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Laurencekirk WCML 1960 Layout Laurencekirk is a our 1960s WCML layout featuring the final years of steam, including the A4s Indian Summer on the 3 hour Glasgow to Aberdeen Expresses. Interestingly although on the East Coast, the track was formally part of the LMS's WCML route from Euston to Aberdeen. Being located North of Kinnaber Junction where the West and East Coast Mainlines between London and Aberdeen met it allows us to run ex LMS and ex LNER stock. The track layout includes a long straight section and passing loops allowing the A4s to power through the station at speed on their way between Glasgow Buchanan Street and Aberdeen.

The Coeur d'Alene Railway is an O scale narrow gauge model, set in the state of Idaho, USA in the 1930s This layout in On30 was originally built by Geoff Bishop and Garth Ponsonby, the latter of whom is now one of our members and who kindly donated it to the club. The Coeur d'Alene Railway is an O scale narrow gauge model, set in the state of Idaho, USA in the 1930s. It depicts how a line might have been built to serve the Coeur d'Alene Lake area, via a depot at the small town of Rockford Bay, incorporating a ferry terminal with tugboat and barge. Although fairly remote, the area has some mining activities, and a coal loading facility is included. The scale of the model, at 1/4 inch to the foot (or 1:48) follows American O scale standards, using Peco narrow gauge track. Rolling stock is mostly Bachmann, with some locomotives also from other suppliers. Stock has been lettered using bespoke dry transfers from Blackham Transfers. Wiring is simple, with traditional methods used. Structures on the layout are mostly scratchbuilt, often using timber or plywood; a couple use modified kits, whilst the large factory uses Design Preservation plastic modules. The passenger depot has a ply base, then prototype (scale) timber planking was added; details such as doors and windows, chimneys and roof shingles are by Grandt Line. Backscenes are by Walthers, and the tugboat is an anonymous (probably Chinese) model which nevertheless fits the requirement. Traffic on the CdA Rly is primarily freight - lumber to the saw mill, and other log products, hauled by typical logging line geared locomotives such as Shays and Climaxes. Empty coal cars come in, are loaded, and then taken out by the larger locos, including a Mallet originally from the Uintah Railroad. Freight cars come in and out from the outside world via the ferry, and a limited passenger service is provided.

Willberforce BR Scottish Region or ScotRail Junction Station. Sorry no longer available for exhibitions. Scale: 4mm:ft Gauge: OO Era: flexible up to 1980's Location: Fictitious British Railways Based on Georgemass Junction and the practice of splitting trains in the Highlands of Scotland at the junction for Wick and Thurso, this layout is being built to represent operation of trains at such a junction. By careful planning of buildings and other items, it is planned to be possible to operate from the steam era up to 1980's BR. The layout is designed to fit on to the same fiddle yard as used for our layout Old Blarney and will be wired to allow either DC or DCC operation, depending on era and availability of suitably chipped locomotives. This layout has been retired and is no longer available for exhibiting.

Aldbury - a OO Gauge Great Western/ British Railways Western Region branch line terminus. Aldbury is a fictitious terminus station at the end of single track branch line serving a small town set in the West of England. The layout has a Great Western background and locomotives and rolling stock from that company are usually to be seen either in pre-nationalised or British Railways livery as the layout buildings and features are timeless over the two periods in railway history. The layout is end to end operation and medium size trains are run from the station to the train turntable which is off the scenic display. The layout is wired for both DC and DCC operation and the points are controlled by Seep point motors with switches and the signals operate via motors and servos. Credits - The layout was originally built by Terry Taylor, a former member of Leigh Model Railway Society in Lancashire and donated to the club by Graeme Whitehead of Doune, Stirlingshire who latterly owned the layout, so all credit to them for allowing the layout to be displayed again. It has been refurbished and altered to allow DCC operation by our members and is available for exhibition again. Awards: At its first outing at the MMRG show at Elgin in March, 2011, the layout won the Moray Quaich, voted best layout by other exhibitors. At the Bangor, Northern Ireland exhibition in April, 2015, we won the award for the best running layout. Magazine Articles: Layout of the Month - British Railway Modelling, July 2014, Volume 22, No.4 Layout Information: Length 18 feet x 6 feet wide operating space excluding barriers. Viewing from the front only. Operating crew: 4 Transportation: car plus trailer (transit van may be required for long-range shows)

