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That's super - many thanks John. I have added a link from my original post on the MGWR vehicles to your more detailed description and listing.

Finally managed to clear the bench (& return a lot of my tools to the toolbox!) to complete work on some small-scale models after completing repairs to some large-scale locos. I decided to re-assemble 52 Class No1 after I dis-assembled the loco for the paintshops almost 4 years ago, I guess the paint (from JHBs sample) should be cured enough by now. No1s components had been stored in a number of clear plastic containers and some parts mislaid along the way including coupling rods, cab interior and one of the tender wheelsets, so wheels and crankpin brush sets ordered from Wizard models in the UK to complete No1 and assemble a 60 Class 4-4-0 from an etch I designed 2 years ago. Hopefully I should have enough 21mm gauge ex-GSWR locos for a Burma Rd layout once I complete my present incomplete loco projects. I use 'live axle' pick up on my 4mm tender locos and one of the remaining major jobs on No1 is to short out the wheel sets on one side wsing there 'spiders" I had etched several years ago. Back in the day (last 40 years) I successfully used soft 0.3-0.35 dia brass wire fitted between wheel centre and axle at one end and outer end soldered to inside of wheel rim on nylon centred wheels. No 1 will be assembled with compensated chassis leading axle floating training axle fixed and "Sharman tender" with leading and centre tender axles lightly sprung and fixed rear axle

MGWR Horseboxes: The late P O'Cuimin provided details of the Horseboxes in his paper 'Carriage Stock of the MGWR-2" IRRS Journal 56 Vol 10 Oct 71. Padriag produced a large scale detailed drawing of an 1889 Horsebox in his "Broadstone Series" drawings published during the 1970s The IRRS Compendium of MGWR NPCS and Goods Vehicle Drawings (©IRRS 2016) includes GA drawings of K14 (1889) 15' underframe 9' wb and K21 (1899) 16'6" underframe 9'6" wb horseboxes, the 1908 Type 'Harness Room" is drawn in outline on the K21 diagram The main visual difference between the 1889 and 1899 versions appears to have been the larger grooms compartment fitted with a fixed window, torpedo roof vent and oil lamp Its believed that pre-1889 horseboxes may have been to a similar outine with protruding dog box, a strong tradition of fox hunting among the landed gentry. John O'Meara published an IRRS paper on the Meath Line during the early 50s which included an account of complaints of a hunt trespassing (hunting with horses and hounds) on the railway line. 1889 Type-46.48,50,55 built 1889: 13,18,23,51-built 1890, 57-60-built 1892" 17 built 1894: 21,33 built 1895 1899 Type total 6 ---Nos 6.8.14,10,44,37 Built 1899-1901 1908 Type 21: 11,12,27,28 Built 1906!: 9,20,30-32,56 Built 1907: 45 Built 1908: 25,26,36 Built 1909: 35,37,41 Built 1910: 43 Built 1912 38,42 Built 1916: 29,54 Built 1919: 1,46 built 1921

Sadly no container at all last night nor tonight, but I did see a little cutie pootie this morning in Las Galletas:

Well I stand corrected... I see it is now possible to buy advance tickets and book seats for enterprise services **online** from Translink! Progress

Aer Lingus A330-300 EI-EIM flies high over Tara junction on an evening/ night flight from Dublin to Miami.

0800-1050-1400-1650 6x3000 again today

I'm glad that you guys enjoyed it. My thanks to the two Davids. If you weren't there, you missed one of the best talks we've ever had. One attendee said that he knew nothing about the SLNCR, but he did now! That perfectly encapsulates the quality of David Richardson's presentation on the "real" railway, I learned a lot and I've sat through a lot of SLNCR presentations over the years. The Colonel offered many practical pointers on how to go about modelling not just the SLNCR, but Irish railways generally. Thanks to you both @Galteemore and @Colonel!!!

Thanks Ernie. Hence why my first point in talk was to thank you - we owe you a lot for making your pics so freely available!

