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Always thought a loco like that would be ideal for Downpatrick!

Nor did the GSWR, with hard seats originally in 3rd class! (Unless those passengers were FIRST class!) SUPERB job on that carriage!

Yes.

It stopped at Cashel for hay.

Look REALLY well!

Yes, the numberplate was completely non-standard, in size, shape and font. The GSR may well have ordered it from from a foundry in Cork, but as everything down to printing tickets was done in-house, my money would possibly be on Limerick works.

I’m tempted!

Nothing was ever either white or off-white - everything was the same eau-de-nil. Most of what appears whitish in photos is the deterooration of the photo (or low quality of iriginal film used to take the picture*), and the rest would be due to fading, like the door numbers on the MGWR 6-wheel first that was on the Loughrea branch in the late 50s. (* Sadly, while Cyril Fry was a great modeller and also took a number of highly interesting pictures of some very interesting subject matter, he scrimped and saved with colour film! Much of his colour stuff - in fact, most of it - is so poor now that it's beyond redemption - there is very little that reliable livery details could be gleaned from, if those doing the gleaning didn't already know what was correct....!)

It seems clear from the 2nd last post that it DID get a grey coat at some stage - I was unaware of that. Anyone know what RTR model might approximate?

I’m the same! So far I’ve about 12 six-wheelers and the makings of another couple of freelance ones….!

Is the siding the salt works?

I don't get the location - where's the main Larne line? Behind the photographer, or away round the corner to the left?

So is this a siding off the actual Harbour branch? If so, I did not know there were any. Your dad would know chapter and verse, I'm sure.

Just found this. Senior took this in the 1940s. I do not know where, but the buildings style strongly suggests on the NCC somewhere. A nice example of a small industrial sidi9ng (I presume!) (H C A Beaumont collection)

I have two of John Mayne's tin vans and can confirm that by far they are the best models of these vans on offer, and they are completely essential for any sort of 1960s scene.