F and other suitable locos . Coalvilles opened Hardendale Quarry to serve the Craig , theres lots of phots this traffic , lime , in 16t mins before more advanced rolling stock was available . Also traffic from Shap Summit quarry and coming in on the Keswick line at Penrith worked by other than black fives

Chipping Sodbury tunnel doesn't flood its the line after its west portal that gets flooded , ever since it was built

J1582 should that be an UP freight , a crippled tippler run hot , and lots of van traffic

I have no clue about models sorry if you look up herring , dogfish etc loads of info will turn up

Shocvan

They dont look like Dogfish plus would they be over the axle weight , are they Herrings ? Woolworths would have had a van once a week probaly more in the summer as did Seaton

Coton Hill had an overhead gantry hoist

And the LSWR ran to The Isle of Wight

Llandudno junction

Did any Fawley to Bromford Bridge trains run via Acton ? The original routing was Salisbury Bath Bristol chord and Gloucester 9F hauled , then DN&S Oxford to Worcester 2 X 33 hauled locos used on crew training runs to Hereford , then Basingstoke Oxford Banbury , then taken over by pipeline

J6605 looks like something running hot on the rear.

Originated Banbury Ironstone Branch the junction of the sidings and exstensive system of the Oxfordshire Ironstone Company were located , most likely going to Lloyds at Bilston West via reversal at Priestfield / Stow Heath

The SR had a lot of fitted stock but they were ex traffic dept , they use to get ballast from New Frome via the light railway to Somerset Quarry sidings , Whatley to modern folk , loaded in medfits and hyfits in the early 70's that even seemed archaic at that time , along with other trains of Whales (not very successful ) Walrus and Dogfish mixed

S&D through trains finished September 62

Fixings cast in sleeper , pandrols in nylon bags added when assembling panels . I would have thought engineers trains would run as 8ZXX apart from Hyfits most other stock was unbraked plus track panels would be run as examine load needing a brake van.

Pedestrians need to catch the train that they cant get to because the barriers are down

There was a similar working to Fairwater which i was going to say used 'suitable' wagons , but thinking about it , it was any available wagons that would hopefully get there

Very few departmental wagons had vacuum brakes hence the use of Hyfits to add brake force . The Western had a good departmental fleet compared to other regions . Gane A 's a forerunner of the Salmon were used for track panel trains to and from site and needed Hyfits or what ever were available for a fitted head

There were a fair few GWR 10T Starfish and 20T Tunny a forerunner of the Grampus around at that time , never enough departmental wagons

A concrete sleeper is approx 280kg so four would be 1•12 tonnes . Would be handled by crane with chains possibly a sleeper beam able to handle multiple sleepers with a person needed fasten and release a rather dangerous job in the confines of a wagon . Now a hydraulic sleeper beam is used controlled by plant operator a lot safer .