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While it's not unheard of for goods yards to be signalled it's unlikely on your scenario, it would be local control - ie men on the ground. It's possible the connection to the main line could be signalled but it's more likely the actual signalling would be through the tunnel, very near to where the main line connection is located however with there being a tunnel you could provide signalling to ensure only one train on the single line at one time and so on that basis .. Crewe was resignalled to colour lights from LMS days through to today - the line through Coppenhall was resignalled on the cheap ca 1960, existing boxes were mostly retained but controlling colour lights, these boxes were slowly absorbed into bigger installations, Coppenhall (Jcn) being an example which succumbed to Winsford having lost it's slow / fast connections You could use colour lights* - a 3-aspect colour light with subsidiary in the middle of the toe to toe points to control exit, the subsidiary controlling the shunt into the neck (where the tarpaulin wagon is parked), you'd also have a GPLS (ground position light) controlling exit from the neck. An arrival signal is not really required unless the tunnel is envisaged to be quite long, if so then a simple 2-aspect, red / green could be used reading to all routes, which would be locally controlled as mentioned above. You don't really need a motor on the left most point but if you like it then leave it. * you could use semaphores if you like.

Heard the sad news this morning that Ken Gibbons has passed away. Ken (and his brother) were in the Merseyside MRS with me back in the 1970s / 1980s, he moved to Hull for work and settled into his model making on t'other side of the Pennines. I personally haven't seen him for a good while but friends saw him recently (Hornby show) and said he looked well. Ken was one of the good guys Condolences to Ken's family and friends.

My last bus leaves on a Friday - the next one is Monday so would be a very long journey for me.

Previously known as Paddy's Market but in a different location - as mentioned in my post above

Pie-eaters 😉🙂 - wools are more St Helens

One of my pubs from the late 1970s / 1980s - to save sensitive ears I won't go into detail but the entertainment was just that - entertaining, we also went to the Bank Hall hotel, the Dominion and the Griffin - basically all down the hill the way the arrow is pointing, had some good times in there but I'm not sure how welcome a non Scouse accent would have been. Along the road the white vehicles are following was Paddy's Market - a street market where lots of stolen genuine bargains could be had, but you had to be there early, by 07:00 it was too late for most bargain. Manchester - Mad for it our kid I used to work in Salford, next to the shopping centre, same building as The Sunday Sport so we saw Freddy Star eating hamsters, and Elvis with his Lancaster bomber on the moon first hand. I started there in 1987, we (the company) eventually moved to Warrington in 1992 (because of the landlord, not the area). The area went down hill in the last couple of years, we had several cars stolen and lots broken into. The record was one of the engineers who parked his car in the public car park, walked about 50 yards across the car park, realised he'd left some manuals in the car and turned round to see his car driving away - gone in (less than) sixty seconds, it was found burnt out a couple of days later. We used to go to a pub over Broad Street, called The Church, interestingly on google maps, the pub is there on the overhead view but has recently been demolished on the street view - it had entertainment similar to the above ^ ^. Back to shed / locations : Never really had any issues over the years, but wouldn't go to some places now I'm more senile senior - the few times we were approached by the "Yoof", speaking the broadest Scouse we could muster seemed to either scare people off, or get an offer for a few beers - had some great times with randoms (non railway) in Scotland that way, couldn't understand a word they said and I guess they couldn't understand us but we just laughed and drank all night anyway.

Many years ago a forum member was threatened with legal action by a South Wales oil (iirc) company for using their trademarked images - can't remember if he contacted them asking for permission and they were a*sey at that point or if they discovered it and were then a*sey. The bottom line is they had a lot more money to duke it out in court so I'd be wary of taking advice from armchairs - you may well be in the right, but being in the right isn't always free to prove. Conversely when we had the Ginsters liveried 158 running on Widnes I contacted Ginsters who were more than happy to allow us to use the livery and I even sent them a picture of it which they enjoyed almost as much as I used to enjoy their pasties. (cut out most pasties / pies etc these days)

1W18 is a short working to Hereford only and 1V42 will probably terminate at Shrewsbury

Don't want to distract from Jim's thread but it (apparently) hit something concrete on the track causing damage to couplings / vehicles, losing a coupling which then hit a 150 rupturing it's fuel tank.

