Rosehearty - GNSR New Aberdour Branch

[John Duffy]

Progress is ongoing with building the west end fiddleyard which means that for the first time I can now run all the way through the layout. That seemed like a fine excuse to run some trains.

This is a New Aberdour to Fraserburgh service calling at Rosehearty, with a couple of loaded fish vans on the rear.



The pick up freight works the coal siding in the yard, with ex GER F4, 67164 moving some mineral wagons around.



John

 

[John Duffy]

Post replaced, with photos this time. (Hopefully!)

John

 

[oldravendale]

Hi John.

Have you dragged these images across because I can't open them, even using my trusty Fn/F5? I'm no computer whizzo but I believe this was explained recently as one of the reasons for images not appearing on a couple of threads. Doubtless someone will be along in a minute to explain it properly.

Brian

 

[John Duffy]

How strange. They were there in the preview. Thanks for telling me as I wouldn’t have known.

Trying again;

The afternoon pick-up goods was worked by the D40 today. Coming from New Aberdour, it runs through the station and pulls up short of the lever frame.




The crew unlock the frame and cut off the wagons for the yard here. An empty open and a van are the only incoming trade today.





The engine and wagons pull clear of the entry point and sit while the lever frame is set to allow entry to the yard.





The incoming stock is positioned as required and an outgoing ex LMS van is added to the train. The frame is reset and locked, then the the pick up proceeds to Fraserburgh.





All in a days work


John

 

[AdeMoore]

John the layout and the photos are truly first class.
Stock and loco weathering ground colours etc Mark it out as a fine model.
Is there editing to the photos or are they straight out the camera?
Cheers
Ade

 

[John Duffy]

Thanks for your comment and feedback Ade, I really do appreciate it. I work alone and use the contributions from forum to drive up my modelling standards.
Other than a bit of cropping the photos are straight from my iPhone. I previously used a proper digital camera but find my phone gets you into the scene better. More like standing by the lineside.

John

 

[Scale7JB]

Lovely layout, and as Ade says, great photos too!

I do like a GE 'f' tank. Will you fit a kittybrewster snow plough?

JB.

 

[oldravendale]

Thank you John - and it was well worth mentioning that difficulty in seeing the pictures originally, it's a lovely set.

The D40s were lovely looking engines too. To my regret I never saw one.

Brian

 

[John Duffy]

Lovely layout, and as Ade says, great photos too!

I do like a GE 'f' tank. Will you fit a kittybrewster snow plough?

JB.

Thanks JB.

No, I won't fit the cowcatchers as they were put on at Fraserburgh for the St Combs branch, which it was built without fences. My line was proposed before that and would have been built to the full specification, rather than as a light railway.

John

 

[Joe's Garage]

Hi John, I must have missed this one as I am just looking through the Layout Progress forum and the mention of GNSR caught my eye. You have really made a fantastic model of this lovely station. I really like the interlaced pointwork and the wing/check rails are still rusty!! Very nice. In the same picture is a good view of the GNSR brake van with a small door for dogs(?) I think.
I cannot see anyone trying to drill holes in the barrels to get the whiskey out which they supposedly did when the wagons were parked in the sidings!!!

Thanks you for sharing this lovely layout. Not many GNSR models out there are there? Do you have any stock pre-grouping?

Julian

 

[John Duffy]

Hi John, I must have missed this one as I am just looking through the Layout Progress forum and the mention of GNSR caught my eye. You have really made a fantastic model of this lovely station. I really like the interlaced pointwork and the wing/check rails are still rusty!! Very nice. In the same picture is a good view of the GNSR brake van with a small door for dogs(?) I think.
I cannot see anyone trying to drill holes in the barrels to get the whiskey out which they supposedly did when the wagons were parked in the sidings!!!

Thanks you for sharing this lovely layout. Not many GNSR models out there are there? Do you have any stock pre-grouping?

Julian

Many thanks for taking the time to comment, its much appreciated. You are correct that the Goods Brake does indeed have a dog box. As for those attempting to broach the barrels for whisky, they will be in for a nasty shock. The barrels at Rosehearty will be full of herring!

One of the challenges of building both the layout and stock is the time it takes to get both developed simultaneously. As a result the early BR period has taken priority. However I did manage to find the two old postcards, showing the yard in earlier days.





Thanks again.

John

 

[oldravendale]

Those photos are, surely, a model masquerading as the prototype..........

Brian

 

[Jon Nazareth]

That's what I thought, too.

Jon

 

[3 LINK]

Amazing......

 

[Joe's Garage]

Lovely postcards John, may I ask which station you modelled the station building on? You have captured the atmosphere beautifully and quite believable. Apart from the building it is similar to Urquhart on the coast line. There was a lot of modelling information in the old Model Railway News and early Railway Modellers which I have kept for future use...you may have rekindled an urge as they say.

 

[John Duffy]

Lovely postcards John, may I ask which station you modelled the station building on? You have captured the atmosphere beautifully and quite believable. Apart from the building it is similar to Urquhart on the coast line. There was a lot of modelling information in the old Model Railway News and early Railway Modellers which I have kept for future use...you may have rekindled an urge as they say.

The building is based loosely on those on the Buchan line in particular Brucklay and Strichen. There is a drawing of Brucklay in the GNSRA "Railways of Buchan" book which I used. I also had a visit to the Speyside line as Carron and Ballindalloch are both still in place and are similar. The layout is meant to resemble a number of GNSR stations that had the yard in front of the platform, rather than the more common arrangement of the yard behind. I chose this to use the running line as something of a backdrop as I wanted the small yard nearest the operator. I have put a number of separate elements gathered from around the GNSR lines together and hopefully it gives the feel for the place, rather than trying to match anywhere exactly.

I do hope you did out those old magazines and would point you to the GNSR Association who are extremely helpful and a great source of knowledge. I certainly could not have gotten this far without them.

John

 

[Overseer]

More of the pre-Grouping period would be good to see.

 

[Joe's Garage]

For one of the smallest and difficult to get to companies there is remarkable amount of information and material on this lovely line. I do like the above photo of the wagons - Aberdeen docks?

I must have confused myself as I have looked at some of the stations and I really meant Ladysbridge. I have been dabbling with the Scottish Map Resource other members have referred to in this forum. Fantastic access to large scale maps showing various stations. Unfortunately I cannot find the reference on this forum at the moment. I think it is saved on another PC.

I did belong to the GNSRA many years ago but the membership lapsed, their website is a great resource with so many photos.

Going back to the wagons are they scratch built as I am sure there are not many etched or cast kits available in 4 mm? Very nice as I have said before.

 

[John Duffy]

Julian, the map resource is through the National Library of Scotland - National Library of Scotland - Map Images

This is often my starting point - Find by place - Map images - National Library of Scotland

The wagons are indeed scratchbuilt and represent the 8 and 10t opens with wooden or steel underframes. Thats a Dia 4S and some Dia 7S, some fitted with 3'1" wheels with others having the 3'7".



Thanks again

John

 

[Joe's Garage]

Hi John

Sorry for the delay in responding but thanks for the link, a very useful resource.

One question about the layout, it is 7mm isn't it? Until I saw the links at top of page I presumed it was 4mm. It was frank Hornby's article in the RM back in the 90s that got my interest in this line.

Julian