This is a little model of the crossing box from Level Street, modelled in its abandoned state.  Ive taken a bit of artistic licence with this as the real building appeared after the layout is set and lasted into the early 1980s.  Round oak did tend to move and rebuild things a lot though so a building that became redundant whilst still relatively new wouldn’t have been that unusual for the area. Plus as anyone who’s ever researched a real place will know, not everything at a location will always make a lot of sense.  The model is scratch-built with the nifty alarm bell a 3d print kindly supplied by Richard of Mudmagnet Models.

A few bits dumped agains the platform fence give just a hint that the station doesn’t have long left.

When I rebuilt my loading gauge (a while ago now) I actually built another one at the same time.  The frame is scratch-built from brass sections and the bow from Smiths.  This actually serves a purpose as provided the layout is properly levelled this is the point where a free rolling wagon will start to move as the siding descends to the same level as the mainline.

Elements of a rudimentary water tower. The prototype for this stood on the Earl of Dudley’s railway at the link between Oak Lane and Stallings Lane, Near to Himley’s No.8 pit.   It survived until 1950.   Its Heath Robinson look appealed to me.

In position on the layout.  Its days of servicing the EoD fleet of 0-4-0 saddle tanks are long gone.