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Very pleased to see this project coming to reality. I remember the first time I saw the original as a young boy in Witham Street, a gigantic looming thing squeezed into a tiny, dark, cramped space. You could hardly take it in. As Ireland’s greatest steam locomotive, I wanted to love it, but the overall effect was spoiled somewhat by the American style diesel cab windows and the miniature buffers. Still a very imposing piece of Irish railway history. Will pick up a couple.

Seems that demand was there after all… bring on the 800s!

You can add this one to your 1:1 thread…

There’s few things as satisfying as nitpickers who get it wrong… whatever about the IRM boys, they put a great deal of thought and research into every model. You want to be on very firm ground before you make a call against them! Now back to those buffers! Peace to all!

Final drawings been done of Connolly I will be drawing the full circuit during the week U notice I drew a junction on the Birds Eye view as I realised be no point adding the turntable as I intended due to the area being too sharp for accuracy The designs labelled 1, 2 and 3 are showing rough concept designs for supports under Connolly shed, I’ve decided with 2 as the drawers would come in handy as space is a big thing to tackle in my bedroom Give ur thoughts and opinions on my work as it is my first layout Im making Also drawings are for a carpenter my parents had him doing doors and they thought whilst he’s here he could do the layout so after he’s done with the doors in my house, he’ll get around to the layout and it’s an extra pair of experienced hands to help, Im looking forward to do the circuit by myself as I want to be specific in my curvature of the flexitrack while I’ll be buying from marks as it is my layout and personally doesn’t count if I get someone to do all the work on it I will be for sure doing the wiring, building structures, track laying and detailing When I get my laptop back from being fixed, hopefully I can be able to mess around with online planning so I can get a more in depth view of my future work

Join as I show my progress drawing building and designing Connolly shed along with a double circuit passing Connolly shed and around my bedroom This is also my first layout to make ever and it will run DC and DCC

I made a new thread over in the model layout channel where I’ll show the current progress in my drawing and the rest of the way

Cab glazing installed. Cheers Darius

Agree 100%

Being nosey here, are ye making the other stuff to so?

LOL, just found the same post in my digging! SO, looks like that 33 being sold individually was split from the "Coal Traders" pack. Two photos attached, from @Northman's thread here. And some info on the business posted by @minister_for_hardship here.

Having used several of your images in books, Ernie, after seeking permission from your good self of course, I must express my great appreciation and full support for your stance. I hope others will respect your rights as copyright owner.

No’s 14, 19 and 22 in my pack. @Ironroad found no. 33 for sale individually: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204972242564

Yes HG I have had the same problems which is why all my copyright images have 'Copyright Ernie's Railway Archive' plastered all over them and I don't supply un-marked images for free unless its for a Museum or other Preservation group (Don't panic Jim!) It still doesn't stop some people cropping the images which I try to offset by placing the overlay near to the subject. Others even trying to erase the overlay and others moan that it spoils the image when they snip it.

PO wagons tended to be confined to one specific route, so they’re not really flexible. I’m unaware of any on the NCC. I think the Courtaulds ones were UTA-owned, not PO. This rules out Jeeps, Moguls or the two Jintys in terms of hauling anything PO. The BCDR had the Dundrum PO coal wagons. Some of these ended up on the DNGR, but of course by that stage they were no longer owned by the East Downshire company. In terms of era, to such extent we had PO wagons, you’re really looking at the 1900-20 period mostly. They’re not really a “modern” thing. They give colour, of course, to a model goods train. But prototypically, until the 1970s, any sort of goods stock which wasn’t grey was a rarity on all lines.

Yes, my paper records are 220 miles away, but the wagons are probably here, if I can find them.

All Murphy ones gone by 1930s I think. Nothing RTR would have hauled them

So six running numbers in total? What sort of era would they have vanished? From an RTR perspective, what would have handled them? NCC Jinty? Or a Mogul? Everybody loves a @MOGUL!

Great post and I can so relate and fair play to Jonathan Allen for protecting his copyright, when I raised this issue in 2 FB groups I was instantly banned from 1 group, the other group the admi took issue with me displaying my name across my photos lol, he dug the heels in and started a thread ''copyride'' poking fun, I replied back, the spat continued, anyway long story short, he deleted his thread and I deleted my photos, problem solved, we became ''friends'' after that, he has since passed away. Doesn't cost much to credit photos or videos for photographers work.

Yes - the old traditional wooden-bodied open wagons, very few as they were in the first place, were very long gone.

I hear they were made by a very reputable manufacturer;)

Yes, I have one of each - different numbers.

That Executive livery is savage... Looks like it's gonna be a whopper of a summer with these, the 50's and the 60's all likely to arrive!