micknich2003

A brilliant "12ins" scale modelling job, pleased to hear you have gone to the trouble to locate proper "Imperial" sized bricks. Shall you do likewise with the the fixings for the locking frame and obtain correct Whitworth screws/bolts/nuts etc? Best Wishes, Mick.

I have further information on Weedley, such as the "Line Diagram" etc. Yes, for some reason or other, which now escapes me, but is well documented the line was at the construction stage diverted. Mick.

I made the sign on the "Electric Telegraph Instrument" and then printed it onto cream coloured card. The style and details were taken from '50's photographs and a surviving sign I discovered still in situ, and not that many yards from where the model is suposed to be. Subway Street, is a real place, it still exists and originaly went under the H&B Rly. The phone number is typical for the area and 1950's, likewise the telegraph address. Mick.

Thanks Mick, but first we need to go to York and get the "A7" GA and Detail drawings. Mick.

Attached, what will probably be the final pictures of the signal box until it is fixed permenantly on the layout. The "Back Drop" is not finished, but for now it will suffice, in the meantime, more pressing jobs to be on with. Mick.

On the off chance, anyone, does fancy having a go at Weedley as a model, here is the signalling plan. The tunnels at either end would both make perfect natural breaks to the storage loops etc. An ideal "Watching the Trains" layout. Mick.

I have rescanned the original print, attached and also a "Blow Up". Best Wishes, Mick.

I have checked the original print, and indeed it does look odd. Appears to have two sunken panels in the cladding, but is lettered N E. Mick.

Can't find a picture of a "Tiny" at Weedley, but attached a couple of views from the '30's. May even inspire a model or two. A perfect location for a "Watching the Trains go By Layout", a signal box, a farm crossing, plain line and a tunnel mouth at each end, Perfect. Mick.

Dear Paul, I pressume you are ref to the picture of the two arm miniature signal, with the "Fish House" in the background. The "Wooden Box" on the concrete legs, is a "Location Box" and will contain either relays, batteries, or both. In later years they were made from pressed steel and are little different from the ones you have on your side of the pond. Best Wishes, Mick.

Dear Dave, thanks for your kind comments, a lot more yet to do, but slowly coming on. I was once a very keen gardener, but no interest now. Out of respect for those who do like a garden, I do keep the weeds down. Mick.

When it was quiet on nights ( which was rare ! ) I used to go up there and have five minutes looking out over the water. I'm sure I heard the odd ghost of an Austerity in the distance..... Yes, you probably did, the last resting place for many of them was only a few hundred yards further east along Hessle Road. Mick.

Do you mean something like the fish house seen in the background of the attached picture? I think it is also the one you mention. Mick.

"Sallyfield Jct" is very much west Hull and Hessle Road area, as you know, east of Drypool Bridge is "Foriegn Country". The H&B had no "Three Position" signals, the model, though technicly correct, is pure imagination. You ask about the chalk back ground, attached in all its glory, photo of my back yard photo bench. You will also note, gardening, is not one of my many pastimes. .

Genuine H&B signal but fitted with a "Three Position" motor worked UQ arm. The "White Cliffs of Weighton", are a sheet of very weathered plywood. Best Wishes, Mick.

Paul, thanks for your kind comments, a long way to go yet. Yes, the line arm and insulators are fitted to the signal post. Mick.

The signal box, has now been finished for sometime. Attached view of it, in what hopefully oneday will be similar to its final enviroment. The bridge etc is no more than a photographic background, and obviously, is still under construction. Mick.

No, I bought the finials, I made the signal approx two years before I bought my first lathe (Which I still Have). In those now far off days, we were not too fussy and almost anything would do. The finials should have been of the "Open" type as per attached photo, and not "Ball and Spike", even so, the H&B did use them (Ball and Spike) on early signals. The signal I modelled was "New" c1914 and remained in use until 1959.

Attached a real blast from the past. The first signal I recall making, and certainly the earliest example I have captured on film. The exact year is now lost in the mist of time, but probably c1967. From memory the arms were cast white metal and sold by Hamblings, I still have a few. I do recall fabricating the brackets from Plasticard. The model was based on a signal once at Westbank Hall H&B Rly. Oneday, I may make another, it would be easier now, has close up photo's of the actual signal have turned up. All I had then to work from was a photo in one of the "Green Books" of an H&B 0-8-0 with the signal in the background. Mick.

Don't be daft John, we make model signals, these are straight from "Toy Land", they look nothing like the real thing. Mick.

Many thanks for the link. A very rare application of "Speed Signalling" in the UK. Mick.

Never seen one myself, but always been fasinated by them. The post and fittings are standard H&B, the arm is based on one of the drawings published in "The Model Engineer" December 1940. Mick Nicholson.

Attached three views of my latest effort. Sallyfield Jct No69 signal, three position motor worked Usual construction, arm cut from sheet. Mick.

Just found the three attached pictures. I will have made them best part of 15 years ago, and Iong forgotton. From memory "MSE" arms and fittings, posts and dolls filed from brass bar. Mick.

Paul, next time you do a NE Bracket, put the bends in the operating wires at decking level. From normal viewing distance they make a good representation of the "Rocker Shafts" used by the NE. See attached picture. I now also, use double thickness etches when assembling the decking and lampmans' landing etc. Best Wishes, Mick. Dear