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Well worth trying to catch Jim Finlayson talking through all the differences and how and why he saw them happening over the hundred years between 1913 and 2013.

I recall an article in Railway Modeller from the 1970's that featured a layout based on the first days of the S& D with scratchbuilt rolling stock. What stuck in my mind was the builders comment that he had not weathered anything because of course it was all brand new which seems a great excuse if you don't want to weather your Hornby Locomotion and stock.

The completed Underhill kit for inspiration.

Quite an interesting video from the NRM on Imperial No 1 which may be of interest - https://youtu.be/aym2V73J-mE?si=F5CTJG2e2c3Crg3u

Yes. I had thought they were plastic mouldings rather than part of the laser cut parts but realised after I had posted they were the laser cut parts. Thanks

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Now showing as in stock at Rails of Sheffield https://railsofsheffield.com/products/peco-lk-203-west-highland-railway-station-building

Apparently one of a limited edition of 25 by Signalmeister Modellbahn this HOm Spatz is not as as detailed as a Bemo equivalent model would be but it runs well and fills a gap in my SBB Brunig/Zentralbahn collection. Acquired at an auction a few months ago.

Since moving to Kinross I have taken an interest in the now long gone ex North British Railway station of Kinross Junction - which was about 500 metres from my new house. I found this photo of the platform building which appears to have poster boards for the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the Great Central Railway on the end of it. I had always assumed that these sorts of boards would only be used for the owning companies advertising but was that not the case? Maybe they were rented out to other companies as a source of revenue or perhaps some sort of reciprocal advertising arrangement. Any ideas? Thanks

Not sure where you might be based in NZ but Ironhorse Hobbies in Christchurch had a reasonable selection of British 4mm (mostly Hornby) and 7mm (mostly Peco) items when I was there about three years ago. I also seem to recall some American stuff but as it was not really one of my interests, I did not particularly pay much attention.

Great photos. Do you mind if I ask when this was? You make a couple of references to "today" and I wondered if it was just last week. We were there last week and it amused me to think that we might have been on some of the trains you photographed including the Glacier Express. Andrew

Just found another photo

I have sent you a message with the article. The viaduct still exists. It is a pretty substantial structure so it was probably easier to just leave it rather than demolish it when the line was closed. This is it about ten years ago. ten years ago

I have had a long standing interest in Lochearnhead and produced a Plan of the Month based on it for the May 2011 Railway Modeller. I can send you a pdf copy if it is of interest, One of the things I found fascinating about it is that because it closed so early there are hardly any photographs of it in use. Most of the ones I have are actually publicity postcards from the railway and a few are shared below.

I enjoyed seeing Loch Doune at Cupar yesterday. It certainly showed what is possible in a small space.

Hard to tell apart from from their current bag but that one must be at least thirty years old if it has the Rose Street shop on it.

As promised similar photos of Glen Douglas - with the GNoSR Gordon Highlander in the background of the last one

Interesting that in the first picture the only person wearing a hat is the one not doing anything-presumably the gaffer.

I posted some photos of the Jones Goods being moved to Glasgow Museum of Transport in 1966 in the thread on the Rapido model - At the same time the other preserved Scottish Locos were being moved from Govan Goods Yard and here are some photos of Caley 123 and the G&SWR tank loco taken at the same time. There are also some of Glen Douglas which I will add if I can find them.

Thought these photos of HR103 being loaded onto low loaders at Govan Goods Yard for transport to the original Glasgow Museum of Transport at Albert Drive, Glasgow in 1966 might be of interest.

Railway Modeller for September 2014 has a set of drawings for the engine shed which may save you some brick counting.

Bought my first Swiss HOm model from Hochstrasser in Lucerne in 1982. Hard to realise that was forty years ago.

Thanks for all the comments, insight, photos etc. An intriguing topic.

Fascinating and seems to help explain it as well as the Christmas model villages that seem to appear in September at Garden Centres. Thanks

Can anybody shed any light on why a train round a Christmas tree is seen as an essential part of Christmas - even in mainstream media. Question prompted by its appearance on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special which my wife is watching. Could it be because the train set with a circle of track is a natural Christmas gift and it just became a thing to put it round the tree or is there maybe some other connection between a Christmas Tree and a train set. Thanks