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It depends ! Read the descriptions carefully. Most tend to cover a range of vehicles in that particular class of stock eg GNR 6 wheelers. The GSWR inspection saloon is the only carriage that seems to have a book to itself.
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http://irishrailarchives.ie/archives/maps_drawings/
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Great stuff Ernie! In the Sprinks photo album there is a very useful shot of Enniskillen, taken from the rear inside Manorhamilton works. Most helpful in stuff like bunker detail etc...
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Tell us more, Colin! Roger’s kits are great. I’ve used rolling stock and building kits from him quite successfully. You asked a question elsewhere re drawings of the Sir Henry class. I have the same set as Brack - purchased from the IRRS. They are part of the ‘Haynes manual’ supplied to Manorhamilton works by BP when the class was delivered. The collection published by the IRRS is not a reproduction of the entire set but more than enough to make a model with.
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Very nice! Reminds me of the old Back Line from Greenisland to Monkstown...
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They were fairly common on the Big Island, certainly at large MPDs, but I’m not sure how many Hibernian examples there were. This is A1 ‘Marmion’ - c1949 (she was named in 1950) at Grantham. I think @David Holman is an ECML fan and may have more info than I....
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end on detail drawings of locos and rolling stock
Galteemore replied to Colin R's topic in General Chat
Colin- Tim Cramer’s article on building the D19 - class 2 - has an end on view which may be useful for building the similar D17 - class 52. David -
The last picture also shows how well Arigna has transitioned to the coast. Wouldn’t know it was the same layout !
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Terrific as ever, David, and an unusual prototype too. With a special weekend bonus of a weathering masterclass thrown in....
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That would fit. 94 was in that class - we still have 93 with us thankfully
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Top loco looks very much like a GNRI JT class. The dress code suggests 20s-30s and the boys look dressed in a Scout uniform of sorts
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Colin - I suspect these didn’t last long in SLNC service and the only ‘foreign’ coach around near the end was an ex GNR one. My dad thinks that the DNG ones may have been among the stock maliciously destroyed in 22-23.
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If modelling the steam era, don’t forget your Facing Point Locks if the turnout will be traversed by passenger carrying stock.
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You could be right Robert. My student summer job was there 25-30 years ago, and I was involved in writing descriptions for archives as they were catalogued - it can take a while to make them publicly accessible. My favourite one to work on was the Orwellian-sounding ‘Ministry of Public Security’, which wasn’t quite as sinister as it appears....essentially Stormont’s wartime planning dept but it sounds splendidly conspiratorial....
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The late Mike Sharman would have loved this project. Would doubtless have had some fiendish way to compensate and drive the chassis from a motor mounted in the dome or similar!
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Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
Galteemore replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
It is truly wonderful. About fifty years ago my father gleaned pretty much everything SLNC that could be found with the catalogues of Lens of Sutton etc, so I was familiar with a fairly wide selection of SL images. The IRRS archive has added significant new gems though. Anthony Bennett’s views of a goods train in progress, and PJ Flanagan’s rarest of the rare photo of Lisgorman are pure gold. Join up boys and girls! My only regret is that for the three years we lived by the Liffey, I was into German HO, and it never occurred to me to visit in person. -
This is one of the most interesting threads on here right now. Chris Klein, who is a very skilled modeller with his own firm making O gauge locos : https://www.minervamodelrailways.co.uk has 3 rules: 1. Model railways are fun 2. It’s your railway so run what you want to 3. Any model railway is better than no model railway What you are doing fits all those ! Wish I’d done something like this years ago. It’s like some of those early Model Railway Constructor articles...inspiring effort.
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Shaping up well !
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Absolutely Nelson - I’d stuck to RTR suggestions.....Slaters’ kits are quite straightforward to make and unsurprisingly some of their old Midland stuff has a vaguely old style NCC look about them. I made one a few years ago as my first 7mm kit. Do make the chassis up on an old mirror or glass cutting mat though or it may rock about. Don’t ask how I know.....and sorry about the black running gear. I didn’t know any better !
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Or get a friend with a 3D scanner and go straight to print ! Mind you, be almost as quick to knock one up from Plastikard....
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General Motors GM6 six-wheeled locomotive similar to a 121
Galteemore replied to jhb171achill's topic in General Chat
Very interesting link, Mayner. The 1944 photo at Tripoli clearly reveals French practice of having named crew for a loco, compete with plates on the cab side. -
Depends how much compromise you can live with! RTR is rather limited to Dapol stock in this area - some generic looking BR box vans and open wagons are available but would be a compromise eg number of planks used in wagon sides. You’d really need to scratch build a brown van or two, otherwise it will look just like another BR layout....
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Good point, Mr H - some B n M stock may be coming up! Can’t think why I’d recommend the Manorhamilton - Dromahair section...... I think I’d reluctantly agree on this one Rich, in terms of a standard gauge project though. One of those lines where it’s almost better to remember it as it was, or use the formation for something like Suir Valley. No preserved SG line could ever do justice to an ancient 0-6-4T dragging all those cattle trucks round tight curves and sharp gradients....and the background was also important - a rural Ireland free of ‘bungalow blight’!
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If that’s the case then it’s also pretty close to this which is that same Fairbairn design rebuilt with a saddle tank...and I have an outline scale drawing for that.....and a model....
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What a fantastic project !
