The train engine waits on the front siding while the quarry shunter pushes the wagons under the granit loader

Shunting wagons under the granite loader at the bottom level while a train of skips passes on the upper level. Good fishing today, look out for the wildlife.

A general view of the granite plant

A top view with an empty train arriving on the lower level. An open quarrymans coach waits by the engine shed

A train of full granite wagons departs the lower level while a train of skips is emptied on the upper level

The shunter moves to the front siding while a tram engine collects the train of full granite wagons

A train of empty wagons arrives, the quarry shunter waits

Tea break

The shunter collects the empty wagons from the train engine to shunt them to the rear track to be filled. On the top level another train of skips is propelled behind the granite plant to be emptied

The quarry shunter on shed

This view shows the skips on the top level being "emptied" - the skip rotates 180 degrees from "full" to "empty"

The skip "emptying" is disguised with this roof

There is always one sheep the wrong side of the fence.

One of those new-fangled diesels. Won't catch on ...

The train engine awaits while the wagons are filled with crushed granite

The schematic diagram with point switched below left, section switched below right, and the "cassette" fiddle yard to the right. This is the r/h end of the layout. The tub of granite for filling the wagons under the hopper is below.