4mm Far North Line

[Ben Alder]

Some more activity, or rather lack of, elsewhere in the yard - two coalmen finding something of interest on the platform, and waiting for the time to release the pigeons from their crates...

 

[Ben Alder]

A look at the Helmsdale storage siding.. The gas tank waiting on its next call and a camping coach resting before its further trip to its summer duties,,,

 

[Ben Alder]

Side effect of some photos of coaches today - two locos hanging about the station. A take on what Peter Drummond might have done for a 0-6-2T, based on his later loco on the GSWR, and an excuse to use the excellent Hornby J15 chassis and Ben Wyvis on shed getting used to its new tender, with a cab shelter. This I took from a photo of a pre war Ben with one such fitted and was originally on another of my builds but they didn't get on well so the two locos swapped tenders and now both are happy with their partners. Its funny how individual engines can have their quirks, but then what with their Frankenstein origins its little wonder that some individualism creeps in.

 

[D6356]

Lovely pics, I guess drawbar heights and lengths can differ just a fraction and that can make for a happy "marriage" or not. On the FR attempts to swap Linda and Blanche tenders did not work so it happens in the real world, well narrow gauge. I think Std classes might have been easier, at least within classes.
Robert