The warehouses along this dock are for the storage of goods arriving and departing this dock mostly for the IoK but also some light coastal...
The time period is the 1960s when crane systems were still largely mechanical with simple electric control gear and certainly not computer...
Here is an index of topics in this series which covers the general merchandise dock, active links to those posted plus references to those...
Here is a list of topics (active links) in this series which covers the actual marshalling yard and its associated services. 1 - Introduction 2 -...
Better late than never, this has just grown and I just don't know where the time goes, or perhaps I do? Here is a list of articles in this...
Introduction - including links to episodes The adventures of a wrinkly noobie into 3D printing, my optimism, attempts to learn enough to make...
The shed and attached workshop provide a covered area in which to provide light servicing and repair to the locomotives assigned to Warren Yard...
My railway is pure fiction, but designed with the aim of being plausible, it is freight and industry based in the era of BR steam and green...
Signalling is to me is one of the most difficult aspects of a model railway to set up, as I see it there is two problems that face most of us. 1)...
Purpose A marshalling yard is for sorting wagons which arrive from many sources and need to be moved from one train to another to continue their...
Choice I decided to go for large radius Peco Electrofrog points where possible for improved slow speed running of all locos through the...
Before starting this stage, please note, if you pre-wire your track do it as you progress, I wire my track after it is laid but before painting...
This is structure 22 on the sitemap. https://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/cement-works-10-site-map-explained.5333/ Provides the...
Choice It is very necessary to adopt a suitable track standard as soon as possible to avoid expensive mistakes later on. I had already decided...
At the quarry end of the site dump trucks bring the limestone out of the quarry and empty it into the primary crusher, here the ground is much...
Finally started bedding in the buildings so they no longer look as though they are just placed there without any foundations. For a long while I...
This industrial branch climbs from the marshalling yard, I describe its route as it ascends through the upper levels. The overview of this series...
The harbour branch is the longest of the two industrial branches that connect to the marshalling yard, here I describe its route as it descends...
Here are some more information source links and a book, mainly of Blue Circle cement works and terminals, a link to my first information thread...
Structure comprising (29),(30),(32) on the site map, https://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/cement-works-10-site-map-explained.5333/...