Paul Cambridge
Western Thunderer
When Kelly Bray was operational, the fiddle yard was a massive 12 feet, laid out as a fan of five sidings. It was actually too big for the layout, as it was possible to send down goods trains in particular that were too long for the run round at the station. So as Chris says, one needs to balance the fiddle yard with what’s on the scenic boards.
Photos of Bodmin (SR) don’t show a lot of goods wagons, so short goods trains of up to 5 or 6 wagons would be prototypical. In addition to the gas works traffic, photos show fuel by tanker. They look like class B. I don’t know when this started or where it was unloaded in the yard. It finished in the early 60s at around the time all freight went from the station. There is a photo of a 1366 tank with one in the Middleton Pressp book - Branch Lines around Bodmin.
Photos of Bodmin (SR) don’t show a lot of goods wagons, so short goods trains of up to 5 or 6 wagons would be prototypical. In addition to the gas works traffic, photos show fuel by tanker. They look like class B. I don’t know when this started or where it was unloaded in the yard. It finished in the early 60s at around the time all freight went from the station. There is a photo of a 1366 tank with one in the Middleton Pressp book - Branch Lines around Bodmin.