Diesels to Glenburnie Station

[glencairn]

As some people know, I run two train services (steam and diesels engines) on the same track layout.

Here is a plan of the layout and the services that run on the diesel days.

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Diesel Train Services

A -- Fiddle Yard. Is 'The Junction' for all trains north and south that passes Wyndham Farm.
The line over the bridge to the Fiddle Yard is not used on diesel services– B -- Diesel Engine Shed. C – Glenburnie Station. D -- Sovereign Street Station and Yard.

1 - Wyndham Farm. 2 -- The Ash Farm Fields. 3 -- J H Thompson Builders Merchants. 4 -- Marston's Scrap Merchants and house.

5 -- Small Industrial Estate. 6 -- The Bridge. 7 -- North Road. 8 -- Winterwood Manor.

Glenburnie is just south of Newburgh. The Newburgh & North Fife Railway left the Edinburgh & Northern Railway line at Glenburnie Junction.

Glenburnie in model form lies north of Ladybank and south of Newburgh in Fife. It is a terminus station originally served by The North British Railway Station. Like in many places throughout Britain, what were small towns are now growing larger. Glenburnie is one of those towns.

To accommodate the firms at Sovereign Street (a former North British Station on the North Fife Line), a single line was built from Glenburnie to Sovereign Street. The old line past North Road and Winterwood Manor was relaid and services resumed.


East Coast Services.

Passenger trains from Edinburgh and London Kings X arrive at The Junction, pass Wyndham Farm, the diesel shed, J H Thompson's Builder's Merchants and into Glenburnie. Because there is no run round at the station (deliberate), engines are changed for the onward journey to Aberdeen. All services are by Class 55s

West Coast Services

Passenger trains from Glasgow and London Euston arrive at The Junction and travel the line to Glenburnie. Once again engines are exchanged and the train continues to Inverness. These services are by Class 52s.

Passenger services are also ran from Edinburgh to Inverness and Glasgow to Aberdeen plus a local services Stirling to Perth. Classes 25, 26, 27, 37 and 47 are dedicated to these runs.

There are also Pullman services, Mail Trains, Parcel traffic and the 'odd goods train'.

A DMU runs from Perth to Ladybank; another from Glenburnie to Auchtermuchty. They also run to Sovereign Street and travel the 'old North British' line.

[glencairn]

Class 47 47406 'Railriders' on Stirling to Perth Service

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Ash Farm fields. Ash Farm is a family farm and is in North Tynedale, north of Hexham, Northumberland

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Glencairn

[bulleidboy]

Looking good - what size is the layout?

[glencairn]

Thanks bulleidboy. The size if the layout is 11 ft by 8 ft (give an inch or two )

[glencairn]

'On Shed'

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[glencairn]

Class 55 55021 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders running light to Glenburnie to pick up the southbound train to London King's Cross.

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[Mountain Goat]

I love the scenery and the little bits of history.

[mijj]

It's like post-cards from the past .
Jim.

[glencairn]

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

[glencairn]

The rebuilding of Glenburnie Station.

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Glencairn