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AK Helston 18b print 1600

Signalbox diagram and lever frame leads as drawn by Phil Martin – the three white and black point levers were actual ground levers, but in this model sit in the signalbox frame, hence the two-tone colouring.

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A view from the bank above the goods platform as “517” number 1163 in Crimson Lake shunts the yard. Steam railmotor number 97 is in the platform for the mid-afternoon service to Penzance.

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Coal wagons of the Helston Gas company on their dedicated loading bank and beyond that a miked rake of coal wagons being unloaded into the premises of the Gweek Co.

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“517” class number 1163 enters Helston with a stopping goods while the Railmotor waits at the platform.

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The back siding goods platform with a rake of cattle trucks in place ready to form the Monday morning “Pig Train”.

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The track plan including fiddle yard, with signals as displayed on the JMRI control panel – the fiddle yard has a colour light starter.

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Signalbox diagram and lever frame leads as drawn by Phil Martin – the three white and black point levers were actual ground levers, but in this model sit in the signalbox frame, hence the two-tone colouring.