Old Blarney - a OO gauge Irish layout, owned by David White of Perth & District MRC. Old Blarney is a fictitious location somewhere in Ireland where the grass is 40 shades of green, there is a never ending supply of Guinness and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! The layout is double track throughout with a medium size station, single road engine shed, coal and cattle sidings. The station track plan is based on an Irish single platform style where passenger trains for both up and down lines use the same platform face to serve the paying customers. This creates unusual crossover movements for passenger trains on the up line. The station also boasts a second platform to serve "the betting classes" who make their way in droves on race days to the grandstand at the race course which is another unusual feature of the layout. Much of the scenery is built using shaped polystyrene blocks, then covered with plaster then painted a base colour. It is intended to make use of commercially available buildings and trees such as those from the excellent Harburn Hamlet, Hornby and Bachmann ranges and The Model Tree Shop. Below you can see items set out in their planned locations. Being based in middle Ireland, locomotives and rolling stock have a cosmopolitan nature with designs and liveries from GNR(I), NIR, GSR, CIE, Irish Rail and Larnrod Eireann on the roster. Rolling stock from the 1940's to the present is available to run with steam and diesel locomotives available to haul a wide variety of passenger and freight trains from the bread and butter cattle traffic to the contemporary timber and bulk cement trains. Awards: Winner of President's Shield at Falkirk Exhibition, November 2010 for general modelling. Winner of best in show voted by the public at Kendal Exhibition January, 2013 Winner of President's Shield at Falkirk Exhibition, November 2014 for general modelling. The Kerr Trophy for best in show voted by the public at Falkirk Exhibition, November 2014 Magazine Articles: Model Rail Magazine Issue MR157, June 2011 Hornby Magazine June 2013

Helmstadt is our first venture into a German prototype in N Gauge. Helmstadt. Scale 2mm:ft; N gauge. Helmstadt is an imaginary cathedral city near Munich, Bavaria. Set during the 1950's (Epoch III) the model depicts DB Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany but trains of the DRG - Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft from Epoch II are also in evidence. During this period, Germany was a divided country, split in 1945 into East and West and some lines which had previously crossed the border were closed or truncated but the line via Helmstadt continued to operate as a cross border link. Helmstadt serves as a busy intermediate station for trains spiralling in all directions, to the North for Leipzig, Dresden and Prague, to the East for Munich, Vienna and Budapest, to the South for Switzerland and the Austrian Tyrol and the West for Stuttgart, Frankfurt and the Rhine Valley. Passenger traffic makes up the majority of the trains and you will see The Rhinegold Express, The Mitropa and a selection of ordinary passenger stock. Freight trains also play an important part of the scene and a variety of locomotives can be rostered to haul freight throughout Europe. Although Helmstadt is a busy station, it does not have any locomotive sheds or freight facilities as these are located at the junction stations which are both to the east and west of the town. For Exhibition Managers: Requires 14 feet x 8 feet including barriers.

Burlington Central is our N Scale American layout. BURLINGTON CENTRAL Burlington Central is an imaginary layout based somewhere in the mid west of the USA. The name derives from the interests of one of our club members who is interested in American railroads and models Burlington Northern and two of its predecessors, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (Burlington Route) and Great Northern. These railroads covered an area west from Chicago to Seattle south to the Gulf coast. The scenery on the layout is based on Colorado/Montana Rocky Mountain areas and it is assumed that this is where the layout is based. The layout is not based on any particular era and therefore this allows us to run Locomotives and Freight Cars from the mid 1950's through to the early 1990's. At present all Locomotives are diesel, as by the mid 1950's most American Class 1 railroads had converted to diesel operation. The layout is a twin level one with a double track mainline through a small town ( Morrison's Gap) on the lower level and a single track mainline through more mountainous area on a higher level. All Locomotives and a majority Freight Cars are fitted with Microtrains magnetic couplers. This allows us to remotely switch (shunt) freight cars into various sidings at the small town and also at the sawmill on the higher level. The Sawmill is based on the American principle of empties in and loads out. Empty bulkhead flat cars are taken into the sawmill to be loaded with finished lumber which is then moved on down the line. In general American mainline trains average 6000' in length and depending on terrain and loco horsepower can average up to six or more locomotives per train. This is obviously difficult to model, even in N scale and so we normally use two or three Locomotives and twenty or so freight cars on our mainline trains. Local freights comprise one loco and seven or eight freight cars. The layout requires three operators, one for each line on the lower level and one for the higher level. Operation on the lower level is by cab control with the tracks being divided into sections and each operator having the power to drive his train on any section using section switches. In practice however, each operator stays on his own line. We have now introduced Digitrax DCC contol to the layout and generally use this on the upper level at exhibitions. For Exhibition Managers: Space required including barriers 14' x 8'

