millerhillboy

More photos will appear when there is something of interest to show!

 

Mike

Certainly looks like something worth waiting for, will be popping back in to check regularly.

Not sure about full-size but if I have more space, Haymarket depot is the big new development I have planned, plus some sort of fiddle yard to make operation more varied and fun.

That'll be worth seeing..

The sad thing for me is that I go past Haymarket on the train every day now, and sadly there is nothing worth looking at. I sometimes don't even look up.

25yrs too late for me....

If it does get moved though, it will be to a bigger railway room. :yahoo:

Full size haymarket depot?

Remember as a young lad going to Waverley to 'get numbers' and seeing up against the buffers probably not long after naming 47712 Lady Diana Spencer resplendent in 'very' silver roof. It appears she was named in '81 so I'd be 8-9 years old.

I can still remember the 'bling' of the silver roof and the effect it had on me.

For some reason silver roofs always held a big attraction as they usually represented pretty rare locos from Stratford, quite unusual up north but occasional performers on freightliners out of Craigentinny.

Of course growing up in the Edinburgh area I'd go on to see 712 and all her sister 'shove duffs' many many times over, to the point of hardly raising an eye in favour of the other many loco hauled services of that era in and out of Waverley.

Great stuff with 47711, really bringing back memories.170s just don't have the same effect!!

In this months Railway Heritage magazine - an article on the Waverley route. : http://www.heritager...averley-revival Nice photos of a BRCW class 26 D5301 on a local service and a BR standard 4MT 76050.

 

Neil

Great great picture of 76050, just not long finished converted a Farish 4MT to the very same 76050, including Hawick buffer beam ( a ###### in N gauge ! ) and to see her working through my namesake location is a an absolutely stonking picture for me.

Here is a rough diagram of my layout. It is approximately 14ft square and the complete running length, including fiddle yard is about 80ft.

 

There are four signal boxes and the signalling is almost complete - just a few shunting signals to finish at Whinburgh North.

1. Whinburgh South
2. Whinburgh North
3. Whitrope Siding
4. Slitrigg

I started the layout about 10 years agoat a previous house and completed the track about 3 years ago after moving. I am in the process of renewing the original pointwork at Whinburgh North which will include renewing the inside single slip with an outside single slip. This is to ease the curve into the loop platform with the objective of smoother running. I am taking a series of photos and will post them when the job is complete.

 

The last couple of years have focussed on formation of train rakes typically found on the Waverley route after the marshalling yards at Millerhill and Kingmoor were opened. This includes:

 

• The Midland Scot sleeper (class 40 )
• The Waverley (class 45)
• The waverley relief (including through coaches from Bristol and Poole - modellers licence!) (A1/A3)
• Carlisle - Edinburgh semi fasts (A3/V2/B1/ class 25/26)
• Stopping passenger trains (V3/J39)
• Fully fitted and mixed freights (A1/A3/V2/K3/B1/class 17/40)
• Pick-up goods (J35/J39)
• A variety of parcels trains - my particular interest (any of the above!)

It is helpful that there are now a few books with decent photos of trains that operated on this route. It is important form me to get the coaching stock right - most of which is BR Mk1 and Gresley/Thompson with a few Staniers and the odd hawkesworth/Bullied thrown in for good measure. Of course, with parcels and goods trains the options are limitless. I could fill the layout with parcels vans! Variety is the key.

 

Thats all for now

 

Coronach

 

 

Add me to the above mentioned slabbering pack of WR fans.

Really liking your running lists, very similar to my own. A nice mix of steam and diesel, best of both worlds.

PS Nice user name too!!

I would think, using google maps and some knowledge of the area that the picture was taken from where the A1 now goes across the Niddrie North - Niddrie West section (think thats what the junctions are) or from where DFS now is. The pylon helps place it.

 

Chris

Yes think I've got it figured out. Yeah someone up near the embankment at the back of Asda now.

Is that embankment in the background the line that eventually used to connect in at Monktonhall junction after running parallel with the ECML for a bit?

We're back in the environs around the top end of the route again, amidst the various chords and flyovers of Niddrie, where this awesome shot of another Clayton and a short and very modelogenic raft of ten matching branded Leith Grain Warehouse wagons was captured, absolutely beautiful:

http://www.railbrit....e2.php?id=32963

Great picture, and such a great livery for the claytons, never saw one in the flesh myself but that looks superb.

I'm from that area, cycled round that area more times than I can remember but its still very difficult to pinpoint exact pieces of track in the niddrie/newcraighall area.

Thanks for alerting us to that picture though, super stuff.

Trying to get my bearings on this one with the north junction and the houses on the right .. looks like the site of Brunstane station?

 

I went to Jewel & Esk Valley College in the 90s, have also used Brunstane station not that long ago and should really know the place .. but am still not sure if I've got that right!

No you are bang on, Brunstane station is about right.up to date view but from other direction

and including the replaced bridge as discussed above.

Note also the remnants of the bridge abutments of the avoiding lines.

Well now, it's about time I booted this back up onto page 1, and what better to do it with than a subtly weathered BFYE D8580 on a lesser featured part of the Carlisle - Edinburgh route, at Niddrie North Jct. Mini ploughs also feature, and the freight consist, although a local trip after closure of the through route, is very tasty Millerhill fare indeed.

http://www.railbrit....e2.php?id=32912

 

and I just noticed something very Haymarket about that headcode

Lovely, and surprisingly recognisable despite the passage of time. Well the horizon is still remarkably recognisable, but with a new housing estate on the right of the loco now that bits different.

