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Hello everyone,

I'm trying to find any info on or even pictures of any B16/1s running on the Queensbury Lines.

This is in connection with a project I'm involved in modelling Clayton station on the line.
Time period is mid 20s to mid/late 30s so any info around this period would be most welcome.

All I know so far is that it is mentioned in Alan Whitaker & Bob Cryers' fantastic 'The Queensbury Lines' book
that B16s paid fairly frequent visits to the line in the years before the second world war....

I have a hand full of loco numbers that were allocated to Neville Hill shed in the period I'm in so its not that
unfeasible that this could have been the case.

Any help on the subject would be really fantastic...

Many thanks (in advace)

Chris Rogers

The B16s were concentrated around York and Leeds from 1939 as a wartime measure to ease repairs and concentrate spares. Mirfield, ISTR had a fair allocation.

Hi Chris,

Welcome to the forum. I cannot help with your specific query.

I am still working on the carriages for Clayton.

John

Evening John

I thought I'd try & get some much needed info for some of the less day to day trains for Clayton,
it's proving quite a challenge. As much as we all like N1 & C12 tanks a bit of variety would be nice where aproprate.

I'm on with a D&S 51' milk brake wich is 60% done, (a pleasure to build) just need to workout what else is needed to run in a train with it?

Also been talking to Russell about the articulated stock we need, I'm more than happy to put my name down for a quad set & a twin. He also mentioned that there might not have been any triplets on the line in our period, I might have got that wrong?

You'll have to call in at the club when you get chance & have a look at out progress with the layout.

Cheers
Chris

I thought i'd post some pics of the B16 im scratchbuilding/kit bashing for a project modelling Clayton on the Queensbury line in EM.

As i mentioned in my origianal post i'm looking for any info or even photos to help back up the little piece of info i have
that they or at least one ran up there in the mid/late 30s.

I realise this should now really be in the modelling section of the forum but i started the topic here looking for infomation the pics are just for anyone who might be interested & atract any new people the topic.

Many thanks
Chris