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[LarryG]

Rather than moving the box, Larry, it would be totally normal practice for the train to slow right down as it passed the box, for the fireman to collect the token from the signalman.

Just what I needed to read. Thanks. While waiting to see members comments, I whittled a piece of wood to make the foundation for piles of coal...


Sprayed it matt black...


Glued fine coal in the middle and larger lumps on the outer piles. The old coal staithes were reduced to half their height for additional storage...

 

[James Spooner]

Just what I needed to read. Thanks. While waiting to see members comments, I whittled a piece of wood to make the foundation for piles of coal...
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Sprayed it matt black...
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Glued fine coal in the middle and larger lumps on the outer piles...
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The only problem with the fireman reaching out, as I see it, is the signal box is sited next to a siding, rather than the main line into the platform. Might need rather long arms…

Nigel

 

[Phil O]

Put a board crossing out to the running line.

 

[paulc]

Put a board crossing out to the running line.

Then the signalman gets wet when it's raining which let's face it is 375 days of the year .

 

[PaxtonP4]

The only problem with the fireman reaching out, as I see it, is the signal box is sited next to a siding, rather than the main line into the platform. Might need rather long arms…

Nigel

Seeing that Highley was mentioned earlier then operation at Bewdley requires the signalman to cross two tracks to give the token to Down trains out of Plat 3. There is a boarded crossing provided. There are plenty of videos on-line showing the operation.

Here is one:

 

[Osgood]

Just a few personal thoughts that may have no validity to others:

Something about this box position within the overall scene doesn’t look right.
The angled juxtaposition to the adjacent yard line doesn’t help.
Does the remote location help to draw out the scene, or does it close it up?
You‘d get away with either box or water tower as a balance to the station buildings, but both it seems almost too much?

What factors governing its location would dictate this choice - I can only think of visibility?
Perhaps the factors that from the outset caused you to be drawn to the platform end location are still valid?

 

[LarryG]

Thanks for the posts re the signal box. After positioning the coal tips and staithes in the yard yesterday, it seemed there was enough detail down there without the signalbox, and so it will remain on the station platform. A new addition in this area is a tree. Trees, bushes were purchased from Temu and are okay although I intend spraying some of the more lurid trees...

 

[Osgood]

 

[John57sharp]

I like this latest configuration a great deal. It seems to sit right to me for some reason.

John

 

[Stephen Freeman]

Seeing that Highley was mentioned earlier then operation at Bewdley requires the signalman to cross two tracks to give the token to Down trains out of Plat 3. There is a boarded crossing provided. There are plenty of videos on-line showing the operation.

Here is one:

for the sake of completeness here are two photos of Highley, taken some years ago. The station being on a sharp curve the location makes sense.

Hampton Loade is on a straightish bit so being on the platform made sense there.

 

[76043]

Those trees look ok Larry, any chance of getting a link to Temu? Could be useful if you need to really populate an area without breaking the bank.
Cheers
Tony

 

[LarryG]

Those trees look ok Larry, any chance of getting a link to Temu?

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[Dai88D]

How about any of the following re the truncated siding:
replacing the removed bit, but make it look rarely used, or
replacing part of the siding and adding a camping coach, or
not replacing any of the siding, but grub up the grass so that the siding looks removed,
bunging a sleeper across the rails.
just asking for a friend.

 

[Osgood]

...
replacing part of the siding and adding a camping coach, or
...

 

[LarryG]

A little more detail on the coal siding with sacks used to mark out the original pile of coal plus scales and weights...



From this to this... The small trees I bought looked a bit lurid so I sprayed one with artists glue and spun it in a jar of ground scatter. The real trees in the background shows the new colours aren't far off...

 

[simond]

definite improvement!