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  1. Galteemore
    I asked my source, whose railway journeys really began around the time of this photo (he got to Killybegs and Kilrea that year). This is his text reply as received: Quite common in early post 58 days but after wasp stripes they disappeared more common pre repainting in uta colours by which time their crest transport is civilisation appeared on side panels only
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    Ernie - loving your 1956 shots. Had a very pleasant discussion session with my dad reconstructing the snapper’s afternoon in Co Cavan and Monaghan. Thanks to his amazing caption details, which are time specific, we can work out how he travelled into Belturbet by NG, up to Clones for a busy hour of traffic, and on to Enniskillen in time to see the SLNC 7:20 ready to go. He could presumably have then travelled on it. But no, yer man sleeps in EKN overnight and then goes to Omagh in the morning! Great album - can’t wait to see the rest! Thanks Ernie
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    Looks fantastic, David. Is the ‘tumblehome’ moulded in as part of the process or do you have to bend it in when assembling the sides on to the central box structure ?
  4. Galteemore
    Here’s the one in the RPSI collection, David ....https://www.steamtrainsireland.com/rpsi-collection/19/602-shell-oil-tank It’s not a million miles off yours ...
  5. Galteemore
    Depends how fussy or prototypically minded you are, according to how you look at modelling! They are not especially ‘Irish’ but some of the 6 wheelers would pass the 2’ rule if painted properly.
  6. Galteemore
    Poles apart from my modelling interest ....
  7. Galteemore
    Nice little layout -a good basis for making a small scenic setting with some operation.
  8. Galteemore
    Funny how taste goes. The millionaire racing driver Captain Howey, who built and owned the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, visited Barnstaple when the disposal auction for the L and B was taking place. As his biographer noted, he was probably the only person there who could have purchased the whole lot outright. However, he looked at the locos and dismissed them as ‘dreadful things with long funnels’ and walked away.....
  9. Galteemore
    Here’s a hint of an answer, David. From an earlier post by Angus, linked to Mike Morant’s photo site.....
  10. Galteemore
    Well quite. I well remember seeing 186 when it was first repainted like that. It just looked wrong, and yet it was actually quite accurate....
  11. Galteemore
    Don’t even need an airbrush to start. Can do a lot with powders and MIG oilbrushers too....sorry - some repetition here : Noel was writing as I was thinking !
  12. Galteemore
    And IIRC it’s one of those that still sits on an RPSI siding, still in that livery. Would be a nice project in plasticard.
  13. Galteemore
    When I spent some time in the late 90s immersed in the English PRO at Kew, it really was blokes in green smock coats who brought you the files....
  14. Galteemore
    And I think that was really the point of the GSR design rather than speed, which has never really been a thing in Ireland as it is in England (as I see frequently, living near the WCML).
  15. Galteemore
    A P2 is preserved at Whitehead. Camera shy though!
  16. Galteemore
    I do have my copy of a Decade of Steam to hand, @leslie10646 and according to Bill McDonnell 801 was the speediest of the trio. This may of course refer to acceleration rather than actual max speed. Drew suggests that the 800s never really got the opportunity to show their true mettle. On 17 Mar 1940, he got 88 with Maedbh between Ballybrophy and Thurles. The engine ‘just ran away’ with the six bogies according to Driver Foley. Drew leaves the strong impression that higher speeds could have been gained had a serious effort been made (as on the LMS and LNER) to push the locos hard.
  17. Galteemore
    NIce work. Something a little different to run in between regular consists.
  18. Galteemore
    Fantastic. Can almost hear it....lovely job
  19. Galteemore
    Hornby R912. Only purchase it if you want to have a complete boxed set - there are much better controllers out there if you want to run it!! Here’s one anyway....there may well be cheaper ones. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164368260209
  20. Galteemore
    Plenty of time yet George. The RAF officially commemorates BoB the Sunday after 15th Sep. But nicely remembered. The last BoB pilot alive is actually an Irishman and is living in Dublin at the age of over 100- Gp Capt Hemingway DFC
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    EBay seems to have a few ...
  22. Galteemore
    To be honest, I think the prototypical original livery is the culprit here - it does not scale down well perhaps - and certainly doesn’t lend itself to detail and contrast. The decorated samples of the 121 look fantastic in B and T but this anaemic greyness does them no favours. Some subtle weathering of panel lines etc will quickly bring out the true greatness of the model and blend the handrails in.
  23. Galteemore
    Deserves to be a member of Aosdána for service to Irish culture !
  24. Galteemore
    Looks terrific Ken. Such an elegant loco. Lovely paint job too!
  25. Galteemore
    Having seen the real things daily on my school commute, I get the point, and they could have earned an honest crust at Downpatrick. They were rather odd little things though, and not really classic or representative of Ulster traction. A greater loss in that sense was the old MPD unit (64 I think) that hung around York Road at the same time.
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