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Hi, thank you for the list, Have you a date for when tgat was current?

Hi, early 1990's issues of RAIL make mention on LEVEL 5 Depots, and I read somewhere that Wigan SP was a LEVEL 4 depot, would anyone happen to have a list of what depots were which or what a Level 1 - 5 depot was capable of undertaking etc?

A great looking layout

Morning Just looking a TOPS listing for a train from Dee Marsh BSC to Deepcar and Tinsley Park Works in 1981, it consists of 23 loaded MCV's but what exactly is it that would be going between Dee Marsh and Deepcar/Tinsley Park Works?

I was thinking specifically signal boxes which had opened, worked in "normal" operations and then were subsequently closed. So not boxes of a temporary nature or ones that never even made it to opening. When it comes to Power boxes, Kirkby Summit on the Robin hood line had a short life, something like 1997 to 2012

Just out of interest, I wondered what the shortest lived signal box on BR I was, I mean which signal box has had the shortest working life. Not so much ones that may have been destroyed by fire or accident etc, but ones like Rockingham https://www.flickr.com/photos/dodger5450/14243735155/in/photolist-nGESdB-nMFmWi-bzHRuU-dtN66P-bKKxgM-aGqVfF-cu5bAm-gFNDtC-memARk-dvSyVH-mj8Q46-n37CnS-pVwm9R-bECiqi-bzE2MY-ibQEUe-gA9pJ8-jiwHiZ-brUcbL-pVwmac-fMvw4S-icC6TV-d4jiA7-byweEf-d91QuE-bNyGhk-bMqVCB-bAwLk9-bNyG1T-hEiFod-bXb8JX-nmerjY-n9H1HR-bAd2AW-c1Jiaq-dDsYEV-ghJiSh-krrhCa-o5mt6Y-pN6hzm-pPD7f2-cUg3kS-omTB1b-bKKy74-ibTRfa-o3EAB7-pN6hwq-pN6hwf-pCrGSE-fQARP1 A very short lived signal box, there is probably a very very short lived one out there, under 5 years? or even shorter?

Further to my questiosn RE: the diesel shunters they had, I wondered about the steam loco's this page has pics of the two principle steam loco's in use in the 1960s http://sutherland.davenportstation.org.uk/ws-162.html just wondered what the best RTR and kit loco's to represent them were, are they: The Hornby Pug http://www.themodelshop.ie/model-railways/locomotives/Hornby-r2927-br-pug-0-4-0-51235.html and http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-Gauge-Hornby-R2672-Class-0F-Caledonian-039-Pug-039-0-4-0ST-Steam-Locomotive-/171102494797#ht_3643wt_989 or are there better loco's out there?

If you're modelling upto 1985, by then virtually all of the Midland Mainline services were HST, although a couple of Class 45 services remained, along with a Class 47 service which was early out ina morning and back in an evening that lasted until about 1990. Right at the end of loco hauled services, there was a 47 turn, TRACTION had a great feature on it once as it could throw up a variety of 47's in many different liveries! Also Tinsley's green liveried 45 spent most of the mid wek working a St Pancras trip, until its fire

Suprised to see this thread amass 10,000 views!

Realistically though, apart from when the MkI's were upgraded to Air Con MkII's the line was fairly much the same until the HST's came in, i was reading only last night of the date that the Air-Cons started when the Master Cuttler waved a service off with a green flag at Sheffield, I'll post you that date, asap.

Back in 1980 the line was still dominanted by the Class 45's. At that time virtually all of the expresses were Sheffield/Derby/Nottingham to St Pancras, Inter-City later started to bring in a few Leeds to St Pancras services when the HST's started, but it was Midland Mainline that really opened it up when they bought the 170's. They introduced the Matlock - St Pancras, Buton on Trent - St Pancras and much later in the late 2000's EMT introduced the Lincoln - St Pancras and of course the Corby - St Pancras.

Hi, I've been trying to track down a copy of the illusive 1973 edition of Shunter dutuies, the earliest one I;ve been able to find is the quite common 1979 edition, has anyone got any of the earlier edtitions?

Great pic, however, as there were two power cars to one class 45, should it not really be 1:1?

Always thought this was an interesting coal yard - Buxton https://www.flickr.com/photos/actonwellsjunction/7949382418/

Evening Whilst reading the GUV thread, I wondered what the longest time a wagon has been abandoned for and is still there. Until very recently the GUV at the back of Derby station would have stood a good chance. Any other contenders? NB! I've discovered google to correct the mis-splat title.

How many issues did that run for?

Just looking at a pile of Railway Magazine and a 1965 Railway world issues. Everyone of them a steam cover, there didn't seam much appreciation for the new order.

Afternoon Whilst going through my magazine collection, I was struck by the depth and seriousness of many of the Modern Railways and before it, Trains Illustrated articles often were. Being too young to have bought these mags first time round, its a bit of a retrospective question to ask what your favourite Railway mag of old was, but what was it? For me its seems to be Modern Railways / Trains Illustrated followed by Motive Power

Hi, I've revisited this thread a fair few times, as I find it really inspiriing of just what can be done. For realistically, I already have everything for this model already picked up from many years of visiting swpameets and exhitions. And I'm sure that if I raided the cupboards at home I could tur up enough straws, scourers, etc, to make up the rest. - Just need to get on build it! Ma I ask if you happen to have any other stock etc, that you could post some additional pics pf the layout, keeping with the £100 theme, you could say they were additional purchases/presents, after all it is a year since this was started, plenty of time for an Xmas or birthday or two to have passed by,

Afternoon Paul It could well have been, I remember seeing it, but also though that Rail Express had done something similar.

Hi, I seem to remember that Rail Express or one of the similar titles had a ncie feature onn the last daysof the Woodhead which included a list of all the trains to have worked over it on the last day? Can I find it in my house, can I.......... Wonder if anyone knows which issue it was in, or better still has a copy of the details? Regards

RE: the yard, just looking at a very very faint diagram, were the Eastern Departure roads numbered with one fan (the one closest to the mainline) as even numbersd and the other fan odd numbers? rather a straight 1 to 31 across all of the roads? Also has anyone any ideas when A and B boxes were closed?

I would have thought it the other way around, the three road Diesel depot looking much more likely to have been for heavier work? and the electric depot for as intended electrics, I believe, but need some proof etc to confirm, that the 3 road Diesel depot closed when the electric depot was de-electrified to make way for diesels and the two never worked side by side? Unlike Tinsley which had the heavy repair shed and running shed near to the yard for fuel etc.

Just picked this thread uip through searching on Google, RE: The Diesel Depot, I understand that at one time it once had a large allocation (pre Tinsley opening) I can see from the combine volumes of the time some loco's allocated there, 41C I believe? some 37's and 47's alongside of course a collection 08's, is there a handy website which would allow one to search this sort of info or is it a case of the old fashioned method of pen and paper and going through th ebook, to find out the allocation list for a given year?

Hi, would anyone happen to know when eactly this box closed, as I understand it carried on for a while after closure of the through route in order to turn backl the passenger trains? Also any other info about the box would be interesting to read, There's a little bit here: http://www.signalbox.org/branches/nfl/hadfield.htm and this is what got the interest juices flowing,