Caledonian Railway Association Forum

No help whatsoever with the Dundee East question but the west end bomb damage was 17 and 19 Rosefield Street. Obvious even today;
The raid was 5 November 1940, killing two people.

John

There is a photograph in Niall Ferguson's book on the Dundee & Newtyle Railway. If you don't have access to that I can send a scan of it across.

John

This is Forfar Goods shed -https://flic.kr/p/QEnizT

Well worth modelling.

John

The suggestion on Western Thunder that it may be north of Newcastle led me to contact a friend with some knowledge of the area. I got this reply; It’s an interesting wooden footbridge design, but it’s certainly not the classic North Eastern Railway profile. The brick building in the background doesn...

There is a photograph of the plaque at Tayport stations at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fodeeroy/14632098984

The drawing would certainly be welcome.

John

Thats nearly a month and no reply to business e-mails, personal e-mail or PM via the forum. Does anyone know if everything is ok with Alba models?

John

Thanks Jim

Has anyone heard from Alba Models recently. I am trying to place an order, but am getting no response.

John

Tony I have not built his Caledonian range, but have used the GNSR coaches in the range. I found them to be very well etched and of a high standard. They are a scratch building aid and only provide the basic shell, but are a very useful resource.

John

Thanks Mike. The thing that got my interest was reading Peter Tatlow on the wagons of the Edinburgh based railway. With regards to their 8 to 10 ton Jubilee wagons, he states, "At the end of 1934 there were 9,545 8 ton and 3,496 10 ton end door wagons of NB origin. By nationalisation however, number...

I have been searching the forum looking for information on the life-span of the various Caledonian wagons. There are a few photographs in the wagon books of vehicles in LMS livery but can anyone point me in the direction of information about wagons lasting into the late LMS/early BR period. Many tha...

Tony, has there been any canvass of modellers working in 7mm to try and gauge if there is any interest in developing some of these items in that scale?

John

My first instinct was Gleneagles. The earlier layout at Crieff Jcn had the cross over directly under the bridge, where the later arrangement was nearer the platform. An early date would account for there being no pointwork under the engine. The only thing that does not match the early mapping from N...

Today is the anniversary of the Balmuckety accident. I thought these might be of interest;
John

In addition to the points that Jim makes, it would also depend on where you are modelling. I am sure that on some lines on the west the proportion of minerals would be even higher, whilst on the east coast considerably lower.

John

Much appreciated Mike - Thanks

Regarding the working of Balmuckety Crossing, the signalling diagram that I have (LMS) shows distant signals both sides of the crossing controlled from a three lever ground frame at the crossing. There does not though appear to be any home signals by which to actually stop a train. Would the expecta...

I would be happy with the file and then get them printed myself for 7mm.

John

I've added another of Forfar goods shed, along with a few others to Flickr. [url] https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] ... 887487204/ [url]

David, you are quite correct re Forfar, as I have a number of photographs of it prior to demolition. I struggle to attach photos on this site, so have put one on my Flickr page, here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ just to confirm the square windows. I do suspect though, that your good...

Has there been any further progress made with the wagon transfers? I am looking to get some printed for 7mm, I just need black text on white in PDF to get them printed and can do the general lettering using Word or similar, but so far have not found a suitable font for the CR lettering. Is there a s...

I cannot contribute regarding the era in the photograph but through the early BR days - which may be a clue to a hold-over from grouping - there was a regular flow of Fife coal over the Strathmore line to Aberdeen. This started at Thornton at 7:40 am and took the Ladybank line to Perth and then on t...

I have no direct answer, but it probably relates to the brick industry in the area. Taylor Brothers operated the Pitfour brickworks at Glencarse and as a Coal Merchant in Dundee were also the local distributor of building materials, lime, cement and fireclay products including the Pitfour Patent bri...

For 14? I'm having second thoughts that it could be Dunblane. In "Signalling The Caledonian Railway" page 27 there is what seems a fairly good match to this photo. It is just possible that the semaphore indicator has both arms pointing downward, an inverted "V", but difficult to be sure. That would...