Our OO Gauge "modern image" layout Almond Bridge can be viewed in the blue/grey era or right up to date. ALMOND BRIDGE Scale 4mm:ft; Gauge OO Almond Bridge is a fictitious place situated somewhere in mainland Britain and is set in "modern times" covering the period from the nineteen eighties to the current day scene. This time frame allows for the display of rolling stock from the British Rail Blue/Grey era to the ever changing liveries of the privatised railway companies which currently operate throughout the UK. Whilst the town name is fictitious, the main track plan is loosely based on that at Stirling (circa 2003) and modellers licence has been liberally applied to add additional tracks, a loco refuelling/stabling point, permanent way and commercial freight sidings and platforms. The track and point motors are standard PECO, the buildings are proprietary card and plastic kits modified to fit the scene. The nine arch viaduct was made by utilising and adapting three proprietary card single line viaduct kits glued onto a wood and ply frame. The girder bridge is built around a wood frame and pillars and using multiple plastic kits for the superstructure. The storage yard baseboards have been built as a universal unit and can be used in a four, five or six board configuration depending on the requirement of the display layout. This eliminates the need to build separate storage yards for future display layouts which maybe shorter than Almond Bridge. Notes for Exhibition Managers: Dimensions: 34 feet long x 14 feet wide, viewing from front and approximately 7 feet down each end if required. Photos courtesy of Tony Wright and Waverley47708 A flavour of the layout in modern image: and Scotland in the 1980's as seen at Cupar exhibition September 2010: Winner Dundee 2008 Diamond Jubilee Shield - voted by public best in show. Magazine Articles: Modern Railway Modelling, Winter 2006 Model Rail Magazine, February 2010

A brief history of the model railway club in Perth. The exact origins of the club are lost in the mists of time and it probably started as an informal group in the late 50's, rather than a club with a definite constitution. What we do know is that as far back a 1962, the club had moved into rooms at Perth General Station in a corridor between platforms 2 and 3 and there were atleast 3 members! Previous to this the club had been in abeyance for over a year due to losing its premises. An advertisement in the April 1962 issue of Model Railway News was published seeking new members. The club did not occupy these rooms very long before it was discovered to our cost that the power supply in the station was of a diferent voltage to the control panel that had been built for our layout resulting in a burning sort of smell the first time we switched it on in the clubroom! Also the cupboard in which we kept our equipment had been broken into and some locos and other bits and pieces belonging to the members had been pinched. We very soon moved into the room on the first floor at Fechney Buildings in Perth, it must have been before 1964 and remained there until we were advised that Fechney Buildings was likely to be sold and to start looking for other rooms. The Council let us rent part of ground floor at Pitheavlis Castle in Perth but despite putting a lot of effort in to make the room habitable, the damp played merry hell with the layout and we were fortunate to be offered the cellar rooms at Craigie Park House where the club met until the mid 1980's. These rooms were also rather damp and not really ideal for modelling, particularly in card! Also the building was used as a funeral home and occasionally we had to down tools on a club night and keep very quiet if a family were upstairs to pay their last respects to a loved one! Subsequently, the club leased a timber sectional building on the site now occupied by The A K Bell Library in Perth before relocating to Kinfauns. In 2013 we made a move to bigger premises at Meikleour, part of an old dairy turned into industrial units and subsequently in October 2014 another move, this time to bigger and better rooms at Perth Airport where we met until we joined SMET and build our own new premises at Wester Pickston where we are now based. Over the years, the membership has fluctuated, usually in direct proportion to how good our premises have been but around 15-25 people of all modelling abilities. The club has become more active over the last 20 years, now very prominent on the Scottish exhibition circuit and becoming more known throughout the UK. The idea to start running an exhibition helped this process and from starting with a one day show with 6 layouts and 2 trade stands at The Lesser City Hall in Perth we now have an event which has become a "must see" for modellers, occupying halls at Dewars Ice Rink. We are indebted to Mr A. McCorquodale, one of the three from Perth Station days, a former member now living down South, for helping us to compile this brief history.

