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Would put myself very much in the builder, rather than operator class. However, when I exhibit, I do enjoy staging a bit of theatre and there is something very satisfying about bringing a train into the station, uncoupling, running round and doing a bit of shunting - especially when it is all hands free and done at realistic speeds. Hence I tend to do a lot of rehearsing at home before a show and often tinker with the make up of trains in the hope of greater reliability, so guess this is when I do a plenty of operating. I try to keep each train's "performance" fairly simple, so I can still talk to visitors, but hopefully still believable too. One of my all time favourite exhibition layouts was Stoke Summit. No station, just the East Coast Mainline, with a slow road in the up hill direction. A constant stream of beautifully modelled trains, fed from two enormous storage loops - it was not unusual to see visitors actually transporting and writing down numbers! I rarely spend more that a few minutes in front of a layout at shows, but this one kept you there for much longer. Not many layouts combine real action with all the visuals, but Trevor Nunn's East Lynn was one. Prototype working, fully signalled, stunning scenics and exquisite stock that always seem to run beautifully. It was S gauge too...
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No 49 unique with side window cab officially withdrawn 1945 seems to have spent her final years in Wexford. Vaguely remember seeing photos of the 47- E3 Class at Wexford, there is a 1933 photo of a newly repainted No49 at Inchacore in GSR Locomotives possiby following an overhaul. Wexford South-Rosslare former GSWR territory, the 0-4-4BT maight have been useful of Wexford-Rosslare locals & possibly Enniscorthy pilot duty & Enniscorthy-Wexford mixed train. -
By thewanderer · Posted
The August gallery has been updated with: Tuesday 18th August 2026: Images from Thurles, Portarlington, Clara, Athlone, Manulla Jct. and Castlebar. Sunday 30th August 2026: Images from Mallow featuring the Retro-ARROW 26001 on one of the Sunday 2600 working to Tralee. -
By Kevin Sweeney · Posted
I suppose it's all relative Derek, it took 3 days to build, whereas Townley Hall took about a month. The last model in the series will be Kilkenny Castle, I estimate about 10 weeks to build that. Although optimism bias is always a factor. There are 13 different parts to the castle. There are 85 sheets of plans of the castle in the Irish Architectural Archive. The footprint in n scale will be 600mm x 600mm. It will be the biggest and most ambitious model I've ever attempted Compared to that a labourers cottage is a quick build.
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