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Its interesting that the postcards makes the note, "Near Letham". Letham was the largest village in Angus to remain without rail connections, despite numerous attempts to reach that location.

That arrangement was actually very common and would generally be worked by hand rather than shunted with an engine. A wagon dropped off could be rolled, using either a horse or a pinch bar to the far side of the point, where it could be loaded/unloaded, before being repositioned ready for collection. I suspect the wall you refer to is the loading bank, which would had merged into the surrounding land. It is interesting to note in the earlier 1859 mapping that wagon turntables are included at the end of this siding to allow access to end loading. A similar arrangement also gave access to the rear of the goods shed. The structure in front of the goods shed had at that time its own siding, subsequently removed. Also worth noting is that the main building is marked as the school. Perhaps this previous use explains why the future station agents got such a substantial dwelling.

I look forward to seeing that trap point modelled.

There was some discussion recently about trap points and there was at least one image of Auldbar used to illustrate. Re the Stationmasters house, it was in fact split, with the upper level (with the road access) being the station Agents home and the lower part being provided as accommodation for the signalman. J

Try the Angus Railway Group booklet (Vo2 I think covers Angus). http://maps.nls.uk/view/82883760 The Caledonian Railway Association is probably your best bet for photographs. John

Oohh now that is very nice.

Ian you wouldn't like to do some GNSR locos? The kits that follow would be very welcome here!!

Ian, from where did you source suitable drawing for this rather nice model? Secondly how did you make the fittings? Were these turned on a lathe? John

Not quite sure of the connection as the section through Glenfarg was not built in concrete, that part of the M90 stopped from the south at Jcn 8 at the A91. Can you explain please?

It would be really nice if this thread could gently drift back on topic. I will nudge it a long with this period image; Ex Caledonian 2P on GNSR territory as it works a short branch passenger through Claterinbrigg. John

Dundee - Forfar Rd, still with track laid in granite cassies.

Very nice indeed. I have a model of the station building somewhere in the attic. Arbroath must have been a very interesting location at one time. John

They were turned on the turntable at Kittybrewster, part of which involved a substantial reversing move between the shed and the station.

Now that is something i would look forward to seeing. That is a fascinating station with some unusual movements involved.

Scotty I cannot see it mentioned elsewhere but Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen by Michael Welsh is essential reading for you. ISBN-13: 978-1870754378 I actually find this period a bit frustrating because it gets so much attention whilst the earlier working over the Strathmore route get next to nothing. You can count on one hand the photos taken on what should have been a popular route and one that despite being Caledonian in origin had big ex LNER power almost from the start of nationalisation. Dundee crews would work Dundee to Aberdeen to Perth and back to Dundee and that started early into BR days. Anyway I wish you luck with your project. John

The restrictions on freight was a relatively recent phenomenon. The bridge used to handle extensive freight traffic. The only service currently scheduled is the Linkswood aviation fuel, but that will end with the closure of RAF Leuchars.

I've had another look and 27005/33 and 36 were also present. A quick google search produced this; http://www.flickr.com/photos/30268259@N03/2888384296/in/set-72157607494236875 So I think it is confirm as 26010 and 27005 J

26010 was an exhibit. The 27 would have been either 040 or 052, cant confirm which. J

It was a day of shiny diesels 27052 (I think) J

61508 is at Kittybrewster

Here is another shot of 546. Perth open day, 13/4/85 (I think)

Good to see you back up and running Dave. I am over that section of track on a regular basis and the recent work done there has left it looking like a jumble sale, with bit and pieces, catenary of course, boxes, pipes and wires all over the place. Just once It would be great to see a 47/7 emerging from the tunnels! Anyway if I can't get a fix on the real thing I know I can get it here. Cheers John

The 21 first is the second piece of good news I have read today. The first being the location of drawing that might get this project back up and running. I have a project waiting for some of these please. I would ask that some consideration be given to allowing an easier method of re-wheeling to scale wheels. Cheers

The NLS maps are a great facility and one that I use on a very regular basis. They are however only any good as a guide to the track plans. Cross-overs are regularly missed, points are shown in place of diamonds and other minor mapping errors are noted. The problem of course is that following the map would lead to significant errors on a layout. As is so often the case with research, use more than one source - especially a photograph. J