Clubrooms For a number or of years the club had been very fortunate to be based at Goukton just outside Perth. Having left there, the club moved three times in a relatively short period of time. As any club knows finding good premises at a reasonable cost is not easy, especially on a long term basis. in 2017 having had to move again we approached SMET to ask if we could buy land from them at their Wester Pickston site to build our own shed on. To cut a long story short they made us an offer we could not refuse. In a good way I should add, instead of selling or leasing land to us they invited us to join them and then we (as part of SMET) would build the new premises! in 2019 the construction of the new shed began. Later that year we occupied the premises with our first official club night being 17 October 2019. The shed at 20m x 10m is big enough to accommodate the current club and even incorporates solar panels on the roof which generate more than enough power to run our trains on club night. Most importantly we now have a water tight permanant premises of our own. We (the members of the former Perth and District Model Railway Club) are very gateful to the rest of SMET for being so welcoming and so accommodating. Site clearance. The construction of the wooden framework. Perth Model Railway Group's new home. 63A Shed.

Perth & District MRC was Established around 1960, our club exists to promote the hobby of Railway Modelling in and around Perthshire, Scotland. In 2019 we joined the Scottish Model Engineering Trust ( SMET) based at Methven just outside Perth and became known as Perth Model Railway Group. The group is now one of a number of groups that is part of SMET. Interestingly since joining together it then transpired that in the dim and distant past the groups had been one club historically but had parted company. http://smet.org.uk/pmrc We meet some Tuesdays through the day but the main weekly club event is every Thursday evening at our purpose built building at Wester Pickston just outside Perth. On the same site is an extensive miniature railway and workshops set in over 7 acres of woodland. Our facilities are also open to members at any time. New members are welcome to come along for a look around before joining. As a member of the model railway group you are also a member of SMET. We have a number of exhibition standard layouts described below. We are also building our next N scale American layout. Additionally, maintenance work on the existing layouts keep us busy throughout the year. We have some photos and video of our layouts on this site. We run one of the most eagerly anticipated and reputable model railway exhibitions in Scotland "A Celebration of Model Railways" always held in Dewars Ice Rink in Perth over the last weekend in June. This exhibition is the biggest club-run exhibition in Scotland. A selection of high quality layouts from throughout the UK, some appearing in Scotland for the first time and a wide selection of specialised trade stands awaits our visitors. See more details elsewhere on this site. We also attend around 12 exhibitions every year throughout the UK and our diary is available on our website. If you fancy a visit or are interested in joining please contact our secretary Secretary@PerthMRC.com

That makes more sense to the version I had a vaugue recollection of, which was something to do with brakes failing or the train splitting.

Agree with the above. The Edinburgh Glasgow were almost exclusively Pl 14 in my experience. Pl 17 Dundee. 16 and 15 are a bit of a blur to me recall DMUs but also seen push pulls using 15 in addition to 14. The track layout in the mid 80s meant Plt 16 could only be arrived and departed via tunnel Y (2nd from the right when looking from the station). Plt 17 usually arrived via Z (furthest to the right) and departed via Y. Whilst it was possible either between Waverley and Haymarket or after Haymarket to move over to the Glasgow lines Y and Z were generally the lines for Fife and the ECML to Dundee and Aberdeen. As well as the loco usually being at the Edinburgh end (am sure I read somewhere this was due to the incline leaving Queen Street but I can't remember the details and did not understand the the reasoning when I read it), the No 2 end (the end without the roof fans) was usually at the front. This meant the ScotRail logo was at the front which I always thought looked better for aesthetic reasons. Again I if recall correctly this was to do with the No2 end being quieter for drivers in the cabs due to the location of some equipment in the locomotive.

Would not rush to dispose of your Lima 2's, with a bit of work they can be improved, I am still waiting to see the Bachmann air cons before deciding which ones to buy, either way I plan on keeping my Lima coaches. A link to some before and after views on my layout thread. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/96961-waverley-85-86/page-2&do=findComment&comment=1864035

Sorry no photos of trains from the weekend due to engineering works....... and the inevitable bus replacement service, surely there was nothing worse than a bus replacement service when you were looking forward to some 47, 37, 27 or HST haulage! Saturday's engineering works involved installing handheld controllers with switches so the the Gaugemaster DS or the handheld controllers can be used. The handhelds are great the seeing the layout from a different view whilst still having your hand on the controller. Also great for a bit of shunting and decoupling away from the reach of the main controller.

