Blandford1969

Have we seen this one of Ernie's of Hawick shed before being rebuilt?

I will try to finish off the signal box this month. I have got most of the front elevation finished and just needed to do the stairs. Then the other elevations are more straightforward.

I have not yet looked at though the shelter and brick building on the Up platform or the road bridge.

Glad you liked the photos of the different angles of the station.

Duncan

Not directly related to the cremery siding, but have you seen the drawings of the main building on the S&D trust gallery on Bailey Gate. The signal box is currently being worked on?

On the one hand what a sad document, on the other, what a fantastic record for modellers. Are the measurements width, lenght and height?

Duncan

Funnily enough I bought a Melrose sign a couple of weeks ago from the chap that initially preserved the urinal and during a conflab he said it was now at Bewdley ... may have to make enquiries as there's bound to be a way around the H&S.

Its tied in with the absence of washing facilities I understand. Its a shame becuase you could pull in, dash off the loco for a quick pit stop and be back on in time to depart

I came across this new image on Railscot of Hassendean taken in 1975, the track may be gone but you still get a feel for the place http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete2.php?id=35282

Kind regards

Duncan

Thanks for the photos Chris, interesting to see how it is now.

Morning all, am I right in my thoughts this My linkis at Easkbank and Dalkeith?

kind regards

Duncan

Thanks for that, I'll have a look.

Duncan

I just knew someone would do a drawing after I had made the bloomin thing

 

 

Lovely model of the building, - still if you have not done the waiting shelter, signal box or small porters hut near the box I may still be able to help?

kind regards

Duncan

Just producing drawings, when I got involved with helping with the new S&D trust website I wanted to develop the members area gallery to hold as much information as possible to help the modeller, and the biggest single gap in the archives are elevation drawings of the stations. They have got the re-building of Templecombe Upper, Branksome, Bournemouth West and some of Bridgewater and Everchreech, but beyond that there is not much.

I produced drawings of some of the buildings at Blandford which helped the Blandford museum and done drawings of the signal box and waiting shelter at Wincanton, the main building at Bailey Gate, the main building at Sturminster Newton- those already being on the S&D trust web site. I have nearly finished a set on Shillingstone, but wanted more info which I have only just found.

Still to be finished is the signal box at Bailey Gate - now I have a drawing of the window, Templecombe (I have done the side and end elevations of the main shed, long brick building, the shorter brick building beyond the Station Masters House, the front elevation of the three huts at the back of the yard and three elevations of the Gaurds mess hut. Stalbridge up side offices and station masters house had come to a stop trying to proove a doorway at the north end, which I have only just done. Then separatley are the drawings of Mangotsfield.

On the agenda to do as well are the goods shed, bridge 152a and b, the Station Masters house and gas works at Templecombe. The main building and goods shed at Wincanton, the signal box and water tower at Sturminster, signal box and offices at Stalbridge and to do Broadstone. The intention being all get on the S&D trust website.

Due to domestic circumstances at the moment a layout is sadly not possible, however I get great pleasure from the research, preparing the drawings (which sometimes have been re-drawn three or 4 times as more information comes up) and even the looking for photos I can count bricks on.

Kind regards

Duncan

Thanks for your reply, your right on Pryer, saying it was a type one box, but with Type 2 windows. I managed to get hold of a pictoral history of Southern signals which had a drawing of a type 2 box for the windows.

I have now got started on the drawing of Bailey Gate box, although it is put to one side while knocking out Templecombe shed and buildings and Mangotsfield juction.

Thanks for that partial on of Writhlington, is that one of your?

Kind regards

Duncan

I was sorting the listings of drawings the S&D trust have for the website today and noticed it lists a drawing of a turntable for Templecombe. I don't know the detail yet, but have dropped an e mail (in case I can add it into the Templecombe gallery)

will let you know

Thanks for posting these Richard! I'm guessing that these are also available via the SDRT along with buildings maybe?

Fascinating plans. Mike Arletts book is currently being updated with more information and is going to be re released within the next year.

Of getting copies, there is an issue in getting hold of someone from the trust to be able to get copies - Maybe oneday the plans will be on the website?

I have checked what is available for Midford and those of the station are the ones done for Mike's book on Midford.

