TheSignalEngineer

I felled that pole in the foreground in 1967. It also appears in the 6th photo about half way down this post, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/103821-can-you-identify-these-locations/page-23#entry2120454 it's the one behind the Clan at the signal. I recon you were standing at the top of the steps coming up from Lawden Road, which now forms the inbound section of Small Heath Highway.

A similar or possibly even the same Gresley coach featured in a photo of a train doing the station shunt at Templecombe that appeared in (IIRC) Modern Railways in the early 1960s. It consisted of a Bulleid 3-coach set and a Gresley full second of some description, headed by a pannier tank with a 9f bringing up the rear.

Regarding terminology for the facilities, the projects I was on which were referred to as Disposl Points were all operated by the Opencast Executive branch of the NCB

As far as operation is concerned, there are rules about which end the loco can be at when going over the auto-weighing equipment. You get a different weight recorded if the train is being pulled or pushed and depending on any gradient involved. At disposal points I was involved in, specially built for MGR wagons, the signalling within the terminal was controlled from a small switch panel in the same room as the bunker operating panel,

If you are thinking of the places where MGR trains were loaded I was involved in building several in the west and north midlands for both deep mine and opencast. By the tme they went to MGR traffic most of these were worked wholly by BR locos, especially at opencasts, although in some cases an NCB loco moved wagons through the loaders and into exchange sidings. When you post a sketch of the layout it will be easier to see what you are trying to achieve and we can come back with some pointers of where to look.

When I did a bit of work for the merchant where my great aunt was the manageress in the early 1960s at busy times we had the lorry pulled right up against wth wagon then the door dropped down onto the flatbed. We had the scales on the back of the lorry and shovelled the coal straight out into the bags, saved double handling. If it was for store we shovelled the coal onto the lorry, took it through the weighbridge, then shovelled it off onto the stacks.

We could start a 'Spot the 16 Tonner' thread with shots like that

One proposal back in 1988/9 was to move the junction down towards the old S&T Depot car park so that the platform could be put on the part of the bank where it is 4 tracks wide and a train could turn back withouit going onto the flyover.

The number is only a few off a GWR Ling in one of Paul Bartlett's pictures. I didn't think the Grampus came in until BR days. The GWR Tunny and Ling had fixed ends where the Grampus had removable panels. Although they all looked similar the Ling had lower sides, for the rivet counters it had one less rivet in the hinges by the look of the photos. Just to confuse matters the SR had wagons ballast branded Ling and Tunny, but they were 4-plank and 5-plank wooden bodies IIRC. Edit. Beaten to it by Paul's superior knowledge whilst i was typing.

I was involved in a proposal about 25 years ago to put platforms on the flyover line to allow the Bedford service to reverse and run to Denbigh Hall and MK. The idea at the time was to put the platforms on the embankment to the east of the main line with a walkway to the existing platforms

They're looking for vapourware addressed to the DJ

Just an optical illusion because of the weathering.

Quite possible. The bridge to the left of the signal looks familiar, I think may be taken in what was Avenue Street looking towards the junction with Tiviot Dale.

And no bites as yet

Looking at the background I think you are probably right. The cottages are a mirror image of the same design. The hills in the background look like your first suggestion now that you have reversed the slide.

I thought he did that on the day after it was announced.

Looks like the original one to me.

If it is Dingwall it's more likely to be Craig Road, two crossings to the east of Bridgend Avenue https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.6000143,-4.4292466,3a,75y,218.82h,72.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx8jCiRv7CSrnvSSbqMlSKg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Two already appeared on Ebay

Should get rid of the bridge bash risk on the main line at Georges Road, not many vehicles under 2.1m wide will be high enough to catch it.

I may be on the lookout for a couple to convert to other styles as my present kit-stash reduces.

Some domestic coke in big towns came direct from the local gas works by the coal merchant picking it up on his lorry. Our merchant was a way off from the works so he had the occasional 16 ton mineral of it to keep the stack topped up. He had a few places with coke fired boilers. Our school had a delivery direct from the gas works in a tipper lorry. We used to keep a small amount at home to mix with coal to give a slow burning fire when you didn't want it roaring away. The wagon at Torre may have been for loading at the gas works siding between Torquay and Paignton. The one I saw pictured at Bath Green Park was stabled near to Bath Gas Works. Both may have been for use to an industrial user who had bottom discharge facilities.

At the office we used to refer to it as the Barmouth and Yarmouth Railway.

I suppose there's a chance Building Control may not like your loft floor.