Thanks. Pretty sure they are Langleys, as are the sheep. Around 300 years ago my family (McGregor) were in the business of loosing other people's cattle and somtimes finding them again (for a fee anyway)! Bought a pack about 17 years ago then lost them when we moved house so bought another set. Years later I found the original set again. One set painted Orange, the other Orange then a wash of something I forget what though. Think the latter is more realistic. They are a bit on the thin side, perhaps more 1685-86 then the rounder versions seen these days. Harburn Hamlets do a more rounded Highland Coo. Am thinking about a backscene, the photo one's, but need think think of a way to overcome the 15inch depth they come in, think I need more behind the viaduct.

A bit of detailing recently. Lima Mk2 air cons. Before After Windows replaced with extreme etchings tinted and flush glazing. No smoking and 1st class transfers added. Red and white Intercity stripes extended round the ends. Moulded hand rails on coach ends removed and replaced by hand made replacements. Passengers added. Underframes weathered Frame Dirt. End of coach transfer added. Couplings modified to bring the coaches a bit closer. Window destinations signs added - The Cornishman Nothing I could do about the couple of mm I am reliably told are missing from the model! From what I can see Hornby and Bachmann have gone or are going for the later version of Intercity livery, it is the original which I need for 85-86 for the cross country portion trains departing and arriving at Waverley 85-86.

Have been away on holiday to Skye last week, although there have been no trains on Skye for a while, next to Pt 14 of Waverley, Skye is one of my favourite places to visit. Next job on the railway is to paint the retaining walls and finish building the tunnel entrances. Around 1984 they seem to clean up the walls and tunnels, in photos they go from dark grimy colour to light sandy colour of a stone that seemed to be used all over the Scotland. The other job they did was modify the side of Waverley bridge, previously it had gaps in the design, these were filled in about the same time as they seemed to have cleaned up the stone. The modifications to the side of the bridge help the modeller anyway, not sure how I would have made the gaps! Photo of 107 departing from Pt 15 shows work ongoing to Waverley Bridge in the background, walls already cleaned up! Lovely a DBSO sits in 14 raring to go to Glasgow Queen Street, a 47 in the middle road between 16 and 17 presumably waiting for the next train to arrive from Dundee and a 101 in 13 Stirling, Dunblane or the slow way to Glasgow (Central). Anyway while I am on platforms from my memory and based on a limited number of visits, mainly on Saturdays through the day - here goes. The not so interesting East End..... Pt 1 HST to and from Kingscross. Pt 2 Postal in the bays Pt 3 as Pt 2 Pt 4, 5, and 6, I think the operations building things was built on the site of them by 85. Pt 7, HST to and from Kingscross. (British Rail at Work ScotRail has a 47, 2 x Mk 3 sleeper and 4 x Mk 2a or z in it from Bristol), presumably it would have come up the WCML, normally this would mean arriving via the West end, so am not sure how it ended up in a bay platform on the East end, (am sure Flood can help us here!!) Pt 8 and 9, can't remember, Motorail maybe. The much more interesting West end! Mound Tunnels were W X Y and Z from South to North Pt 10 and 11, 47s mostly 47/4s on Cross County services to and from destinations via the WCML and Birmingham New Street, combining with a Glasgow portion at Carstairs. I am sure they had names in 85, but it is not until 86 the names appear in the timetable. Most originating at Waverley but with two starting further North, one from Dundee, one from Aberdeen, The Devon Scot and the Cornishman. Mk1 Buffet RMB or RBR, Mk 2 air cons, and Mk 1 Full Brake, or RBR Mk 2 air cons including a BFK in the middle of the formation. The buffet tended to be on the rear as it headed South, so as to be positioned in the middle when combined with the presumably hungry and thirsty Glaswegian after Carstairs. Have seen photos of 26s, or pairs of 20s on these instead of or as extras with Mk 2 air cons or Mk 1s. Most in and out of Tunnel W, the services from Dundee and Aberdeen came in on X and out on W. These two stopping at Haymarket (Pt 1) as they arrived from the North and then Haymarket (Pt 4) as they headed South after arriving and departing Waverley. I did like these 47 hauled services. The coaches could be Blue Grey, Intercity or a mixture. HST to and from Kingscross also used Pt 10. Pt 12 and 13, DMUs 101s, 107s or 120s for Stirling, Dunblane, Glasgow Central, or Motherwell. In X and out via W for Pt 12, Pt 13 was one of the few platforms that had to use the same tunnel in and out as a result of the track plan, in and out of X. Pt 14, ScotRail Express Edinburgh to Glasgow QS services, initially every half hour then every 20mins. Almost always 477 at the front arriving at Edinburgh and the DBSO on the rear. Mostly Mk3s with a DBSO (Mk2), some were all Mk 2s and some were Mk3s but with a Mk2 air con FO in addition to the DBSO. In X and out W. Pt 15 and 16. A bit vague here maybe DMUs Kirkcaldy and or Bathgate maybe loco hauled to Aberdeen or Inverness. 15 could only use X and 16 could only use Y. Middle Road between 16 and 17, there was always a 27 or less often a 47 sitting ticking over waiting to take the next train to Dundee out of 17. When a Dundee service arrived, the loco in the middle road would head out into Y and then return into 17 and couple up. On leaving for Dundee the loco left behind would take up residence in the middle road. Services in via Z and out via Y. Pt 18 101s to Cowdenbeath. Never saw it myself but seems 26s (including Railfreight versions) and Mk1s sometimes used 18 for services to Fife when there was a shortage of DMUs. In via Z and out via Y. Pt 19, in and out via Y. HSTs from Aberdeen would come in this way but pass through into 1, before stopping at 1 and then continuing South. Northbound HSTs to Aberdeen used 19 (those terminating from the South at Waverley tended to use 1,7 or 10). 20 and 21 seemed to be used for the Commonwealth Games services from what I can remember at the time. Got a great video once Yesterdays ScotRail filmed in 1985. almost an hour of comings and goings filmed from Pl 16, generally followed the pattern above, then at dusk 37s using 12 and 13 with Mk2 air cons - no idea what the were.

