Galteemore

Lovely work. 4 or 7 mm ?

Interesting debate on Gauge O Guild about this. Some traders now stopped shows completely (even pre COVID). It’s a tricky one, as online isn’t great for everything. Some small items like buffer castings etc you really need to see in the flesh to compare. And I always enjoy seeing Roger at Alphagraphix !

This may be related to the US TV phenomenon called ‘jumping the shark’.......

I did go through the list of his photos available on the publisher’s website and there’s still a few enticing items in there...although given that he was snapping alongside HC, I expect some images might simply be slight variants on Casserley classics we already know. At least one image in this book looked vaguely familiar - not complaining though!

‘Frogs’ aren’t so much the point blades as the place where the rails cross and potentially clash electrically. The technical term is a common crossing. An easy way to make it electrically simple is to use plastic frogs - but these can lead to unreliable running. Or use the point blades to change polarity with direction of travel - but dirt on point blades can lead to ...unreliable running. I have experienced both of the above variants ! Best option is a frog which is electrically separated from the rest of the turnout and has its polarity switched at same time as point blades move - usually done with a switch on point motor. Here’s a crossover on my layout being prepared. You can see the gaps which isolate the frog, and the yellow wire powering each frog. The brown wire at bottom of pic shows how stock and switch rails are bonded to eliminate reliance on blades conducting power. I have done this on two layouts now and it’s a worthwhile amendment. Peco points will normally have a little booklet enclosed telling you how to do it, or search online - that’s how I worked out the crossover wiring ....

Got a few fans on here already ! Hope there’s a Vol 2....

Looking good David - I was flicking through my Coakham today by chance - it’s a lovely vehicle. Sorry to hear about Markits. I’ve used NMRS w/m buffers on most of my stuff but had been considering Markits for my next coach. May rethink that ! I have built 2 Irish 7mm coaches from scratch now (I know, get some time in!) and have tried 2 approaches to footboards. I have tried soldering them up from brass and making from plasticard/plastic rod - slathered with MekPak. The latter method was easier (relatively speaking).

Looking forward to catching it recorded - missed the live one. We really are spoiled right now - Irish railway heritage and fine models being showered upon us. Railcar was E or F apparently @Irishswissernie

I have used similar stuff for 2 recent layouts, JB. Most happy with it...

Nothing wrong with clockwork. My brother has custody of this ....

And it’s DCC - powered by a digitally compressed coil ....

Didn’t want to spoil the surprise Jim by telling you up front ! Some cracking NG images in there.....once I managed to tear myself away from the SLNC bit..

I’d use contact adhesive myself for that sort of thing - Thin coat on each surface, allow to get tacky, then bond together.

Sorry - only the vaguest memory of an office-like set up with comfy chairs. In those pre-iPhone days I didn’t bother much with photos - which I regret given some of the things I now remember as lost treasures such as Bray-Greystones push-pulls.

Such a shame. Loved their stuff, which got me back into trains. Especially the Prussian S6 I had....

Is that the one to Westport or thereabouts? If so I was on it and distinctly remember sitting in the exec coach for part of the journey back.

Certainly visited eastern seaboard of Ulster eg Carnlough where there was also a steam and cable powered tramway....the scene is still recognisable....I think steam had gone by the 20s but the last cable working was in the 70s I believe..

Not a bad idea, David. A little competition, perhaps, to focus our minds in these trying days, for an Irish themed box file? Sorry, I mean of course comhad bosca .

You may have come across this already but it was news to me. BBC NI have made a huge archive of video clips available online...https://bbcrewind.co.uk/ A search for ‘train’ or ‘railway’ unearths a treasure trove - including Donegal railcars running at Derry Victoria Rd in 1978. A 1957 clip shows an MPD set with an impressive freight load behind, whilst a 1978 short movie with one Liam Neeson in his jobbing actor days includes cracking archive - and the only sound clip I have ever heard of ‘Lough Erne’ at work. Sadly there are of course many depressing clips of NIR being dragged into the Troubles, but some lovely blue and maroon all the same ...

And what a book it is - cheers Ernie ! Unbeknownst to me, Galteemore Snr had already ordered me a copy which landed today. Amazing what you could see in a week in 1950. SLNC section is a joy, pure and simple. Some angles I hadn’t seen before. I used to be a big fan of BR (Southern) and had seen RC Riley’s work there. But his Irish stuff is terrific. If you like Irish railways in the 50s, you’ll love this.

Indeed it is the Cultra one. Here’s another angle showing a little more....

IIRC there was some corridor First stock on the Enterprise in the 80s. My dad was on the first run of the GM-hauled set in 81 and I dimly recall a photo of him in a compartment with the other RPSI office-holders.

Prototypical to the last, Mr H. Even your uploads run at SLNC line speed!

Courtesy of Chester MRC, here’s a view inside one of the Cavan and Leitrim 4-4-OTs - probably not far off the 2-4-2T interior. Although by the mid 50s none of them were quite this pristine !

Brief lacuna in work, due to relocation of workshops! Mrs Galteemore is a lady of great wisdom and sagacity, and sees the importance of arts and crafts in human life. However, my activity was rather taking over the shared craft room. So she suggested that I move from the craft room and, as it’s so difficult to host guests right now I may as well repurpose the entire guest room for modelling! We have now moved the kit, so hopefully work will recommence very soon (on a Leitrim understanding of ‘soon’.....). It’s a cracking space to use so I have no excuses now !