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A newly discovered Frank Drake photo. 3775 leaving Blackney with loaded coal wagons bound for Bullo and then beyond.

Been playing around with giving the fiddleyard a backscene for some more photo ops as well shots from the main layout through the tarmway bridge of arriving or departing trains.

Cropped

and under the tramway.

Couldn't resist a grubby 16 ton mineral.

I would hope Ben Ashworth would approve

Slightly reworked mineral wagon and you can see both sides. Th colour photos I've seen seems to imply the coal dust appearing to stick to the rust. There is a new load of coal for the wood'un alongside, Oddly household coal for the Forest was imported from the Staffordshire collieries I understand.

The col train arrives from the colliery. and is about to be run round for its onward journey to Bullo.

A new addition to the coal wagon stock, much grubbier than the others.

A rare Frank Drake colour photo of panneir 3775

going back a couple of years from the previous photos, 3775 entering Blackney from the branch.

I apologize for interupting again. A rare colour shot by Frank Drake Of 3775 entering Blackney from the branch.

Apologies Tony for dropping in another 0gauge snap

D9502 leaving with a full ballast train.

Ballast train leaves behind D 9502

Can not resist occasionlly dropping in some B&W 0gauge stuff.

A recently completed semi scratch built ex GAR P18 10 ton Ballast wagon.

Both sides now weathered so I will call it finished. The first side has had a little reworking from previous photo. Spot the difference.

The finished P18 10ton Ballast wagon

And now the other ballast wagon that I suspect many of you will havw forgotten about, it has been over 8 months, the ex GWR 10 ton ballast wagon a P18 partly scratch built.

A rather filthy Grampus

Finished Grampus 2

and with G 1