That overbridge is still there in some guise as well I believe.

Hi All,

 

Please note...

 

Work appears to have started again!

 

Scaffolding has appeared around two of piers of the Lothianbridge Viaduct near Newtongrange.

 

Not had chance to go and speak to the contractors.

 

However, this appears to be initial work and a scafflod frame to protect the buildings of the caravan park from damage by falling objects.

 

Thanks

Phil

What sort of state of repair is the structure in? Its a fine looking bridge for sure but I wonder what state of repair its in.

I presume irrespective of condition it will have to be brought up to good repair, which I assume is what this work might be or is it perhaps just them having a closer look at what's there.

Either way good news I suppose.

A dull Glaswegian afternoon........

 

Lovely stuff, conjures up memories of flashing past HA or ED on the 47/7 service trying to scribble down as many numbers as possible

In response to a question in a PM, I hope no-one objects to me posting a wee bit of gen here in public...

 

Most of the WR DMU photos seem to feature, in this order:

 

Met-Cam triples Edinburgh - Hawick

Gloucester twins Peebles loop

Lightweights Carlisle - Hawick

 

However, the Met-Cam power-trailer combo was far from unknown on the line. And here one of the Standard Works (Caplan) comes to our aid. On page 31 we see what looks very much like 64H's SC51247 leading possibly SC56405 at Hawick in GSYP in an undated photo. This is further interesting in that this twin was only at Leith Central (Home of the Borders DMU) during 1966.

Thanks 'Chard, just the ticket I needed and even more so being GYSP.

Sure I've got that publication somewhere.

Thanks for your efforts.

Bang goes the savings tin, in fact it goes right out the window with this announcement.

Hi Simon,

I'm impressed, the result looks very good.

I've just finished a similar project myself but in Ngauge using a brass etch

I used Google Sketchup as my free cad

My model lacks some of the detail of yours but in the smaller gauge it's more the look of the thing

http://www.stuartmoo...sh_class_25.htm

You could try N-Brass for 2mm lamp irons to give the front ends more of the details you require.

Certainly looks better than the standard Farish front end which looks weird with the big deep window cavitys.

Good stuff, I've always been a bit cagey with attempting to recreate hardstanding in N, I've had a few attempts but nothing has quite looked right.

This definitely has the makings of looking 'right' for sure. With weathering and blending I think it's going to look spot on.

I've seen quite a lot of poorly executed concrete representations to be honest, no criticism as I know its difficult but I'd rather do it right myself.

How did you get the top of the filler flat, just scraping an edger along the rail top and then running wagons up and down (and cleaning wheels).

Also what filler did you use?

Very interested to see how your hardstanding pans out, did you do the whole area with filler - even in between the tracks?

And did you just run the flangeways in with wagon wheels whilst the filler was still drying?

Good stuff and please post the finished hardstanding if you can, it'd be great to see it finished.

Absolutely different class, I guess this must have taken you a good few hours, but I can assure it was worth it. Its so interesting to see unique non-RTR buildings in N, I love layouts where buildings are all uniquely made.

Hi,

 

Thanks for your comments, I'm in Toolo in Helsinki

 

The O1 steps were scratchbuilt from plasticard, I had to make a cab floor and then hung the steps from the floor with thicker bits of plasticard behind for strength. The step treads are made from two layers of the thinnest evergreen strips I could find.

 

Thanks

 

Simon

You've done well, I wondered if they might have constructed. I've tried a few times to make steps using that technique but never found they had the strength.

I keep meaning to take the train from Tampere down to Helsinki for a day trip, can't be too much british N gauge modellers in Finland at any one time!!

Hi Simon

Great work and always nice to see folks doing interesting stuff in N gauge.

Can I ask how you made or where you sourced the steps for the O1, I'm looking for something similar for some 2-6-4 4MTs, your look good.

keep up the good work, all the best

regards

Craig

ps Where about in Finland do you live, I spend time in Tampere regularly with work.

Really really nice stuff....

Some of those pictures have a real feel of an East Lothian village to them somewhere on the ECML.

Also absolutely loving the Edinburgh based traction as well, something I'm trying to recreate myself in N gauge. Keep posting your pictures as they are truly great to see.

 

 

47458 storms past the closed box at Lochmuir with the 14.05 Birmingham NS to Aberdeen. July 1980

Is it just me or does the buffer beam red look like slapped on lipstick? Just me then....

Was that in the day when silver roof generally meant a SF loco?

Other than some of the 47/7s which had it when in large logo livery I always associated silver roofs with Stratford.

I remember in the mid 80s on the ECML just outside Edinburgh we always used to wait for a nightly freightliner service, possibly originating at Craigentinny, which occasionally turned up a silver roofed effort which I seem to recall always were SF locos, often accompanied by the sparrow shed logo.

It's great that more of the Ken Gray collection's making it onto RailScot, here's lovely D5069 at 'oik.

http://www.railbrit....e2.php?id=31577

Enjoyed seeing that one 'Chard. Nice bit of steaming sulzer action .

Another great addition to an already superb line-up of Edinburgh themed locos.

A quick catch-up session on Railbrit's "new images" found me these diesel shots on the Wavey route:

http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete2.php?id=31014

http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete2.php?id=31037

http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete2.php?id=31046

Just trying to imagine the racket that would have been heard during the first photo, with the sound reverberating around the trees. As the caption states 'accelerating' as well so would have been a nice old din!!

Nice to see a 37 picture as well , as much as I know photographic of such beasts are few and far between.