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Layout and all rolling stock looking superb gentlemen - congrats!
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Interesting story from last week about the recovery of a steam loco buried following the construction of a break water (South Mole) at Whangaunui ( city and port in the lower North Island). https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575595/150-year-old-train-found-after-being-buried-on-whanganui-beach-for-75-years The loco believed to be "Skunk" one of a trio of locomotives built by a Wellington foundry in 1873 for use on the "Foxton Section" a line which linked the port of Foxton with the town of Palmerston North in the Wairapa region. Opening as an isolated section the Foxton section was originally laid with wooden rails when opened in 1873 and re-laid with steel rails and re-opened in 1876. A local group appears to be planning to carry out a cosmetic restoration, interestingly the cylinders on the recovered loco appears to drive a lay shaft mounted amid-ship under the boiler similar to a climax rather than the trailing "driving" axle on sister locomotive the restored "Opussum" at Shantytown on the South Island. https://nzrailphotos.co.nz/photos/shantytown?view=latest#lg=1&slide=11 Looks like a good excuse for visiting Whanganui and Shantytown to try and figure out how 'Skunks' transmission actually works!
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Very sorry to hear about Davids passing condolences to his family and friends. I got to know David during visits to the Cavan and Leitrim Railway at Dromod during the early 90s, where I was always made welcome usually invited to drive their diesel loco on the main line and have the caric over a few beers and a meal at one of the local pubs. David was a significant figure in the Irish rail scene in the 80s and 90s, publishing an enthusiast newsletter/magazine in the early 80s, becoming deeply involved (a founding figure?) in the preservation movement in the Republic through the GSRPS in establishing a base at Mallow Shed, carriage restoration at Mallow and Tralee and attempts to re-open the Fenit Branch. David apparrently was also involved in returning 5T to Ireland and sourcing stock for use on the Tralee & Blennerville tourist line David later focused on the Irish 3' Gauge, along with Michael Kennedy a founder of the Irish Narrow Gauge Trust.The Trust established a museum in Cahir before moving to Dromod during the early 90s to establish the Cavan & Leitrim heritage railway. David ceased to be actively involved in the Cavan and Leitrim and the preservation movement during the mid-90s
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josh_ started following Navan Branchline
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Hi Callum, Thats unfortunate there is no scale given. All draftsman should indicate a scale on drawings. Thats a sectional detail drawing you show, sometimes these can be drawn full size, my comments above related to a full loco general arrangement drawings or say a drawing of the chassis only. But I see figured dimensions on that drawing, so you need to get out your scale and measure the dimensions to see what scale the drawing is. I hope you are familiar with using scales and have a few, the dimensions are imperial so you need an 'imperial scale' Eoin
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Hi eoin ive checked my drawings are there isn't any scale of the drawing mentioned on the Title Block of my drawings
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Brilliant stuff! Layout and stock all looking magnificent. Wish I could've been there.
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Yes, great to see the little known-about through carriage off the Express at NPQ - a Summers only arrangement in Leap Years, as I expect you all know. Bravo to David for having one of the most active layouts there today. Great to see The Two Davids, who will be starring for one night only on Zoom at IRRS London on Friday, 16 January 2026. Put it in your diaries and make sure that you tune in!!!!
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Great to have visiting locos, stock and excellent company today! Definitely a first for a corridor coach and by some margin the longest vehicle on NPQ too. The GN locos are big compared to Sligo stock, but made a great sight, especially with that Bundoran Express headcode! Many thanks!
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Could have been a crated, partly disassembled "kit of parts" scenario like shipping out privately built locos for export. Not as exciting though.