An excellent talk and especially with the information and anecdotes putting some 'life' into the photos and slides from my Archive. I must get the other views awaiting uploading done.

That's not all it's missing

Neat idea. Is there a piano somewhere without a lid?

Love that last shot through the doors

Some excellent models too - and plenty of inspiration of how to make them. The explanation of the resin casting was particularly useful. Super work on that railbus and trailer - wonderful! Many thanks to both Davids.

Part 1 was brilliant Looking forward to partv2 from the other David next!

What a wonderful talk!

New arrival.

Great show - enjoying David’s presentation and the anecdotes

Ah, excellent! That's a really useful addition to the pool of information on GNR wagons. Thank you! Interestingly, the cement hopper diagram is not quite consistent with what I was expecting, but the split into 3 parallel discharge chutes certainly helps to clarify the design. A couple of pics below from Ernie and Jonathan Allen; there are more on the IRRS Flickr:

GSWR Horseboxes: Diagram 103, including those built by the GSR GSWR Diagram 103 comprised at least 38 horseboxes built between 1911 and 1924. Numbers were in four ranges but there were gaps within the first two ranges: 142-298, 1023-1041, 1100-1109, 2980-2985. The GSR continued building similar horseboxes from 1925 to 1927, with a further 20 numbered 2986 to 3005. These were very similar but the later ones had some design changes as we will see in the photos. The diagram shows that these were considerably longer than their predecessors: 19’ over headstocks and with a 12’ wheelbase. This provided more space in all three compartments (groom, horse and storage) and more stable running at higher speeds. As you can see from the listing on the diagram, they all survived into the 1950s and almost all escaped the cull around 1960, leaving this design to be the last type in traffic into the early 1970s. This is a very clear view illustrating former GSWR 142 of 1913, in light green livery at the end of its life in 1969: Also in 1969, this IRRS colour view of 295 shows the GSWR diagram 103 in light green livery very well: https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53511470293 Another useful closeup is this IRRS photo showing 1101 in the earlier dark green livery, with the flying snail transfer: https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/54778605579 We saw this 1956 shot upthread while commenting on the modified diagram 100, but the other three horseboxes visible here are diagram 103: This shot dated 1950 gives a nice clear view of the end detailing, on the left hand margin of the image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53509066204 In 1960, a rake of three: https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/54253212614 Limerick Junction was a good place to see horseboxes, with the adjacent racecourse. These two photos each show a rake of three diagram 103 horseboxes in light green, in 1969 and 1967 respectively: https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53449386531/ The GSWR diagram 103 horseboxes had steel underframes, but some of the later GSR-built equivalents had wooden underframes. This reflects a broader trend where the GSWR used steel on many of their wagons while the GSR reverted to wood. Here are a couple of partial closeup views of GSR 2991 which show the wooden headstocks and solebars of the last batch (alongside the main subject of the photo which is an MGWR horsebox we've seen before): https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/54252116072/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/54253256089/ As well as the different underframe material, the GSR horsebox has J-hangers and auxiliary rubber springs in addition to the leaf springs used on the GSWR diagram 103. Both the GSWR and GSR types survives into the early 1970s, it appears that the slightly older GSWR vehicles with steel underframes lasted better than the wooden GSR vehicles. I'll cover liveries more thoroughly in another post, but some of these horseboxes ended their life in grey livery with black underframe. These three IRRS photos from the early 1970s all show the final livery scheme: https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53570653133 https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53527469213 https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53511614184/

I can't find any 4-wheel grain wagons, but here are some cement ones.

Nearly a year later and the other half of the Medcalfe warehouse building came in handy on Ballisodare mill sidings micro layout.

Ballisodare mill sidings Great progress today when locomotive B188 worked into the new yard under its own power -and began to gauge clear each of the sidings. All successful -some wagons were added.

Really looking forward to this talk.

Hoping to be there virtually for most of what will undoubtedly be an excellent talk!!