Thanks Dave as per my PM, really like your layout. The fencing is Ratio GWR Spear fencing, closest I could find to the real thing. Sprayed Halfords grey primer then an old tin of Holts Dupli-colour DK British Racing Green LBM56. Just as the height and amount of hedging varied so does the colour of the fencing from photos of the 80s. Sometimes it can appear lighter, perhaps it would have stood out more against the hedge if I had used a lighter shade.

A bit more progress. The hedges were made on Saturday, scouring pad and scatter method. You would be amazed how much the hedges varied when I looked at my reference photos. Continuous, blocks, lower than the fencing, higher than the fencing. I went for higher to protect the fragile spear fencing. Cap stones made out of angle bar, scored about every 5mm. The fencing was primed and sprayed today , British Racing Green no less! The length of slope in each corner and the angle of each was different. The two at the tunnel were about the same length, the one on the Princes Street side a more gradual slope. The steepest one is the one on the Princes Street side next to Waverley Bridge. The longest was the remaining one. Unfortunately I was stuck with one angle for the slopes (Ratio), maybe just as well. Trees planted tonight. Think I may use more to fill in the gaps especially if I can't do something with a backscene.

Thanks, that section is completely made up, it represents anywhere a train from Waverley would go in East Central Scotland, if you ignore the 3 aspect lights it could be the ECML north or south of Waverley, the Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen St via Falkirk or the other way to Glasgow Central, the line to and from Carstairs, Cowdebeath or Dunblane.

Haymarket's 26015 on its way to and from some ballasting operations at an unknown location. By 1985-86 the majority of them had lost their boilers and been refurbished as freight locos. However their passenger days were not quite over, a shortage of DMUs would see them on services to Fife and they would also occasionally appear on cross country services instead of or in addition to 47s. Sadly Waverley itself it not quite ready for ballasting yet. Need to get the platforms built and track adjusted before ballasting the station area.

A bit of progress. Have added the embossed stone. The side nearest me was done with Wicks High Strength Contact Adhesive as I wanted the bond to be quick. I was worried PVA would need clamping and may slide while drying leaving a gap. Listen to older and as it turns out wiser members of your club. As they said it did odd things to the plastic stone. However I think I got away with it. I did the far away side with PVA glue and it worked out better. Spring has sprung and the grass in Princess Street Gardens has grown. Hopefully when the hedges are installed the trees will blend in a bit better. Heljan make excellent logos, but their 27 is a version which was rare in 85-86, the more common type had the sliding cab side Windows and the beading removed from the front doors (but still present either side of the door), Heljan have gone for the drop light windows and beading. Anyway with a bit of hunting around I found 27033 in 1985 matched the Heljan model and so here she is arriving at Waverley from Dundee.

A colour picture of what I think was one of the ex LNER inspection saloons used for public use on the West Highland Line. https://www.flickr.com/photos/roddymacphee/16639699547/lightbox/

A little early for Waverley 85-86 but just enjoyed some 1980s drama Juliet Bravo. Police Rover SD1s and Mk2 Escorts - nice.