... see the remains of the vee splice rail in the bottom-left of the picture. It looks very old: 2_171049_410000000.jpg My guess is that the spur was acting as a trap until the other traps were installed, presumably when the turntable was moved. It was then redundant, so was plain-lined out. If modelling it, remember to use crossing timbers for this section. Looking at the 1892 map the spur (later cattle dock siding?) is much closer to the running line than on the later maps: 2_171039_510000000.png cheers, Martin. posted: 17 Sep 2020 16:37 from: DerekStuart Thanks Martin I am (reluctantly) coming to the same conclusion. I originally dismissed it as the curve leading to it appears to veer away from it, though that could be an illusion. Both the earlier map you show and the NER diagram I was given access to show the cattle dock closer to the running lines. However, I can see from photos that the cattle dock track runs just behind the signal box, not adjacent to ...