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Really enjoyed seeing Yelverton at SWAG

Lovely work. Thanks, Dave.

Probably the worst area for threadbare grass is the odd-shaped corner board with the river on it. This section gets a lot of handling as I've never worked out a good method transporting or storing it. Additionally the edges were getting "rounded-off". The damaged corner, (partly made of polystyrene) was cut away, and a stronger insert made from offcuts of plywood. When suitably strong enough, the embankment was built up again with bits of insulation board, and then "flocked over". Now I need to have a go at disguising the three-way join with vegetation.

Adding narrow gauge I see. Its a slippery slope, ng can take you over!!!

Aha, sorry, I thought you had chopped the end off.

This is some of the "old" grass, faded and threadbare: I've completely re-turfed the bank behind the platform, ready for colouring.

Sorry about the poor quality

Thanks for the photos Jamie and Graham, and Hi Jack, its going to be BR green. Actually quite difficult to photograph in grey!

You are loosing even more of your precious scenic length with this one.

Or maybe I missed something? Or jumped to conclusions?

Starting to look a bit too "busy" again to me. As the scenic plan is for a road along the back, access would be that side, and a separate goods siding at the front would be most unlikely. Additionally, a poverty stricken light railway would have to make do with the minimum of land purchase for its yard space, and most likely would not sprawl so much. Otherwise I like these ideas!

The grass in these photos HAS been replaced!

Everything at SWAG is cake induced.....

And around the station and back of the GW platform. Bush needs a trim... As with the river, you can't see all these angles at a show, or at least not close-up, so I think it looks ok. Part of the refurb is re-doing the grass, as its looking decidedly faded and threadbare in places.

Inspired by my day at the Taunton SWAG do, I've been doing a bit more of the refurb work to Bridport. I wanted to break up some of the straightness of the river, as some viewers have thought it was a canal. I've added some banks and vegetation, and it seems to have the right effect.

Fabulous photos of a fabulous day! My HUGE thanks to everyone involved. As has been said by many, this has become one of the main "must attend" events in the calendar Not sure what else to say really! Dave.

If you haven't already seen it, lots of luvverly pictures of the Highworth branch here: Highworth Historical Society

I would curve that one back in to the scenic area more, AND incorporate the curve into the fiddle yard. As others have said, that corner is wasted space; use as much of the available area as possible. Its starting to look a bit like Highworth now: See Here Or a sort of Hemyock/Highworth crossbreed. If its a loop & two sidings sort of light railway, in that sort of location, here's a VERY rough sketch. More curvature, siding going behind the station (easier road access). Could have a goods lockup alongside the siding, or on the platform. Cattle dock on platform end (Highworth) or opposite (Hemyock) depending on access (no need for a separate siding) Industrial building is beside river, so COULD be an old mill converted/extended. I've added a water tower next to the river bridge, with pump house to draw water from the river (as Mid Suffolk Light Rly) Hope this helps! All the best, Dave.

Did I see some downloadable badges here please? I can't find them now, or did I imagine it???

Heres a couple more single-line, single-gate skew crossings: Shipston Lane on the Shipston -on-Stour branch (a rich source of level crossings!) Bullocks Mill on the Leominster-Kington line, Bullocks Mill again.

The Isle of Man Railway standardised on hand-operated four-gate crossings, but seemingly always installed so they were parallel to both road and railway. Here's a classic example, Mill Road Crossing at Peel Station

Where the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway threaded through Barnstaple there were two crossings ever wide roads. Both had four gates, which overlapped each other when closed accross the railway. Details and photos on this page: Lynton & Barnstaple Signalling

The subject of level crossings is a fascinating one. The variations seem to be endless, especially when it comes to light railways and narrow gauge. Here's an example of the setup described by Ray, Horham, Mid Suffolk Light Railway I want to build a skew level crossing like this, but It'll need a new layout. Cheers, Dave.

Scary!!!!