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Asking for help.

During the lockdown there was a photo posted here on the forum that showed rolling stock (I can't recall if it was loco, coach or goods) with a timber raised platform in the foreground.  I have a mental note that it was at the Boston Sidings and despite keyword searches of the forum for Boston, sidings, DSER I can’t find it again.  Any help with a link to it or a new posting would be great.

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Thanks Warb, and it's great to have the photo showing the 2 doors in the north elevation.  I take it that the dividing wall runs perpendicular to the doors?  When I enlarged my first photo above I was amazed to see that the windows in the west elevation were latticed.  They obviously had great pride in what they were building.

Can you recall how it's finished on the inside - brick, painted, timber cladded?  

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Does anyone know what the inside of the building looks like and what it is used for today?

www.google.ie/maps/@53.3425928,-6.2467118,3a,75y,89.71h,94.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s84Dj-YRvO2U53KLwznoM4A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Thanks in advance

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Models are super and I'm enjoying the daily progression.  It's hard to think that this is the magnificence of our railway heritage and thanks to IRM for capturing it on this one.

Getting like Bingo now.  Sitting here waiting for my 2 numbers to come up.

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56 minutes ago, John-r said:

Hi guys,  Thanks for the replys,   I have tried the publisher, Rail Express are out of stock, tried amazon, eBay and a few other UK magazine places but to no avail,  also wary of taking out subscriptions as last time I did that each issue was damaged so cancelled subscription,  not with  this magazine company. Kind of just putting this out there hoping someone might know where else to look. Thanks guys.

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Magazine stands at airports and large railway stations?

A Pity there'll be no pub.  The Morgue in Templeogue was central to the life of the Dublin and Blessington Steam Tram and it's still known as the Morgue.  Perhaps some of this parish could share a detailed account.  Maybe something for the good railway story thread?

If you are including a pub in the layout will it be the Morgue in Templeogue and its story?

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Congratulations to everyone at IRM/Accurascale.  An amazing achievement. 

Using one of those suggested layouts, would there be merit in reversing the scenario such that shiploads of coal arrived at a port in Ireland, coal was offloaded to wagons and a mountainous coalyard, all for rail transport to industrial plants on/off scene?

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jhb171achill the piece on Station Scene is great, a real insight into the comings and goings at a busy station.  It's a pity that the top of the photo has been cropped such that the station roof outline is not visible.  Looks very like Platform 5 at Westland Row.  I like the way you can describe the coach colours from a grainy black & white photo.  Enjoyed the read and great to have it.  Thanks for posting.

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On 4/8/2020 at 8:31 AM, David Holman said:

All ideal train combos, even in 7mm scale. Applying Iain Rice's formula, that a train needs to travel three times its own length across the scenic part of a layout, means that on Belmullet/Arigna my fiddle yard is a quarter of the overall length.

 

Ian Rice's formula of 3 times its own length seems and excellent one.  Are there any similar 'rule of thumb' formulae or guidelines for getting the most out of a layout? 

For example, across the scenic part, what percent should be railway and what percent should be landscape/streetscape, or many points in the scenic stretch, and things like that?

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As part of your planning, find out how many modelling clubs there are in your catchment area, what their annual spend would be and what percent of that spend you could capture.  In the context of COVID-19, consider the numbers that are currently on the unemployment register and ponder the wisdom of starting a new business in these very difficult economic times.

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Nice modelling.  Hoping to get some of Leslie's cattle wagons done myself during this cocooning phase.  

What paint did you use?

Just thinking out loud now.  I wonder if any of the specialist modellers on the Forum would have advise about lightly 'scuffing' the buffers to expose the metal and give the effect of buffers clashing?

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If you have visited Warley you would know that you would get run over at opening time by youngsters trying to be first to get to the Thomas Tank layout.  I think they have 4 controllers on the layout which they give to the children to run the trains.  That’s what attracts young people, being able to play with something that’s part of their world.  You don’t see too many of them looking at prize winning layouts with perfectly modelled couplings, rivets, landscape, or shades of paint.  Those are things that are of interest to serious modellers, perfectionists and oldtimers, not youngsters.  But if you had Polar Express, Frozen, My Little Pony, The Railway Children, or Harry Potter you might get killed in the rush.  I think that’s where a start is needed – the things youngsters are familiar with - and once the joy of model trains is experienced those youngsters will come back to the hobby in later life and will want something Irish closer to home.

My tuppence worth.

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Thanks NIR

Went to add some droppers and discovered I might not have enough wire.  Cocooned.  I know very, little about electrics, so, a question for electrical gurus.  Why is DCC dropper wire lighter than bus wire?  Is there an electrical requirement or is it just a matter of costing less?

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Folks

Let's appreciate what IRM are doing for the hobby and take responsibility for how we pay for what we buy.  Looking forward to adding a few of these to the growing fleet.

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Getting back to Track - Which is best, I’m told that recycling old steel track is not a good idea because it will rust and will be a challenge to keep clean.  Has anyone any experience or advise to share on using old steel track? 

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On 3/20/2020 at 9:28 PM, Mayner said:

The photo is of the Swinford end of the station, the gates appear to have been operated by at crossing keeper who lived in the cottage to the right of the photos.

The signals and crossover are likely to have been controlled from the signal cabin which is out of view at the Claremorris end of the station.

Interestingly the wicket gate was removed and a 3 lever ground frame installed to the right of the buffer stop at some stage after the photo was taken. The frame may have been installed to interlock the level crossing gates with the running signals, so that the signal man could not lower the signal for the section to Swinford or the signals to enter the station unless the crossing gates were open

There is another level crossing at the Claremorris end of the station that was operated by the signal man, the gates appear to have been operated by hand rather than from a "big wheel" in the cabin. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152343870@N07/39574108574/in/album-72157713183200497/

 

Thanks for the replies Midland Man and Mayner.

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2 hours ago, Mayner said:

Kiltimagh on the Burma Road, I have been planning but never got round to building a model based on the station for many years.

Anything known about the signal cabin?  What era or who built it, Any other photos?

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Thanks JB.

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Rebuild the hut and instruments at the museum?  Working would be a bonus.

On 3/4/2020 at 12:49 PM, josefstadt said:

8118, they were empty on the return journey.

Thanks josefstadt.

I take it that laden fertiliser wagons reached all parts of the network.  Were the return trips empty wagons or were they used for transporting other goods on part of the journey?

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Barges on the canal taking Guinness to far-off places like Athlone.  Guinness dray horses pulling flat carts, empty except for one large straw-filled cushion that was placed on the footpath or road to break the fall when dropping a barrel from the cart.  Horse drawn bread van and the silent running battery driven milk floats.