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I think a British M7 0.4.4T chassis might well be a good fit.

About £1800 too dear!

Here’s the link to my YouTube channel folks! https://youtube.com/@woodgatejunction4133?si=xVfqlEHWffymX5Jn I uploaded a video earlier that I’ve been working on over the past few weeks. It’s not perfect but it’s getting there! If you have a minute feel free to look through my videos, or hit subscribe please as the more people I see are showing an interest the more I want to keep improving my videos and working on the layout. I live by ‘rule 1’ so not everything will be correct or perfect but that’s all part of the fun! Anyways, back to hibernation and studying for the next while!

Saw this earlier, wish I had money lying around. Not sure if it’s worth the price or not, I’ve heard mixed reviews on the carriages but they look lovely either way! Maybe somebody here will enjoy them! https://ebay.us/m/9cnZgi

Look closely at the first picture. You can see the very intricate lining on the side tanks, coal bunker and cab. the other photo is a much simpler livery. One which I presume it wore for most of its life. I’m tempted to give the Lined livery a go though the matter of chassis is looking like a UK 0-4-4 type or making my own static chassis.

Wow! Superb project. What chassis will you use? The unlined CBSCR livery was also the same olive green, I believe. Interesting to see that in one of the photos you show there, the engine has a CBSCR crest on the side; but not in the other.

Going to take my first stab at 3D printing a loco shell. The loco is Cork, Bandon and south coast railway no.7, later Great Southern Railways No. 478. The history of this locomotive is messy, not unique for the CBSCR with shared numbers, weird rebuilds and so fourth. this was the only steam locomotive built in Cork city. Done at Rocksavage works for the CB&SCR. Some parts were salvaged from the original No.7 (an 0-4-0ST). The boiler likely came a spare Londonderry and Lough swilly railway the CBSCR had purchased at auction. However it’s entirely clear how much of the locomotive was built from spares. The locomotives main duties appear to have been Cork City Railway working (for which it had a bell attached) and the Kinsale Branchline. The locomotive was withdrawn in 1935. during its life, the loco wore 3 Liveries Lined CBSCR green Unlined CBSCR livery of some description GSR Grey no.7 in a very attractive CBSCR lined Green No.7 in an unlined livery. Note the bell and CBSC spec boxes towards the front.

I picked up a remarkably similar train set in Lidl a few years back. It almost appears to be the same tooling .... with one (grinch-like) difference: check out the coal load Available on Amazon too https://www.amazon.ie/Christmas-Upgraded-Control-Electric-Railway/dp/B0D97T4NSG/ref=asc_df_B0D97T4NSG?mcid=09666beb17103050afb9028a496ad972&tag=ieshopgode-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=743419017779&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4894886971959447663&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9047197&hvtargid=pla-2410729619892&language=en_IE&gad_source=1&th=1

I have one stashed away somewhere. The intention was to use it as the basis for a garden railway. One of the possibilities was to have a tunnel section and there was concern about what would happen if the signal was lost. Investigations found that it defaulted to full speed, which seemed like a reasonable result for the circumstances. Another one of the many things that may still happen - if I live to be a thousand years old.

Thank you very much, folks, much appreciated. It was good to see you all. The number of local people still very much interested in the line was very impressive.

I thought this was railway modelling. What you've shown us are clearly pictures of the prototype!

Perfect modelling.

Everything runs on the command station, the coding is a bit clunky. but its not really that bad once you get your head around it. things can be coded to happen automatically on startup or only when you trigger it from the controller.

The road surface on the bridge where the ould fella is "walking" is something else. Fantastic

Absolutely TOP class!

I drew the pattern big scaleee in MS Paint and then shrunk it and printed strips of them on clear decal paper. These strips were applied to the painted valences. Cheers Darius

Fabulous. How did you do the trefoil type valance ?

Columns painted and fitted. Cheers Darius

Yeah, like I’ve never seen that one before

Oh, how much fun we mechanicals had, showing the old Yellow Pages heading to you lot..

I was a civil/structural engineer for 39 years- just retiring now Cheers Darius

Now that’s clever. Were you some kind of structural engineer ?….

Magnificent Alan!!

Canopy building painted. Columns made using 2mm sq. Plastruct, plasticard and tape strips. Supporting header beam made from 2mm thick card. The columns slot into the beam and can be adjusted up/down so that they all touch the platform surface before final fixing. Cheers Darius

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