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[lewisner]

It's there but if you hadn't mentioned it I wouldn't have noticed. Personally I think that when you get the detail such as platform seats etc and scenery you won't notice it at all.

 

[PortLineParker]

Thanks Lewisner; you're probably right in that the platform furniture would have disguised it but it was bugging me and had been for a while, so this morning has been spent rectifying it. I'm pretty pleased with the result and all it took was a small section of straight platform (2nd screenshot) which looking at pictures may not be entirely unprototypical so I'm happy.

Also built today is the Up waiting shelter which has come out alright, though as always it's Sketchup so it depends on your definition of 'alright'.

Cheers,

PLP

 

[lewisner]

It may seem unlikely but in the mid 1960s there was a parcels train from Brian Mills warehouse in Sunderland to Bristol and it could be headed by an A4 of all things - I used to have a 1964 train register from Penshaw North signalbox and it confirmed this. Here is 60001 Sir Ronald Matthews of Heaton shed leaving Claxheugh cutting (pronounced Clatchey locally) and passing Ford Works signalbox and sidings. The sidings had a rope worked incline to Hylton Paper Mill which sadly caught fire in 1971 and removed a lot of traffic from the line which after 1967 terminated at Ford Works though the rusty tracks remained in place to Hylton station until about 1974.

A4 60001 at Ford Works 17.06.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[KotangaGirl]

Also built today is the Up waiting shelter which has come out alright, though as always it's Sketchup so it depends on your definition of 'alright'.

The platform shelter looks nice. There's nothing wrong with Sketchup so long as it's used sensibly. George Marshall and I collaborated on creating a collection of GER buildings made in Sketchup and they've been absolutely fine.

 

[PortLineParker]

Thanks Annie, it's rather basic (my 3D modelling skills aren't fantastic) but until someone produces a better one it fills a gap. Yes, I've made some use of George's assets already and very nice they are too. I know you both put a fair amount of research into them all so thank you.

The shelter as viewed from the down platform:

Cheers,

PLP

 

[KotangaGirl]

Thanks Annie, it's rather basic (my 3D modelling skills aren't fantastic) but until someone produces a better one it fills a gap. Yes, I've made some use of George's assets already and very nice they are too. I know you both put a fair amount of research into them all so thank you.

The shelter as viewed from the down platform:

And absolutely fine it looks too. Thanks for your kind comments about our GER buildings PLP. I got absolutely fed up with using generic make do buildings on my little piece of imaginary Norfolk and it all sort of took off from there.

 

[lewisner]

My current project is to model Hylton Paper mill , which is seen below in a superb aerial view from 1948. As a kid I had a friend whose father worked her so I got a bit of a look round (no Health & Safety in those days !). It's mind boggling but I think I can get most of the parts out of Masontaylors MFK models. The only object remaining from this photo is the disused wagonway bridge in the bottom right.

EAW014475 ENGLAND (1948). The Ford Paper Mill and the Ford Limestone Quarry, South Hylton, 1948 | Britain From Above

www.britainfromabove.org.uk

My current effort with an NCB train heading west past Ford Works box, high above the mill.

Hylton Paper Mill 19.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[neville_hill]

In Dearnbyshire, busy times in the newly-added yard at Ynyston:

Dearne United will now also have a football stadium in v2, adjacent to the goods avoiding line:

Duchess of Gloucester reaches the top of Douglass Bank on the approach to Inchley Junction:

A B1 emerges from the hills with a stopping train for Ynyston:

A DMU awaits clearance at Inchley with a local to Irwin and Quilton:

And at Aynmouth, Evening Star rounds the curves with an express for Dearne-on-Sea:

 

[lewisner]

Very atmospheric shots @neville_hill !

The inhabitants of Claxheugh Cottages had splendid views of the River Wear , the paper mill and the railway seen here with 60049 Galtee More heading a passenger train west. The cottages still exist and are valued at £135,000 each but now they only have views of the Wear and the Metro.

Galtee More at Claxheugh 20.06.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[KotangaGirl]

I finally found time to play trains in the snow on Tristyn in Winter. Some parts of the route are still WIP with stations being rebuilt, but trains can still run.

 

[KotangaGirl]

Still messing about with 'Tristyn in Winter'. I need to modify some tenders to carry the 'shirtbutton' GWR logo instead of the later GWR initials.

 

[lewisner]

A3 60095 "Flamingo" passes Newbottle Lane with an up KX train.

A3 Flamingo at Newbottle Lane 22.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[KotangaGirl]

'Aylburton Grange' (built Aug 1936) arrives at Gwladys Ddu shed. I have plenty of smaller engines for working the secondary lines and branches on Tristyn in Winter, but what I've been lacking are good mixed traffic 4-6-0's for working the mainline. Two more will be arriving once I've finished with fettling them.

 

[KotangaGirl]

22xx Collett Goods working a local passenger service. It wasn't uncommon for these engines to be used in this role. The tender still needs a shirtbutton.
Having just completed some track realignments and revised the signalling at a couple of the stations on the line this was a good opportunity to make sure it was all working as it should.

 

[IsambardKingdomBrunel]

Collett Goods loco's used to work local passenger traffic out of Neyland. To Carmarthen and Swansea, Annie.

 

[KotangaGirl]

Collett Goods loco's used to work local passenger traffic out of Neyland. To Carmarthen and Swansea, Annie.

Thanks for the confirmation of a real world example. I had read they were used in this role, but the reference was a bit light on details.
I can see why they would have been useful, - a handy small wheeled engine with a tender and a yellow power and weight classification, - absolutely perfect for the job in every way.

 

[lewisner]

A G5 hauls a short Durham train past Victoria Avenue in Hylton. Although the Metro runs here now, unrestrained tree growth makes photography impossible.

G5 at Hylton 23.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[lewisner]

My Paper Mill inches forward slowly. I forgot I had a picture of it from 1883 which states that construction of the wharf was authorised in 1880 at a cost of £900 including £572 for the Black Hawthorn 0-4-0ST and £76 for 2 tipping and 4 chaldron wagons . The little viaduct on the right still exists but it doesn't seem to have had a wagonway and judging by the 1862 OS map I think it simply allowed road wagons to tip materials into the adjacent cement works which had closed by 1920. The rolls of paper are simply scenery items as I haven't found a paper load which stacks vertically.

Ford Paper Mill Transfer Wharf 25.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[KotangaGirl]

Nice work with your paper mill and wharf lewisner.

The small sub shed and turntable at Valleyfields in 'Tristyn in Winter'. This whole area has been extensively rebuilt and now looks quite different to the original.

 

[lewisner]

60095 Flamingo crosses the Victoria Bridge heading south on the Leamside Line.

60095 Flamingo on Victoria Bridge 26.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr