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3 photos taken at Basford Hall Jcn on 25/1/1980. (Beast, who was with me and was more efficient than I'll ever be may have the numbers! )

Volunteers at Llanfair Caereinion waiting for the demonstration goods to depart 5th September 2015.

The buildings had been demolished by the time I visited the site in about 1973. Some remains were left until the area was redeveloped though.

My posts 80 and 92 in this thread shows views taken when I travelled from Lime St to Sheffield and was diverted over the line due to engineering works.

CJF, when editor of Model Railways magazine produced a special on "Compact Model Railways" and this featured a brief description and track plan of Maurice Deane's Portreath layout.

Lucky you! I ordered a Hornby J15 a week last Friday and it turned up on the following Tuesday, having spent a day in Keighley courtesy of YODEL (I asked for delivery by Royal Mail).

Class 507/508 units do have intermediate door controls fitted but when in the tunnel section to Liverpool the Guard must ride in the rear cab.

Most probably the rear doors were there to allow the S&T access to maintain the interlocking, connections etc.

I don't think the Bishops Castle Railway was repeating archaic practice but was signalled, when it opened, to the then "current standard". As the railway never developed as hoped, the equipment never needed replacing to a later "current standard". (a bit like today's electrical regulations! )

I've been looking at the Oakwood Press book, "The Lauder Light Railway" which has the report by Major Pringle of his inspection of the new line, date June 31 1901. A couple of his comments may be of interest. First regarding the intermediate station of Oxton. "At 6 miles 40 chains. There is a loop for passing trains here and it is a tablet station. There is a siding connection facing down trains, which is locked by the (Fountainhall/Oxton) tablet, and which contains a single lever. There are facing points at each end of the loop. These points are fitted with Annett's serrated bar lock, and have a rod detector on the Home signal. These points are thrown over by a train passing over them in a trailing direction, but these have to be replaced by hand before the Home signal can be pulled off. There is a single lever in each ground frame. "The signals, of which there 3, viz, a Down Home and an Up Distant and Up Home, worked from a ground frame on the platform containing 3 levers, properly interlocked. Regarding the terminal station of Lauder. "This is the terminus and a tablet station. There is a single platform line with a larger shelter. There is a run round loop, an engine shed line, and two goods sidings. There is not a turntable. "There are three sets of points in the passenger line, each of which is controlled by a ground frame with a single lever working Edward's Economical lock and bar. Each ground frame is locked by the (Oxton-Lauder) tablet. A ground frame on the platform containing a single lever working the Down Home signal, which is detected at both sets of facing points. "I might add here that the ground frame controlling the points at the dead end of the platform is scarcely necessary, and if the Company desire these points and the trap on the siding might be worked by hand with a balance weight lever, and the ground frame removed. "There is no starting signal, and the reference to signals in the Schedule to the Order is possibly misleading. At the terminal station a starting signal is, in the view or the Inspecting Officer, necessary, unless at such a station the Company undertake theat there shall never be more than one enine in steam. In this case such an undertaking would not be consistent with the use of Tyer's Tablet, which is the method of working proposed, and I, therefore, make a requirement that the Company should erect a Starting Signal interlocked with the Home Signal. This might be possibly be done by converting the single lever which works the 'Home' signal into a 'push and pull' lever.

WLLR No19, the Resita, at Welshpool taking water 23/9/2007..... ....and preparing to take coal at Llanfair Caereinion the same day.

River Esk at Ravenglass 12/7/1990

Dougal, in the rain, at Llanfair Caereinion 31/8/1997.

Seen today, 20/8/2015, at Llanfair Caereinion station 823, Countess being coaled. Chattenden pulls from the loco shed, visiting loco ###### Baru No5, a Mallet 0-4-4-0T from the Statfold Barn Railway. ###### Baru was left on the loop whilst Chattenden went (presumably) to do another shunt. No11, Ferret in its usual position opposite the signal box.

L&BR Isaac running round at Killington Lane 9/8/2015. Axe on display at Woody Bay, same date.

1501 at Kidderminster 16/5/1998 Tom Rolt at Nant Gwernol 10/10/2000 Edward Thomas at Tywyn Wharf 22/7/2008

Corris Nr7 at Corris 9/9/2007

Orion at Cyffronydd 3/9/2006 SLR85 at Llanfair Caereinion 3/5/2009 Countess at Llanfair Caereinion 9/8/2009 Holy War at Bala 10/7/2001 Joffre, West Lancs Light Railway 23/6/2013 44806 at Carrog 22/5/2010

Class 47s passing at Edge Hill Ca 1981 Hooton, 1980, a Fidlers Ferry coal train passes a Shellstar train waiting in the run round sidings Hooton 28/8/1978, taken from 47 028, 47 138 enters the run round sidings with the Shellstar - Truro

I hope these diagrams of Abram may be of interest. The first two are my sketches of signalling diagrams. The first is dated 1955. The second is undated but is after the line had been downgraded to siding status. The third is from the BR engineering notice (WE2) sometime in 1975.

On 11th April 1982 I went with a friend to have (as it turned out) a last look at the Woodhead route. On the way we called in at Georges Road Junction in Stockport as we had heard that the box, though officially usable, had had the frame stolen from it. It had! We carried on but I took no more photos until we arrived at Thurlestone Crosssing; it was boarded up but the door was open. Looking to Penistone Looking to Dunford Bridge The lever frame; some of the lever plates were gone but a few remained (for a while!) Next stop was Penistone Goods Looking to Dunford Bridge Looking to Penistone Station A blurry view of the frame Two views from the track looking to Penistone Station On the up side in a compound nearer the station were this collection of stock. We then made our way to Clayton West to take some more photos there. Finally, I mentioned the signal plate from Dunford East. Here it is in the company of 4 lever plates from Thurlestone Crossing (amazing how useful a one-penny piece can be!)

No, I only took photos. My car was a Morris Marina so I think I'd have had to fold the nameboard in half to get it in! I did find a signal plate on the ground (honest! ) at Dunford East which I still have.

Arriving at Penistone, I didn't take that many photos; I either ran out of film, time or energy! From the Huddersfield platform. Huddersfield Jcn box. Looking back to the station from the box steps. Interior view taken through the door window as the box was closed. Electrification Dept coach in the sidings. Nameboard. With these taken, it was back in the car and the journey home!

We walked on until we reached Dunford East box. About halfway between the West and East boxes we saw these huts where the down loop(?) left the down main and I wondered if there had once been a signal box there. Approaching the box were some derelict signals; the first on the up loop and the second had once applied to lines (by then lifted) from a marshalling yard. The East box itself. The box had been considered "abolished" earlier in the year after the block instruments were stolen according to some paperwork I later found in one of the boxes (Penistone East, I think). We made our way back to the car and headed over to Penistone.

The next stop was at Dunford Bridge. A rear view of the West box completely boarded up. Some views of the approach to the old tunnels showing the CEGB tramway. Back on the mainline Looking to the tunnel. In the tunnel looking east, the signals are still lit. The regional boundary Walking through the station Looking east from behind the box.... ....and looking west showing the CEGB line