Recent content by Ayrshire Roy

In America at least they get creative vandals. https://twitter.com/SOU_railman/status/1689761335519653888 There is also a Central of New Jersey nose and I'm sure I've seen an old unrepainted BNSF unit receive it's old BN nose logo.

I drove past this morning and the full south end of the building is gone. Just part of the tower and the north end left.

When I drove past the other day it looked like only the northern wall of the southern section was left with hardly any scaffolding.

Anyone else notice that 70012 has no buckeye and that the B-40 has buffers and hook to act as a converter. I would of thought fitting a drophead buckeye to the 70 would be easier unless there is a height difference to the US locos.

Are the two lines there not classed as two separate branches that run side by side, one to Hunterston and one to Largs?

The Riverside Museum (Glasgow Transport Museum) has an extensive collection of builders models. If anything your looking for was built on the Clyde then they would be a good place to look. The models there are built to a very high standard.

I wonder if there is reason they can't use vacuum actuators for the door locks. It would solve the lack of electricity problem straight away.

Ailsa Craig had 2 different railways on it. One for coal and supplies to the gasworks and lighthouse and another for quarried stone. It was 3ft gauge and was cable and horse hauled. It has a junction and a siding also. A lot of it survives today.

I was in Ayr today with some time to kill so I took a walk over to the station. 380101 if I'd seen your update earlier I would of taken some pics of the rubble but in the ones I have you can see scaffolding in the pile. Here's my photos from today. One thing at Ayr Station I'd somehow never...

I went in to Ayr for a look this morning. From what I could see through the gaps in the sheets doesn't look good. It looks like there has been internal collapses in a few locations. You can see straight through to the windows on the other side and daylight lighting up some areas floors down from...

I'd say the train easily beats the car time wise. I used to get stopped at the level crossing at Gatehead regularly on the way home from work and then I'd see the sprinter again around Prestwick Airport. I used to work very near to the junction and station in Kilmarnock and the train would...

The 156s will be fine, the stabbling point is south of the station. That's if there is room as I haven't been round for a look yet to see how many 380s are trapped there.

I should of read that before posting :E I know fire crews were there yesterday but we had a load of very heavy rain last night and again today. With a building that big I wouldn't be surprised if it's still smouldering somewhere.

The building might come down sooner rather than later. Depending on it's structural condition, we are due gusts of 75mph tonight with Storm Agnes.

Although they could use one of the platforms at Newton on Ayr as the neutral section is under the bridge, I don't know if the North end of Falkland Yards cross over is electrified.