jameshilton
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Mel that looks great - I'm out to get some cement dye this weekend now!
Today on the WGLR
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jameshilton
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I'd be most worried about getting a reasonably sharp edge along the edge of the track - but enough off topic wandering - good work Mel - inspirational and informative 
Some photographs taken by an unknown enthusiast in the 1950's have recently been unearthed marking the final days of the Glascwm Tramway.
WGLR No.4 pulls into Cockshutt Mortimer where the little diesel is seen shunting the tramway stock. (OK, ignore the nameplate on the signal box).
The diesel is in BR colours although the rolling stock still carries it's Glascwm Interchange Tramway lettering.
No.4 gets ready to depart towards Pant Glas Road and Wetton with a passenger train of original WGLR coaches.
Our photographer appears to have had some time to wait for his connection to Shrewsbury from Gooey and took the opportunity to take some shots of the interchange yard which was still looking pretty busy.
Even 30 odd years after they had ceased to exist, the Cambrian Railways were still represented by the faded lettering on a narrow gauge wagon being loaded at the interchange.
WGLR No.4 pulls into Cockshutt Mortimer where the little diesel is seen shunting the tramway stock. (OK, ignore the nameplate on the signal box).
The diesel is in BR colours although the rolling stock still carries it's Glascwm Interchange Tramway lettering.
No.4 gets ready to depart towards Pant Glas Road and Wetton with a passenger train of original WGLR coaches.
Our photographer appears to have had some time to wait for his connection to Shrewsbury from Gooey and took the opportunity to take some shots of the interchange yard which was still looking pretty busy.
Even 30 odd years after they had ceased to exist, the Cambrian Railways were still represented by the faded lettering on a narrow gauge wagon being loaded at the interchange.
jameshilton
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Lovely, especially the ones in the interchange yard!
flyingsignalman
Narrow Gauge railways, Garden railways, Signalling
Cracking pics Mel; you're setting high standards for the rest of us to follow!
garrymartin
My Family,Railways, Beer and the Seaside
Nice pictures there Mel, the new surface in the interchange yard reminds me of the cinder paths you used to see when I was a lad, they were cruel to your clothes when it rained & worse to your knees if you fell on it. 
Thanks chaps, must admit I might just stick to black & white photos in future?garrymartin said:Nice pictures there Mel, the new surface in the interchange yard reminds me of the cinder paths you used to see when I was a lad, they were cruel to your clothes when it rained & worse to your knees if you fell on it.
I know exactly what you mean Garry. My favourite old uncle was a railway man when I was a boy and all of his garden paths were made up with cinders he'd bought home from work. I skinned my knees and came home filthy many, many times. But the smell of those cinder paths .................. wonderful. :love:
The last of Fred's wagons has been rolled out.
OK, it's yet another horsebox, but this one is a little different (apart from the fact that it's built from wood rather than plasticard). Tarrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaa ...................
Yes, ALL the doors open. Fred pulled all the stops out on this one, it's a brilliant build. All I've done is paint it, fit the running gear (robbed off an Accucraft L&B wagon. Hopefully I'll be able to get replacements from Llanfair), made a roof and fitted a loop coupling at one end - the other end will have a chopper (to solve the earlier coupling issues) if I can get some from the show. I've also added some internal details like a bench seat in the groom's compartment .............
............. and tie rings for hitching the "passengers" to.
OK, it's yet another horsebox, but this one is a little different (apart from the fact that it's built from wood rather than plasticard). Tarrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaa ...................
Yes, ALL the doors open. Fred pulled all the stops out on this one, it's a brilliant build. All I've done is paint it, fit the running gear (robbed off an Accucraft L&B wagon. Hopefully I'll be able to get replacements from Llanfair), made a roof and fitted a loop coupling at one end - the other end will have a chopper (to solve the earlier coupling issues) if I can get some from the show. I've also added some internal details like a bench seat in the groom's compartment .............
............. and tie rings for hitching the "passengers" to.
CoggesRailway
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fantastic....
garrymartin
My Family,Railways, Beer and the Seaside
I would change between colour and black & white as your whimsy or the subject dictated, they did have colour photography in the 50's !
P.S Nice horsebox :love:
P.S Nice horsebox :love:
Fairy snuff.garrymartin said:
During my enforced absence from t'internet, things have been moving on on the WGLR thanks to a week of lovely weather. Here are some of the things that have appeared;
First, a horse loading dock to serve all of those Fred built horse boxes. Here a couple of local ......... errrrrr ....... characters load ponies for ........... well, at least it's not the pork pie factory????
The actual dock is a condemned flat wagon (LGB) with some fencing bought from a toy shop. The figures are Jon's Models and the ponies Schleich. The ramp came out of Peter Jones' bits box and is from an LGB bridge.
I've also got on well with the ash ballasting using the sharp sand, cement, cement dye mix. I applied this wet in Gooey yard, but have applied a dry mix around the track and then wet it with a garden sprayer. First the goods siding and link to the RAF depot. alongside the tramway.
And also the standard gauge "fiddle yard".
I got a couple of Pendlebury buildings from Stockers at the Llanfair show and these now make up the world wide headquarters of the Cockshutt Coal & Coke Company in Gooey yard.
Finally, ballasting the goods yard has enabled a gate to be fitted between the pump house and the RAF Depot. This has proved a popular place for enthusiasts to grab a quick shot of Hank The Yank at work .................... when the RAF Police dog is looking the other way.
