Dempsey

On 11/17/2019 at 6:47 PM, Irishswissernie said:

Ardee Road replaced the Barrack Street yard and was built on the formation of the route from Dundalk station westwards to Clones. I don't have any photos of the yard but did manage to video 072 shunting the yard from Dundalk platform so gives some idea of the traffic handled towards the end of the freight services. 072 arrived from Belfast and after depositing the Belfast wagons added further wagons from the sidings and yard. Shunting was complicated by the need to keep bogie wagons at the front and any bubbles at the rear of the train to facilitate dropping them off at Drogheda. The next video on flickr continues the sequence.

Ernie

Brilliant video thank you. Gave me a nice look into line side details and positioning and running mixed freight trains. I'll definitely be watching more

On 11/17/2019 at 4:47 PM, DiveController said:

Not familiar with the two yards there or what sort of crane you're after

Any help?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/24346083143/in/album-72157626756740602/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/39949363093/in/album-72157626756740602/

 

thank you for the photos. I trying to find better pictures of this type of crane that was in used when my layout is planned to be set

I've been trying in vain to find any photos for point of reference of the freight yard at Dundalk on the Ardee Rd and not the old barrack street one. If anyone has any pictures of the yard in operation and at the very least with the crane that use to be there could send them on i'd very much appreciate it. Thank you in advance

 Just came across this post but thanks for the education. Never knew that existed in the town or how much has been lost. The railway is truly a shadow of its former self.

On 11/10/2019 at 3:08 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

Wow, some gorgeous looking coaches there Dempsey and Past-Avenue!

 

I went to my mechanic and ordered a can of RAL2011, as things like that are not readily available over here.

Hope to try some repainting on my day off next week.

I used white primer for the lines, satin black and the orange is RAL2011. The decals are from railtec

I'm in the process of repainting Jouff mk3 coaches right now. Waiting finish painting them all before applying decals but like mentioned above the hornby rake i which were my first attempt at painting are noticeably shorter

2 hours ago, Northman said:

If they don't respond to your satisfaction,report it to ebays resolution centre and tell them the loco was not as described.Cheers.

Is it possible that damage could have been cause in transit? He did get back to me but I find it hard to believe that there wasn't any sound when he "tested" before posting

On 8/3/2019 at 11:48 AM, Warbonnet said:

I’d contact the seller on EBay and inform him of the issue if you just bought it, especially if he described it as perfect working order or similar. Best bet after that is to email Murphy Models who may have spares and / or help you out. If you have no joy there contact marks models as they do repairs. However, I think the EBay seller is your first port of call. 

Well I've done the first but I hold no hope. I must admit I never would have thought of contacting Murphy's models. If marks models do repairs then I think it'll be the best port of call regardless 

5 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

Is it new or second hand?

I got it on eBay. It's second hand, the seller needs to revisit how to write descriptions because it clearly dos not running well. Also had a cosmetic issue or two.

6 hours ago, murrayec said:

Don't run it any-more until you have a good look inside!

at a guess I'd say one of the gears is stripped and that's what's what making the grinding noise- most likely the worm gear in one of the bogies is riding over the wheel gear under and is stripping it's teeth??

Eoin

If this is the issue how do you go about getting a replacement gear?

I'm no expert but to me my newly acquired enterprise liveried 201 dos not sound like everything is all right. Could anyone give me any insight into what the issue might be and how it can be sorted by someone with next to no knowledge of the internal working of a model train. As always I appreciated.

First two finished with transfers applied

19 minutes ago, Noel said:

They look very well. Tidy job.

Cheers mate. There's a few areas on the lead couch to be addressed but overall I'm happy out. Only five more to go haha

Extremely please with how this turned out. With a bit more care and patience I think has paid off in a much better result and with a lot less bleed through of the paint

I think for now the Hornby ones will do as practise in respray. The restaurant couch is nearly ready for reassembling 

14 hours ago, Rob said:

That looks spot on-   look forward to the photos when the decals are on it!

 

They just arrived in the post. Fingers crossed as I've never done it before

7 hours ago, Past-Avenue said:

They look great Dempsy  ,i also done the same with old hornby mk3 coaches i picked up at shows but they are not the correct scale length but im happy with them as we all have to start somewhere

I've three jouef mk3s that are longer then the Hornby ones. Would they be closer to scale lengthy I wonder

First attempt at a respray using mk3 hst coach. Just waiting on transfers to arrive. 

I did encounter slight overspray in parts but I'll know in future and will take more care.

This might be of interest. Hattons  have listed the class 121 on their website and appear to be taking pre orders .  I dont know if its been mentioned already .

I'm along way off my vision and i'm sure there will plenty of fun and of course mistakes along the way. Thank you though, I've got plenty to think about.

51 minutes ago, Robert Shrives said:

Hi

On the grounds that traffic runs left to right on the upper line entering "stage left" would the bay platform cause Board of Trade angst as a facing point into a short bay ?

It might prove better if it was a trailing turn point off the lower running line and a trailing crossover  between the "main lines" in the second square  from stage left . - arriving trains run loco around via  "goods loop" and then shunt stock across the crossover and propel into the bay.

Agree with Glenderg on hassle of exiting storage yard but again the 1900s angs on facing points might preclude - however the short siding in the freight yard could be turned to run parallel to main line as a headshunt, and perhaps an exit from yard at stage end right.

I would also look at track spacings in sidings to allow the very little people safe access.- certainly more room required between the sidings and the loop line to allow a walking route for shunters clear of point rodding etc.      

Certainly a fun looking plan and look forward to seeing it grow.

Robert 

The short bay into the station is a loco park area as seen in Dundalk station where i took the track plan from. The frieght yard due to room constraints had to be re positioned to work within the available space as the one in dundalk would have pushed the weight out by many feet. I know the sidings are very tight together in the plans but that would be address during the building.

I understand where both yourself and Glenderg are coming from in terms of moving stock from the freight yard into storage or vice versa and even getting coach stock from the south bound line (The line at the bottom) into storage. Out of shot i've planned for a cross over set of points at each end of the station and in my mind the freight yard would function as the head shunt when not in use. As i plan on running a full length class 201 and passenger rack i can see from your comments i wont have enough length for that plan.

Thanks for the comments though.

So thankfully after a few months away i'll be home in a few weeks and with plenty of time to myself for construction to begin. I've spent my time researching and buying bits and pieces to begin my layout starting with the station design shown. This will be my first time building a layout to my own design and am a self-pro calmed novice as i don't count the time spent building predesigned train sets when i was younger haha.

My layout will be based on a fictional part of the north eastern rail network which will focus on freight with occasional passenger services. This is due in part to the expensive nature of passenger rolling stock.

track is peco code 75 which will be pre-wired for later introduction of DCC. 

I would appreciate your thoughts, suggests and any helpful tips you might have. 

Congratulations guys

The colour was very bright i thought but if i can be dulled down it may be worth investing in. Just need to think about biting the bullet with that price

Are the mk3 EGV's ordered by silver fox worth getting?

Done. Good luck

On 1/1/2019 at 9:13 PM, Robert Shrives said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MURPHY-MODELS-MM023-IE-RIVERCLEAR-IN-ALL-THEIR-GLORY-RUN-IN-ONLY

 

might of interest 

Robert 

also this might be of value   

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MURPHY-MODELS-215-229-IE-INTERCITY-IN-ALL-THEIR-GLORY-RUN-IN-ONLY

 

Robert 

I seen that to when it went up. I've seen a photo online of one done it that. Is there anyone who produces a full set for the intercity or is it build your own as close as you can?

I just believe in enjoying my money regardless of the time of year. Dm sent