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An interesting piece JHB - thank you! I think Lough Melvin was allocated to the GN side and Lough Erne at York Road, as LE got NCC style buffer numbers whereas LM bore GN style buffer nos. The latter also seems to have retained its black/red nameplate to the end, whereas LE as you say, got the full UTA livery treatment. -
That would be great JHB, thanks. The ‘Lough Gill’ plate on display in Enniskillen has a green background which is almost certainly wrong.
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The official livery as stated by Mr Egan in 1951 was red rods and black/red numberplates. The red rods almost never show up even in colour photos. This screen grab on YouTube shows it ....But ‘Enniskillen’ seems to have had red or black plates with polished brass - as JHB says....could be a mixed bag!
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7’ across cab, Angus, if it’s same dimensions as Large Tank. Looks a circa 3 inch gap between cab side and tank edge. Good choice of Lurganboy. I think the company offices were registered there - the real place is in the middle of nowhere but I think was the property of one of the founding families. I have seen an SLNC loco with tank side lettering at Sligo with a GSR bilingual sign behind it. Late 20s /early 30s works for me as a terminal date!
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Crying out for a little bit of narrow gauge track inlaid in cobbles coming under that door!
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Bit late to the the party here but just got a new book in the post today - the 1937 ‘Locomotives of the Great Southern Railways’. According to this, the MGW-allocated moguls were on the Dublin-Mullingar-Galway route.
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Those are very nice !!!
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Very convincing scene !
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Narrow-Gauge-Colour/dp/1904242138/ref=nodl_ may find some in here.
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Also some interesting BP features in the cab design such as beading and rain strips.
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MM is correct. It’s York Road - can just glimpse the coaling plant between the cab and the dome.
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Aren’t you just gas, Dave! Angus - have looked through my MGWR drawings and can’t see anything. My understanding of Pintsch gas though, is that it was carried in a longitudinal cylinder underneath the carrriage.
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Ah, getting the crude and ugly stuff out of the way first .... Good plan, though. Will look forward to seeing developments.
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This sounds most promising Angus. Nice pic of Sir Henry with original chimney, before acquiring a GN one.
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Indeed it does, although the likeness does not shine through from GNRI locos produced at Gorton. Presumably the other companies allowed BP draughtsmen more leeway in using the house style!
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True, Ernie! Quite a nice family likeness across the island too - from Collooney to Clonakilty to Cultra - significant similarities between some of the designs. This BCDR one, from Mike Morant’s collection, for instance, is very close to SLNC outlines....although with more humane spacing between the rearmost driving wheels!!
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John Harcourt was at TCD around then and will know something! It had long gone by my time there. Nice view of F6 33 too...
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Cracking stuff - the old Larne boat train coaches? Would have loved a trip over Ballyboley Hill in those!!
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Thanks Angus - it was only mock outrage really. Much as I love the SLNC it’s not really up there in the elegance stakes - whereas a Robinson loco could give an SECR 4-4-0 some serious competition. I’d actually spent hours last night analysing SLNC BP drawings....as it happens I was also mulling over a WLW loco myself. Not sure I fancy the task of balancing an 0-4-4T though...
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Angus, this forum is not the place for making inflammatory remarks...... ‘A touch of class in comparison to the SLNC Beyer Peacock tanks’ !!! I think I need a cup of tea now after that .
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Farish did an N class but is getting rather hard to source. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=n+gauge+n+class&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=sivn&sxsrf=ALeKk01KR-BsPuIHX4FCJz0OoF8svISwxQ:1588829708061&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj23-3yg6HpAhWIiFwKHe6LAmIQ_AUoAnoECA0QAg&biw=375&bih=553#imgrc=xHQstmqbtO03tM Union Mills Models do a Dean Goods in N....image here as they don’t have a website...https://www.hattons.co.uk/422146/union_mills_2460um_gwr_class_2301_deans_goods_0_6_0_2460_in_gwr_green/stockdetail.aspx
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Mountfleet Models 1/24 Clyde Puffer.
Galteemore replied to Georgeconna's topic in Aviation & Maritime Modelling
Well said! Wonderful books .... -
Nice work. Is that a Farish Duchess I see?
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This thread is seriously disruptive. I am now imagining how wonderful a model of Ballysodare would be c1905 - with a daily parade of colour including MGWR green and blue, WLWR maroon, and SLNC green/black...
