John Besley

Who's going to photo shop a picture ....

If I was building in 4mm SR I'd love to take a Nelson set and mate this up with a single car DMU / Hastings set to make a believable early branchline railcar like the Budd railcar in the US...

Show us more, that looks awesome (can I put my heating on first I am frozen!)

Are those icicle under the bridge...

All in good time... I've got a Garrett steam wagon to build next ...

Heading off to work

Safety valves lifted..

Yer Tiz

Once the sun was up...

A winter's tale...

With the track now lifted it wont be long before the station building is gone...

And through the window....

View into the workshop

Awesome, you just want to walk up that road...

"... jump leads anyone"

"Better get on with the job..."

Here's some shots from Exhill in 1963 just after the line closed

And the bucket was for cleaning your hands... Some 72A crews on the pilot engine used to pee in a spare bucket and chuck it on the fire going up through the tunnel between St David's and Central for the benefit of the train engine behind ....

Any chance of posting the pictures direct to this site. . as I cant find them

Love it, many thanks for the reply, where can I get hold of those chassis?... BTW think your on the 7/8ths Lounge as well?

Hello Bob Just found your topic, I am building a miniature railway.... but in 7/8ths scale using 16.5mm gauge track... Whst I am desperately trying to find is some dimensions for V skips trucks the same as yours so I can build a rake for myself... any chance of sending over some GA dimensions please

Finally had a last look inside the shed... sad scene as the shed was never going to ring with the sounds of tools being used again

The crew having sorted out the Landrover then shunted the yard ready for the next days line clearance and lifting of redundant trackwork

A return visit the next day found the Loco crew crowded round a Series 2 Landrover that the ST department had commandeered, as is normal once you open a Landrover bonnet it soon attracts the experts!

1963 is not a good year for steam in the Westcountry, already by now the regional boundary changes are being felt, with the Western Region taking over control of all lines west of Sailsbury, in their haste to get rid of their long term rivals the Southern, lines are being closed... Of note the Exhill Light Railway having closed at the end of last year, so taking our Morris Minor for a run today a visit was made to the Westerland Valley to see what still remained. surprisingly the locos are still on shed at Exhill and show signs of having been used recently for track lifting. If only someone could come up with the funds then this might still be saved like the W&L which is so similar... oh well don't suppose that will happen unless enough people write to Railway Magazine...