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Have there been any further updates since to this little Scottish layout?

I think it was a 'mixed train' from Wick displaying a wrong headcode and with the SPV van equipped with a through steam pipe for the passenger stock. The slide is an original which I purchased a long time ago and unfortunately I don't have any further details.

Just discovered this excellent thread, so here's a contribution from me.... 24125 at Dingwall in October 1974 with a service to Inverness.

Great photos and thanks for posting. Interesting to see two containers being conveyed. As far as I know these mixed trains normally only conveyed one container at a time.

Definitely 47256 and as you say no ETH equipment.

Hopefully somebody will have the relevant notices and be able to kindly scan and message to me or provide a useful link on the internet.

Does anyone please have a copy of the BR instructions for the working of mixed trains conveying container wagons between Aberdeen, Inverness and Wick from early 1984 until sometime in 1985? This traffic flow was conveyed using a small fleet of (five?) container wagons equipped with 'through pipes' for vacuum brakes and steam heating. Attached is a photo I took of 40015 on arrival at Inverness with 1N27 13.55 Aberdeen to Inverness 'mixed train' on Saturday 5th May 1984. Note the container wagon behind the loco. Many thanks Mark

Guys many thanks for your replies. I'm using the latest versions of Google Chrome and Windows 10 and still no go....

Hi, Forgive me if this has already been asked, but what has happened to the UK Model Shops Directory website - www.ukmodelshops.co.uk which was up and running until only a few months ago? I always found this website to be very useful for listings of exhibitions and swapmeets. Mark

Hi, Can anyone please recommend a suitable model or kit for Highland Railway Platform Lamps in 4mm scale? I know Lochgorm Kits used to do such a kit (HL124) but sadly the company are no longer trading. Any help would be very much appreciated. Mark

Always good to see another Scottish layout and well done!

All, Many thanks for your replies and some very useful ideas. Mark

Hi, Could anyone please recommend the best way to align and join two 6mm plywood framed baseboards together using Brass Pattern Makers Dowels? Many thanks Mark

That's very useful to know. Many thanks Mark

Hi Richard, Many thanks for your reply. Is the platform 'running in board' structure scratch built or a kit? Kind regards Mark

Just catching up with this excellent layout. Please can you tell me what you used to make your station signs including paint and lettering? Mark

Always a fan of Scottish micro layouts and this is fantastic. Well done! Mark

Hi, Many thanks for your reply and useful link. Mark

Hi Stewart, Many thanks for your reply and if you could please check your notes that would be very much appreciated. The Six Bells Junction is a good website so far as it goes, but barely begins to even touch the surface as regards the numerous merrymakers and charters etc which BR ran back in the day. Mark

Great little layout and well done. How did you make your totem signs?

Here goes with my request from 1978, which hopefully someone please can kindly answer. Back in the Autumn of 1978 BR ran Blackpool Illuminations merrymakers from Ipswich and Great Yarmouth/Norwich on two Saturdays 23rd September and 7th October 1978, with the respective portions attaching at Ely. The return working on both dates departed Blackpool North late on the Saturday evening at about 23.00 hrs with the Norwich/Great Yarmouth portion being detached at Ely in the early hours on the Sunday morning. Did any forum members travel on the Saturday 7th October 1978 merrymaker to Blackpool and still please have their notes and or photos which might identify the loco(s) that worked this train, especially the Great Yarmouth/Norwich portion to and back from Ely? I’ve already tried the Ipswich Transport Society, however their records only go back to 1981. Many thanks Mark