David Bell

Could not agree more on the Sprinters!

Rob, 

I almost hesitate to ask, have you been tempted to model the Mexican Bean? Perhaps you already have

David

The V1 together with the previously mentioned J72

Last picture referred to in my last post

It rather depends on how close to prototype you want to be and what compromises you are prepared to live with. I have been collecting stock which might form the basis of a SRPS railtour train for the last couple of years, see attached photos. These are all currently in straight out the box condition. The Gresley Buffet Car and Porthole CK are good models of the prototype. The other Stanier coach is a third corridor rather than a third open so not quite right but captures the look of the SRPS coach. The Thompson brake has 4 compartments rather than 6 so likely a kit would be a better option. All of these are currently available. The two Caley coaches are not accurate models at all but could be made much better by replacing the ends the bogies and doing some work on underframe details at the sametime preserving the printed sides. These come from a limited edition set which included the Caley single loco.I got it on eBay a couple of months ago.

Here is a list of SRPS stock which was certified to run on the mainline at the end of the seventies,

LMS Porthole CK No 24725, diag 2159

LMS Stanier TO No 27389, diag 1999

LMS Stanier TO No 27407, diag 1999

LNER Gresley Buffet Car No 644, diag 167 

BR(Thompson design) Brake Composite No 80417, diag 360

CR Brake Corridor Composite No 464 (then numbered 7369), diag 111a

CR Third Corridor No 1375, diag 124

NBR Invalid Saloon No 461,diag 3050

GNSR Royal Saloon No 1  

I remember the night before a railtour BR would deliver the BR locomotive and coaches to the yard in Falkirk. On one occasion the rake included  a mk1 FLK which had two lounges with fixed swivel chairs. There were only 3 such coaches in the whole mk1 fleet.We were well impressed with that!

Rob

Your layout is superb. It brought back many happy memories for me from half a lifetime ago.

I used to travel this line regularly in the late seventies as a volunteer on SRPS railtours. I was but a lad then!

These trains could form the basis of an interesting model. In my time they typically comprised a class 27 with 2 Caledonian coaches, two LMS coaches, a Gresley buffet car and two or three blue/grey mk1s. Sometimes the NBR invalid saloon or the Thompson Suburban Brake would be included too. I know these coaches continued to feature on the WHL into the eighties, probably by then 37 hauled

Keep up the good work

David

You make a good point. I am toying with the idea of having the profile of the wall on the viewing side in clear plastic. The viewing side will be the side where the goods yard is. Also I will leave the goods yard open, ie not model the roof of that part, but I will model the station roof, at least all the main spars.

I have always liked the class 17 Claytons. I will add one to my wish list.

Here is some work in progress, a V1 fitted with the uncoupling wire common in GQS banking locos. 

It will look less conspicuous when it is painted!

I have drawn up a preliminary roster of locomotives for GQS based on photos and recorded observations from various books. The choice is wide but here is my (wish) list!

Peppercorn A1 60161 North British

Peppercorn A2 60530 Sayajirao

Thompson A2 60507 Highland Chieftain

Gresley A3 60094 Colorado

Gresley A4 60031 Golden Plover

B1 61140

Black Five 44968

Standard 5MT 73105

J37 64639

J83 68479

N15 69163

V1/V3 67664

D49 62708 Argyllshire

D34 62447 Glen Dochart

D11/2 62673 Evan Dhu

V2 60836

and

J36

Deltic 

Swindon DMU

Class 101 DMU

Class 27

Class 21/29

Some will be more challenging than others, but plenty to keep me busy.

What progress have I made you might ask? Answer , I bought a Bachmann J72! A lovely model and of an Eastfield based loco but I have not seen evidence yet that it ever made it to GQS. More discipline required I hear you all shout!

Thanks for that Jim.Some very helpful photos there.

David

I remember that layout too. I am pretty sure I saw it in Glasgow. I plan to make the roof from brass, it is such an important feature of the station.

Will definitely have one or two of those. What attracts me to the location is the variety of motive power and the way the station was operated. There are not many locations this size where locomotives arrive in threes and fours to take their trains.I will also have to have a couple of N15s for banking. A V3 or two would be good too. Also including the goods yard means I can run some freight as well.

I have laid out a plan of the station throat using Peco point templates to see if a reasonable representation can be achieved with standard points. Initial thought is it looks encouraging. I also drew out a plan of the roof elevation to scale to get a feel of overall size.

After more years than I care to remember not finishing models in all sorts of scales my New Year resolution is to take a project to something like completion. I plan to make a model of Glasgow Queen Street in the fifties/sixties in OO to include at least a bit of the goods station. The signal gantry will be a bit of a challenge!

I can't promise to always be true to period with the stock. I will run a class 27 push pull set when you are not looking. It is after all a train of my childhood.

I hope the journey will be of some interest.