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I mention trains running to Leeds Central Station. As the real station closed 1st May 1967 I have taken the liberty of modellers licence and it is still open. It was opened in 1854 as a joint station between the London and North Western Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the Great Northern Railway and the North Eastern Railway. It replaced the cramped LNW terminus at Wellington Street, which had opened in 1848 with the line to Dewsbury.

On the model layout trains from Earlsheaton Junction are mainly DMUs and go to Leeds Central

DMUs also leave Central Station and travel to Wetherby and York passing Roseville School etc. on the way.

Diverted trains from the south can and do pass Crown Point and Sovereign Street before arriving Leeds Central. Hence Class 55s are seen.

Diverted trains from Huddersfield and Manchester also use the line. Class 52s are the locos in charge. (I have had a 'soft spot ' for them ever since I was 16 years of age) (Rule number 1 applies)

The odd train is seen diverted on the 'Wetherby Line'

Diesel engines that are seen at Crown Point are refuelled if necessary and go to Central Station OR Balm Road Quarry Sidings for their next turn of duty. Now I have a great turn round of diesel engines which I did not have before.

All good fun!

Glencairn

Longer trains means Class 47 47423 'Sceptre' can be seen with the evening oil train winding its way through Sovereign Street as it heads north.
Cass 46 46010 Arriving at Crown Point.
Glencairn

glencairn wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:07 am Longer trains means Class 47 47423 'Sceptre' can be seen with the evening oil train winding its way through Sovereign Street as it heads north.

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Cass 46 46010 Arriving at Crown Point.

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Glencairn

The interesting part about that scene is the track power point actually looks like it is meant to be there as part of the depot scene. It is in just the right place.

Mountain Goat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:44 pm
The interesting part about that scene is the track power point actually looks like it is meant to be there as part of the depot scene. It is in just the right place.

I shall have to hide the wires though.


Another locomotive that wasn't given much running time until now -- Class 45 45048 The Royal Marines
''A long lost 'nodding Donkey' has returned.'' Borrowed by my son for 'a couple of days' three years ago!

Waiting at the signal until Class 52 D1027 Western Lancer with a diverted Manchester to Leeds Central train clears the junction.
Glencairn

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Oop’s...... frozen points at Sovereign Street or leaves on the line at Crown Point - where is Charlie Marston when you need him to sort out these technical issues ?

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Oop’s...... frozen points at Sovereign Street or leaves on the line at Crown Point - where is Charlie Marston when you need him to sort out these technical issues ?

I was trying to edit an earlier post (like I can on a shipping forum I am a member of) but it didn't work, so I gave up.

Meanwhile -- "Five minutes of fun."

D9004 Queen's Own Highlander and train. (How to scare any 'passengers' and me )
56035 passing Charlie Marston's Yard.
Glencairn

A picture or two of 'down the line' (for new readers and 'old' as a reminder).

Parcel train leaving the fiddle yard.
Wyndham Farm. The real Wyndham Farm is near Caldbeck in Cumbria.
Another interest of mine is canals and canal boats. Here is 'Clarice'
Glencairn

Looking up the small Industrial Estate to Wyndham Farm. Class 37 37026 Glencairn on its way to Balm Road Quarry Sidings. (The Fiddle Yard)
Class 47 47483 has just left Crown Point Yard
View from the control area. In the distance Class 47 47483.
Glencairn

A view of the road at the end of Crown Point yard. Use of a small mirror pushes the backscene out.
A view looking over canal corner.
Glencairn

A little more added --

Outside Roseville School -- Walking the dog.
At the level crossing.
Glencairn