A recent work trip that took me past the Bluebell Railway left me with enough time to drop in to Horsted Keynes for a quick look. The work replacing the station canopy is amazing, but I was just as taken with this collection of concete huts byy the entrance.
For a Southern themed line, a couple of classic SR plateleyers huts, the ones shaped to clear the loading gauge when on the back of a wagon, are no surprise. I wonder if the square one is also SR, or an interloper?
Whatever, they looked great in the sunshine, and it's nice to see them still in use.
They're both SR as far as I know...the smaller square tool hut didn't need to be shaped like the platelayer's hut as it's narrow enough to be within loading gauge.
ReplyDeletePretty much essential for a SR-themed layout, although I don't think they became ubiquitous until after WWII. Even now, there are still remains of wooden PW huts on the region as well...