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Well that was fun - a day on NPQ at Aldershot. A few annoyances - the SG2 keeps shorting out, and there were one or two stock issues which I trace to dodgy back to backs or stray pickups. The PP, on examination at home, has a pickup now bent at a strange angle, which explains at least one derailment….The GN coach needs more finishing work, and the magnetic couplings, highly effective though they are, will get some tweaking, not least camouflage. What an enormously fun day it was all round though. Great company and what an absorbing layout to run. To please Leslie we even ran a through portion of the Bundoran Express! Unless I’m greatly mistaken, I think this is the first appearance of corridor stock on NPQ. The coach is also about a foot and a half long ! I also achieved two personal goals. One was to operate the traverser in turntable mode. This is quite a responsible task, given that the deck is loaded with Mr Holman’s years of effort and dedication and a false move on my part could send it floorwards… The second one was to have a train of my own stock occupying a fiddle yard road and working a full part of the NPQ roster. Lurganboy, which has lurked in her box for months after disgracing herself at Uckfield and Tolworth, ran as sweet as a nut, and hauled my coach 4 and H van quite happily. The van is vacuum braked of course…. Willing suspension of disbelief and all that…. splendid day and always a joy to spend time with David H. Lots of advice, help and general chat in the margins. Very pleasing to see Leslie and companion too!
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First coat of paint applied on the CBSC building….the paint job won’t be superb or anything but it might look ok from a bit back. Ref photos are Ernie’s railway archive for Ballinascarthy and Micheal Davies of Ballinhassig
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Loving the small details such as the building & road vehicle beside the bridge and the steps descending to the railway. Brilliant.
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Apologies for the brief interruption. We now resume normal programming. The engine shed was damaged during the flood, so we weren't allowed to access it or the locos inside. Work on repairing it is progressing fast, and last week we were able to remove 90 from the shed and moved to the workshop at the other side of the yard. Yesterday we had about a dozen volunteers working on the loco at one time, so we were able to do a huge amount of work in just one day: Cab front removed Cladding and lagging removed Boiler fittings removed We're now in contact with boiler contractors and are working on a fundraiser for 90's overhaul. Our volunteers come from across the island – from Dublin, Belfast, Kildare, Meath, and even Derry~Londonderry. If you want to learn new skills, meet new people, and play your part in preserving our shared industrial heritage, please send me a message to ask about getting involved.
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Cant view it- need to update my app. Very sad
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Charlie Bishop fitting lights on a BR Brake van is an excellent video. The GNR brake van preserved by the RPSI in Whitehead and the LMS NCC brake van preserved in Downpatrick also have the side lamps on brackets on the corner posts of the vans. The GSR and CIE had the lamp casings as permanent fixtures over the side duckets. The oil lamps were accessed from inside the van. Red and clear glass slldes were inserted according to the direction of travel. The white light indicated to the driver that the train was complete. Dave Murray wrote in the IRRS Journal, October 1983 page 116, that the side lights were a factor in the collision of the down Night Mail and a stopped goods train at Straboe on 20th December 1944, at about 11.25pm. In normal practice an engine driver approaching the rear of a stationary goods train should have seen 3 red lights, the red tail lamp and the two red side lamps. Due to war time shortages, the guard, Patrick Ferriter was given one red tail lamp and only one side lamp. He was not given a red glass slide for the side lamp. The driver of the Night Mail first saw the white side light and thought it was a train approaching on the up line. He did not see the red tail lamp until he was almost upon it. Although he braked and shut off steam the crash occurred within seconds.
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Hi folks, Has anyone seen any plans of the proposed route of Waterford Wexford Railway Co to Ballyhack? I know only the Wexford to Rosslare section was built but would have been able to find any further details of the proposed route of the main section. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/27-28/216/pdfs/ukla_18640216_en.pdf
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Irish Railway News ‘Enterprise Watch’
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IrishTrainScenes started following RIP David Parks
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RIP David. Condolences to his family.
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Very sorry to hear of his passing. Sympathies to his family. You will be missed by all. RIP David
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RIP David. Conolences to your family.
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DJ Dangerous started following RIP David Parks
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Rest in peace, @DERAILED.
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I heard today that David Parks passed away.He was a member here as "Derailed".I got to know him a number of years ago and loved his recollections of Irish Railways.I have included two of his photos that are my favourite.First one is the last ever train over the North Kerry line on 23rd May 1984 at Lixnaw,with the weed killer train.The second photo is of the weed killer train on Ballyvoyle viaduct near Dungarvan in 1985 I think. Condolences to his family and friends. RIP David.
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A scenic masterclass!
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Incredible Alan - stuck for words!