Fisherton Sarum - Southern Railway MPD 1946-49

Z Class Nº957 (Millholme kit) pushes coal wagons up the incline to the coal stage, N1 class Nº1822 (converted from a Bachman N class.) waits for the coal road to become free. Nº36001 Bulleid Leader class is just visible, receiving attention in the shed. Salisbury Cathedral can be seen in the background.

Z Class Nº957 (Millholme Kit) pushes coal wagons up the incline to the coal stage, as the Devon Belle passes hauled by Nº34011 Tavistock (Hornby light pacific with scratch built brass original style cab and painted in the experimental British Railways Apple Green Livery). M7 class (short frame version from a Wills kit) Nº47 awaits its next duty.

Drummond 700 class Nº631 (Bec kit) is turned as the tail end of the Devon Belle passes (Observation car from The "00" Works). Maunsell 350hp diesel Nº1 (Golden Arrow Productions cast resin body on a Lima chassis) shunts its own fuel oil tank in the siding.

View over the top of the shed with the roof sections removed to reveal the detailed interior that includes smoke troughs, work benches, machine tools, inspection pits, water standpipes and hoses.

O2 class Nº213 on the turntable having collect the box wagon of shed deliveries from the stores unloading siding. N1 class Nº1822 trundles past with a ballast train of SR Diagram 1774 40T hopper wagons converted from Lima Sealion wagons.

All photographs are copyright Graham "Muz" Muspratt

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