Did'nt I read that all the archives were going to the Somerset Record Office?

And there was me hopeing you had more, anyway what's with this rather official 'Mr Mays' then?

Ahh yes, but there is still the 0395 - from a load of photos from a solicitor, i saw very briefly at the first Blandford show and then, I think disppeared into the S&D trust who have been sorting out their photos for the last 3 years.

Locos ommitted, I can't remember the numbers at the moment

ex MR 3P 4-4-0, last one was in 1950

ex LSWR 0395 class _ i have seen a photo of one working a freight to Blandford

SR Q class 541 - worked through to Bath and captured on film coming back into Blandford

SR U and U1 class - brief visitors

LNER B12 - which ran wartime specials over the line

Stanier 2-6-2 (brief appearance in 1960)

I seam to remember more classes that were seen, but at the moment I can't remember so will have to check.

regards

Duncan

Hi All,

You might find my thread on unidentified locations (most are disussed interesting) any help on identifying them will be very gratefully accepted.

Unidentified locations thread

Kind regards

Duncan

Stephen,

i've dropped you a PM the photos would be very usefull in helping with drawings of the shed and associated buildings I'm working on for the S&D trust.

Regards

Duncan

An immediate response from Dave Smith at Midland RailwayCentre models. He could not confirm thatit is definitely a Cowans Sheldon turntable but things are of course not assimple as that. There were a fewmanufacturers about at the time and those companies did vary their product suchthat details changed from one example to another. The topic would seem to be under researchedand there are very few people about who would be likely to contest a modeller’schoice of details. The MRC kit looks from the website pic to bepretty close to the Templecombe example and I don’t think there would beanything else closer available without a very time consuming scratch buildingjob! Dave expects the kit to be readymid-July.

 

Cheers.

 

Tim.

Look forward to seeing the layout, I don't think anyones done Templecombe shed before.

regards

Duncan

Thanks Duncan.

The best picture I can find in my collection of S&D books is on p39 of S&D Files No. 2, though there is no sign of any builders plate that I can see.

I note that the Midland Railway Centre's website (http://www.metalsmith.co.uk/4mmscaleCowansSheldonPre-Groupingturntable.htm) has an email contact address. I will send a photo to them and ask if its a Cowans Sheldon and when they expect their kit to be ready if it is indeed the right one.

Regards.

Tim.

Hi Tim,

Your other option if you want to be sure is to see if it turns up in their order book - which the Carslie record office have got.

Kind regards

Duncan

Templecombe's turntable was always stated as being 50 feet in diameter, frustratingly just too small for a 7F or the standard 4-6-0s. Does anyone know if it was a Cowans and Sheldon turntable? Would the appropriate Midland Railway Centre kit be the best one to use at 4mm scale?

looking at lots of photos of the shed and the other turntables on the railway I think it looks like a Cowans and Sheldon, but cannot see a plate on any of the photos i have got.

sorry i can't give any definate answer, but will keep looking through photos.

Kind regards

Duncan

We have seen some images before on Geograph, however I came across some new ones today

First a railtour at St Boswells then onto the Peebles branch with a nice view of Bonnyrigg from the level crossing

Now back to Belses (I think this may have been here before) and a stopping train to Hawick

I came across some nice images on Flickr today with appologies if they have appeared before. First is a nice one of Trimbush leaving Galashiels Leaving Next is Clan McGregor at St Boswells My link and 78029 at St Boswells.

From memory - think the rear may well have been horizontal planking.

The front and sides were. In Jeffrey Grayer's new hardback book:-

Sabotaged and Defeated Revisited

Imprint: Noodle Books

there is a post-closure colour photo of the front of Bailey Gate Signal Box (apologies

if you have already come across this).

Thanks for the suggestion on the rear, which I think sounds logical based on the rest of the construction, and for the suggestion on Jeff's book, it has probably the best photo of the front of the box and Tim Chapman's photo stream has the only view I have ever seen of the south end of the box.

Rather then loose this thread in the old Group archive section this has now been moved here into the Southern Railway Group which hopefully will also make it more obvious that its not one of the other S&D's as at least one of them has its own Group now!

Thanks for doing that as i was finding it hard to locate and this is a very useful thread.