Luckily you weren't on the Dee Marsh last night Jim

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Try disabling your anti-virus - I had to reinstall mine yesterday after it was blocking secure connections to some servers and I was unable to add exceptions. Using "Pause Protection" temporarily fixed the connection issue so I removed and reinstalled.

2 of the Stowmarket RHTT services started today - 3S60 runs South but 3S01 is "mine". Now operated by GBRF Great Moulton 25/09/2023 (Monday) 66769, Paul Taylor Our Inspiration, and 66779, Evening Star, on 3S01, 09:22, Stowmarket D.G.L. - Stowmarket D.G.L. (17:41) - RHTT via Cromer, Norwich, Yarmouth, Ely and Bury. 1st run of 2023 season and later in it's circuit passing Eccles Road

66779 ran to Stowmarket on Friday and is in position for the Anglia RHTT which look to be starting tomorrow (25/09) so it had a busy week

A couple of years ago my wife and I were at the local school (where we both worked) for a musical, when we came to leave a parent had blocked the exit road (within school grounds). I asked him to move politely a few times, he flatly refused, in the end I got so angry I explained in more basic terms that he should move - he did. On our way home - in my wifes car luckily for him as I have dashcams, she doesn't - we were nearly run off the road by him overtaking in a dangerous place. Without evidence the police weren't interested but he put a complaint in about my swearing, to cut the story short, he threatened me with the police and told the school he had dashcam footage - "get it then" I said as it will show what happened. The school never pursued him for this, they told us they weren't interested in the near collision as it was off school premises and they sided with his complaint and didn't renew my contract which was up a few days later, The school contradicted their own policy on complaints numerous times but as I was not a full time staff member ACAS, while agreeing with me, told me there was nothing I could do formally. From my wifes experience and her colleagues in other schools it's apparent that schools wll always find on the parents side - even when they are in the wrong.

6N14, Tyne Yard - Potland Burn

July 2011 for 66101 Mick

I've left out a couple of workings, traffic has been a bit spasmodic again but another load arrived on 05/09 Eccles Road 05/09/2023 (Tuesday) Second raft of 8 MMA off 6L92, 02:11, Toton Up Sidings - Eccles Rd Johnston's Sdg (07:14) - loaded stone (16 MMA) wait their turn for unloading in the Exchange Sidings The train ran 50 mins early, I woke as it was nearly at Eccles Road, I rushed out and despite the fog it was looking like I'd make it but defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory when a tractor held me up for the final few hundred yards and so the train was already reversing into the sidings when I was approaching the station, I made the decision to go to the field adjoining the siding, fortunately I met the groundstaff as he was splitting the train and wandered back to the loco with him additionally the sun was in (unusual for the week in question), had it been out it would have been wrong side, so I took a few shots as the first 8 MMA were taken for unloading. The second raft of 8 MMA await their turn under the grab (honest) The weather had cleared somewhat when the empties departure time arrived. 66110 on 4M88, 11:56, Eccles Rd Johnston's Sdg - Toton North Yard (17:07) - empty stone (16 MMA) propelling out And off

After a couple of weeks without a train, it commenced running again on 07 Sept, another 2 different GeeBees at the helm. Eccles Road 07/09/2023 (Thursday) 66777, Annette, on 6P52, 12:13, Whitemoor Yard L.D.C GBRF - Lowestoft RECP. (14:35) - empty stone (20 IOA) 08/09/2023 (Friday) 66725, Sunderland, on 6P52, 12:13, Whitemoor Yard L.D.C GBRF - Lowestoft RECP. (14:35) - empty stone (20 IOA)

Don't keep us hanging - whats the answer ?

Wonder what that guy is doing on Nottingham East box, he appears to be standing on a small bench - maybe fixing a broken window pane, or realisng a stuck one - or something else.

Could be an "opposing locked omitted" (or relaxed) move Russ, meaning the signals out of the siding and the signal into the siding can clear at the same time - the three signals visible all being clear allows the engine to shunt in and out of the sidings during a run round move. I found some pics of the lever frame but it doesn't show