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What a picture. I wonder how many more are hiding out there.

Simon/ Micheal, Thanks for both of your replies. I was convinced that I saw it show red, my mistake, but thanks for the explanations. chris

Definitely can show red. Didn’t have my phone out in time to catch it. Will try to get back and catch it showing the red aspect.

I spotted this signal yesterday, it is on the approach to Gorebridge station on the Borders railway. It appeared to show red, yellow and Green, would this be the norm for a single track line with passing loops? And I wondered what the label means too? any help would be great

@Rammstein2609 thanks for that very detailed reply. Lots to think about and explore. chris

Saw this at St Andrews, brilliant looking. Didn’t get a chance to say hello as you were deep in conversation. Would love to know more about the control panel and how it all works.

Thanks again to everyone for pointing me in the right direction. The kit linked above looks great, I’m doing this in N so it’s probably a job for the 3D printer. Thankfully A.A.Maclean’s book “A pictorial record of LNER constituent signalling” has some drawings which will be a great help.

Thanks for the quick answers. I am planning a visit to Bo’ness in the next week so I’ll have a look if I can.

Hi, My research for my current layout build has thrown up posts on a platform and fence that I haven’t been able to identify. I’ve cropped the posts in question and hope someone can help. it looks like the same thing just at either end of the platform area. It is from Loanhead, which was a North British station. The photos are from around 1959ish.

I’m only a couple of miles from there and it definitely looks like Gorebridge to me. @Ian Mac on the 1965 signalling diagram could Reniston Colliery possibly be Arnistion Colliery, for the Emily or Gore pits? Wish I’d asked about the Lady Vic signal box when I was considering that model. That fell victim to over ambition!

I thought I’d add a couple from a site that might not be commonly seen. This is the Biomass loading site at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool. The ships arrive on one side and are discharged into the silos and the trains run through and are loaded. As has been said earlier it is usually 60’s and 66’s that supply the motive power and the wagons are a good mixed of livery.

After a short delay (2 months!) I have finally managed to test fit the bogies and try the motor for size and position. I am using a Tomytec TM-10 chassis as the donor, it cost about £20 inc. postage from Japan via ebay. I was going to try and build motor bogies based on Alex Duckworth's own design but decided after sourcing small motors I might not be successful. Lots of web searching I thought I'd try the Tomytec chassis, the bogies are about 3mm short but I don't think they will look too bad. The chassis has different bogie sides in the box and I have pick the closest for the moment. Here are some pictures with the bogies in rough position and the motor with its components. A close up of the No1 end. The motor and its components. The motor will be housed it the cab where I hope it will all still look ok when finished. Now on with the build.

Just had my latest ebay purchase, Cinerails "Railways of Scotland Vol. 2 - The Waverley Route" VHS (cheaper than buying the DVD and it still works!) drop through the door. For someone who is too young to have experienced the Waverly route as a working line its an enjoyable watch. Lots of useful modelling inspiration, just a pity that the camera operator was on the Lady Victoria signalbox side as they went past! Recommended viewing.

Slowly emerging again are the platforms at Newtongrange. In good condition so far, just a pity they won't be used. The original station was roughly where the fence crossing the site at the top of the photo.

This has given me lots to think about. I decided that if I left it too long I'd get scared so I just got stuck in. I is not too bad so far. Thanks for getting it to me so quick.

Session 2 Thanks for all the comments for my first entry, they are very encouraging. I am working on how to power it and thanks for the suggested reading all very useful and inspiring. So after building a card platform with number 1 son (8 years old) for his Thomas and Friends garage layout, its 10*7 tail chaser with engine shed, turntable controlled with a JMRI powered Raspberry Pi, Hornby Elite and phones and Ipad for control. It keeps the boys happy (and dad), but thats maybe another blog. Back to the Clayton, work has started on the first engine cover. I am leaving the cab interior until the power challange is solved. The engine covers are being built separately for the same reason. This took about an hour. I need to work on my soldering technique as there is sometimes too much solder. Back to work for 2 weeks, so plenty of time to work on motors.

Building a 2mm Clayton. I am building a layout based on the section of Waverley route that runs passed the Lady Victoria Pit in Newtongrange. Coal from here was hauled by Clayton's for a time and unfortunately its not RTR yet. After trying to work out how to draw one in Sketchup and have it 3D printed I discovered that Judith Edge kits did a 2mm version of their 4mm kit. Perfect (I couldn't figure Sketchup out any way), so the kit was ordered. But I've never built a metal kit before and when it arrived yesterday the size of the task ahead got a little frightening. So today I decided to take the plunge and make a start. The following pictures are todays progress. The kit as it arrived. The first part completed. Starting the cab area. Both together. I have really enjoyed the build so far, I have learnt that you really don't need much solder at all. Hopefully more tomorrow!

Just found this picture, which I assume shows an RCTS tour, date isn't given. http://www.rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/show.htm?img=G-066-09&serial=2641&page=165 I think it is a more unusal view of the line and the Lady Victoria Pit can be seen behind the bridge. Can anyone shed some light on the DMU and would this have been a type that ran over the line normally?

Glenburn was the highlight of Model Rail for me. We visited on the Sunday and it was quiet enough to spend a long time looking at layouts which with 8 and 4 year olds can be tricky, and thanks to the operator who allowed my wife close inspection of the brass footbridge that had only been completed on the thursday night. She is now inspired to help my layout efforts, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/44346-lady-victoria-colliery/

On the Lady Victoria thread the question of coal being picked up local was asked. I have just bought some of the RCTS books, Locomotives of the LNER and came across this picture in book 7. The wagon behind the loco is from the Arniston group of collieries at Gorebridge, this may confuse the question further but the caption suggests it may have been picked up on the way back. Chris

The same bridge last year, it has now been dug out. Do you have any looking south from here, I am trying to identify this structure on the embankment under the colliery. I can't find it on a map or plan. It is roughly inline with the shaft but overlooks the route of the railway. Open to all suggestions. Chris

The picture has been captioned wrongly, that is the Lady Victoria in the background, the buildings visable on the right of the photo are the NCB central workshops and these still back onto the A7. It is a more unusual view, great!