The emphasis will be on modelling specific trains known to have run on the line, both passenger and freight. Where possible, the specific locos and coaches will be replicated. In order to have passenger trains calling at Thurstaston, the date will be set in the station's final summer, 1951. A timetable of trains through Thurstaston has been made based on the 1953 passenger and 1952 working timetables.
In order to allow for a more varied collection of rolling stock, history will be amended slightly so that the station remained open and the passenger service survived until final closure under Beeching in 1962. This will be the excuse to allow me to include some might-have-been's, such as GWR Railcars, and BR Railbuses and DMU's in the future. It will also allow me to show the two final freight trains passing at Thurstaston, and possibly one of the demolition trains. From the evidence, the station changed very little between 1951 and 1962, so can represent both dates.
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