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Also look at the KTM class 22 in Malaysia / basically a co-Co version of the Hunslet, and built by EE in 1971

Great to see you Leslie and @David Holman even if my locos were a bit naughty. Once back home though I set them on rails and they ran as sweet as you like of course - modelled by Lurganboy in the YouTube above. I suppose that repeated warming and cooling (locos had spent six hours in the car at varying temperatures) probably doesn’t help! I will also add some weight to the railbus luggage rack to put some more tractive weight over the wheels - and possibly loosen the trailer pickups a little. Fabulous to see NPQ out and about, and running so well. It’s such a great advert for 5’3 modelling. And @Andy Cundick was just a few feet away, although not displaying Irish this time!

I think the issue was not so much unreliability as misuse. NIR bought industrial shunters, designed for short stop start work, and used them for relatively long distance running. This led to issues such as overheating. Had they been employed in pilot work at York Road or Central they’d probably have been much more reliable.

LMS buffers will do nicely; that’s what all my Sligo engines have. As for boiler fittings, the chimney and dome are not especially outlandish and ‘close enough’ should be easily obtainable in the 4mm world. A 3d guru could probably knock up a chimney and dome fairly easily for you in any case.

Nothing to be guilty about. Ireland’s finest railway

I travelled into York Road daily from 83 to 89 and that siding never changed too much !

Apparently you can! Great result

Try @Hunslet 102 - he has built or acquired one…..

That’s stunning. You can create a very convincing 800 by chopping around an LMS 4-6-0 but this is another level. Perfectly captured the ‘face’. Hope you are very pleased. BTW station has a nice Sligo look about it

Sorry @BosKonay- I’m just used to 7mm where £100 gets you this….. It’s not so much that it’s acceptable, as that if I wanted such a coach by any other means it would cost me a lot more…..

It’s also worth bearing in mind that these are finished off in an incredibly complex livery at a standard that most of us could only dream of. Give a Ratio LNW kit ( which costs at least £20 )to a professional builder and £100 will not take you very far. Totally agree with @Mike 84C about lighting, which in any case can be like sound and difficult to scale down convincingly.

Sorry - can’t be much help really as the track modelled above is based on Sligo Leitrim practice - which was odd lengths of rail and as exiguous sleepering as possible! Standard UK sleeper depth and 9’ sounds right. Yes to closer spacing at joints.

Fabulous. If you are modelling this era ie no steam, go 21mm gauge from the get go (steam locos are very tricky in the main to convert). It just adds that definite ‘Irish’ look even if you aren’t running anything - you can just enjoy looking at the track……

Lovely structure and beautifully observed weathering Alan

A polite question to Kirley on RM Web might be appropriate. Tony Ragg posts there only occasionally but a PM might reach him.

Kirley on RM Web has built one, using etches drawn up by Tony Ragg. So presumably etches may be available for other parties…..pic courtesy Kirley on RMWEB

Yes, the North Star Sligo tank is very nice - I was gifted a first edition one a few years ago to build….

Well look what landed thanks to @Rob R and @Colin RLots of cleaning up and fettling ahead. But all the bits are here…..I think..,,

Got out the Bird’s Custard too I see! You’ve tidied that up nicely

Bulleid was also a former officer in the Royal Engineers, seeing service on the western front in WW1. Military engineers will do amazing things with whatever is at hand (some mighty constructions were made with Hesco Bastion in Iraq and Afghanistan). It’s not unlikely that he drew some inspiration from what he saw in France, where corrugated iron would have been used for all kinds of purposes.

LOL Ernie. Those are basically the two locations that define my childhood railway memories. I grew up in earshot of the Larne line and made regular visits to my grandparents in SLNCR-land. On one memorable occasion, we had to rush a parcel of my grandfather’s fresh caught salmon (which had travelled by railcar pre 57) over the mountain to catch the last train from Sligo…. Looks very like the Glenfarne shot shows the 2pm goods out of Enniskillen in mid-shunt.

How exciting ! Am sure your Midas touch will soon bring this to life. Through station between Comber and Newcastle will allow a nice timetable without having to build loads of commuter carriages !

Very nice feature. Reminds me of the CCT and GUV left high and dry at Oxford for years when the siding was cut - all swept away when Chiltern Railways built new platforms

Hang your head in shame This should have been posted on the forum ages ago. Great to see another layout on here.

Standard fixture on RAF bombers in WW2, and many railway guards vans had axes IIRC.