rob D2 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Colas 47727 arrived at Deanside this morning with a couple of loaded ballast wagons. Looks like I'll have to start ballasting the layout. Not my favourite task but it has to be done. dt 3.9.18 001.JPG Ha, ha, you must be good at ballasting by now ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 Yes, I've certainly had plenty of practice ballasting layouts. Looks like there may have been some steel traffic at Deanside after all. When I mentioned short trains, I hadn't expected them to be this short! https://www.flickr.com/photos/21513703@N06/30565297330/in/photolist-22Gucge-cT8YYQ-85FWCx-qHWXzo-aZjgFx-85KLtN-9uuZvi-Rpd5Em-85KK7W-h5Dhx7-9CCKqs-dT2pv4-7cErL9-27tHnoY-6w9y8h-VamFLk-QjjMea-NyX921-acPv2M-kojTAR-gcXiJz-cfxc45-zAPR8E-Czbn7e-Vm3cDq/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 The 2 empty ballast wagons confirm that ballasting has now commenced at Deanside........ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I really enjoy ballasting.... is that sad? Its a Marmite subject I think! Trev 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 With ballasting now finished Colas 47727 departs Deanside. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Back to the 80s and work has begun on the concrete hardstanding for the unloading area. The warehouses will be repainted blue to match those at Deanside. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch1 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Following with interest, looking good so far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Liking the look of this layout a lot! Will be following with interest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neils WRX Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Drove past Deanside today (M8), tried to spot the 08 (not sure it’s still there), anyway I take it you are having a yellow 08? Looks like an interesting project. Neil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) Back in the 80s, the Mossend - Deanside trip working was coded T56 and, in 1988, booked for a class 37. Here is a nice model size example of T56 https://www.flickr.com/photos/21513703@N06/31031459350/in/photolist-27tHnoY-CudHjY-VamFLk-QLZnPq-QjjMea-Djs9vn-G8y2fQ-kRrnHD-Gkst93-Vm3cDq-MkDgNi-Czbn7e-aE5B3C-a7TYvr-pjfUa9-qdebHZ-jbUuex-23uiy9n-djYA8i-EpAxpF-bjW5qm-bhZAYv-aVtvv8-zAPR8E-M1UjaV-HzzKBy-CSZUUT-L9vJcd-Kbr2Dk-L9vHHN-CK3dST-KfSGbr-L37GgN-NX4tXV-NPfGQa-L38kYw-Ph9kKd-QLLKQR-251mJC1-uKhCkG-t8uKCJ-KfSH2z-NrKUJN-L5F8pg-x3BghY-x3Bgad-vLR7cK-vKkEr3-oGGU7D-bJo2JF Edited September 10, 2018 by Alcanman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Just finished the concrete hard-standing unloading area and already weeds are beginning to appear! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 It must be the 1980s at Deanside, my old Morris Marina has turned up! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted September 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2018 It must be the 1980s at Deanside, my old Morris Marina has turned up! It's in remarkably good nick for an L plate (1972/73) Marina in the 1980s ! I seem to recall a fair percentage of them were in that colour, which if memory serves me right BL called something like 'Harvest Gold'. My Mini Clubman of that era was the same. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 37174 going strong I see , I do like that model, saw the real one in 98 just after it was painted. Took 2 years from the start of EWS to get out of primer ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Hi - Just spotted this layout, great stuff. I used to visit Deanside as part of my job about five years ago, the 08 shunter was still parked up but when I asked the guy that was acting as my host he couldn't remember when it had last been used. Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 It's in remarkably good nick for an L plate (1972/73) Marina in the 1980s ! I seem to recall a fair percentage of them were in that colour, which if memory serves me right BL called something like 'Harvest Gold'. My Mini Clubman of that era was the same. Yes, mine was 'Harvest Gold' and it looked quite smart at the time. I also had another one whose colour, I can't remember except it resembled snot green! Must have been a Sunday afternoon, as I've just cleaned it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) Interesting.... and following! I've also been unable to find out when rail traffic ended, the last flow being paper (Stora Enso) as mentioned. Deanside is also mentioned as a timber loading point but that was c1999-2000. Agree every freight yard needs an excuse for some steel traffic. How about BDAs delivering plate for onward transfer to BAE shipbuilders on the Clyde? Apparently the site was originally a WWII Canadian Airforce depot. Alan The Deanside Transit Depot was built in 1942 and was originally owned by the Clyde Navigation Trust, it was one of two in the area, the other being further up the branch at Breahead. The site at Deanside also featured Bogmoor Road Storage Yard, which later was the site of Campbells Shieldhall Scrapyard in the 1960s jim Edited September 13, 2018 by luckymucklebackit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 The warehouses have now been repainted blue and are looking a bit more like those at Deanside. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Looks great, I started off with everything Primer Grey, then over time added more colour, makes a big improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Foliage added to close the gap between the 2 warehouses and more grass/weeds added to the siding. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian@stenochs Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Drove past Deanside today (M8), tried to spot the 08 (not sure it’s still there), anyway I take it you are having a yellow 08? Looks like an interesting project. Neil There was more than one 08 at Deanside. I recall my mate, no longer with us, who worked at Barclays in Kilmarnock telling me they had been called in to sort out one which slipped a crank causing ‘lumpy’ running. I think he said it was cheaper just to acquire another rather than repair! Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 There were originally four 08s owned by Russells all maintained under contract by BR. The last pic I can find is this one, 08447 in a striking lilac livery. https://www.flickr.com/photos/turners_pics/7841156770/in/photolist-V4MXYg-5ABJgP-W2d65Z-MkdR5J-29HSocT-dLW8MU-9ne6R7-apDobD-59wEv9-fE8G8v-UdqmBf-fYfmBa-e9Le9F-aBxpKR-21DFYUZ-21EoZz9-4gekY5-kojTAR-UFFnF9-dKPKSX-Sdopix-rUSWDg-6FH6Qx-cWTYJ7-e2sAk7-iUSXs8-XJuWd5-gcXiJz-aM5sMK-nUa58F-dDWFX8-fdptoH-qHWXzo-mMzij6-78nRG3-ddFVbW-rdjDng-JBiEaq-nuzCtH-9pP1q7-85FWCx-7YXRGd-5iteys-uKYaov-cjFc2L-DN43Js-Xbsr1e-A6LcVZ-e5zCEo-CGvPpb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 There was more than one 08 at Deanside. I recall my mate, no longer with us, who worked at Barclays in Kilmarnock telling me they had been called in to sort out one which slipped a crank causing ‘lumpy’ running. I think he said it was cheaper just to acquire another rather than repair! Ian. That is exactly what Dawson's of Middlesborough did when one of their 08s slipped a crank. They got another one. C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 There were originally four 08s owned by Russells all maintained under contract by BR. The last pic I can find is this one, 08447 in a striking lilac livery. https://www.flickr.com/photos/turners_pics/7841156770/in/photolist-V4MXYg-5ABJgP-W2d65Z-MkdR5J-29HSocT-dLW8MU-9ne6R7-apDobD-59wEv9-fE8G8v-UdqmBf-fYfmBa-e9Le9F-aBxpKR-21DFYUZ-21EoZz9-4gekY5-kojTAR-UFFnF9-dKPKSX-Sdopix-rUSWDg-6FH6Qx-cWTYJ7-e2sAk7-iUSXs8-XJuWd5-gcXiJz-aM5sMK-nUa58F-dDWFX8-fdptoH-qHWXzo-mMzij6-78nRG3-ddFVbW-rdjDng-JBiEaq-nuzCtH-9pP1q7-85FWCx-7YXRGd-5iteys-uKYaov-cjFc2L-DN43Js-Xbsr1e-A6LcVZ-e5zCEo-CGvPpb Lilac is the Russel Group "house colour". Mmmm... tasteful. Not!!! Here's one of their double-deck, extended 15m trailers I used to haul, photographed at Tebay services at silly-o'clock in the morning a few years ago... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 That Lorry (I almost said 'truck') is a beast, Jordan. A bit too big for the layout perhaps! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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