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  1. Galteemore
    And let’s not forget the SLNCR contractors loco. ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’. Still the motto of the Royal Irish Regiment.
  2. Galteemore
    Absolutely. Closest analogue over here are the Scottish scenic lines (West Highland etc). Every single passenger journey is subsidised by between £12 and £25 by the Holyrood parliament. And these are lines which really are tourist magnets yet still can’t pay. Image courtesy Byway Travel.
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    Card kit which can be motorised. Someone called DevonBelle on RMWeb did it with a Lima O class 33 chassis
  4. Galteemore
    It’s no coincidence surely? The Northern Lights appear just as the Great Northern light is extinguished at Great Victoria St…..a celestial tribute to Ireland’s second most stellar railway……;)
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    Pity I’ll miss this - stuck here as I am beside the GWR main line ….Fabulous pics JHB. Apparently I was on the last steam ECS into GVS with 171 in 1975 but aged 4 I don’t recall it! . So sad that we can’t have a final steam departure from under the Boyne Bridge with 171, 85 or 131. But at long last Belfast is getting a station that will hopefully be a worthy successor to the termini of old. I still think the Victorians missed a trick in not building a US-style Union station though!
  6. Galteemore
    Email and ask how: sirberkeley@outlook.com
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    Roger will rescale any of his card kits to 4mm. Ideal templates for coach building. I use his card kits for just that purpose.
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    Alphagraphix do some very nice card ones which build up nicely
  9. Galteemore
    An E class would be ideal. But building a loco first thing is an expensive experiment. I speak as one who has built 5 brass locos and is working on another. I’d start with a simple wagon or building kit first. Soldering is not that difficult but will take practice. You will also need some basic tools such as a simple hold and fold. And if building a loco, then a simple chassis jig is a must - Poppys Wood Tech make an excellent one.
  10. Galteemore
    As someone who has nothing at all to do with RTR (if only one could buy 7mm 36.75mm gauge !) I’m not often on Sam’s Trains. That Black 5 video was actually pretty solid and well-informed. He’s also a pretty good modeller - look at this 3D LNW loco he designed and built……
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    What gems Ernie, thanks. I do like the QLs, 127 and her sisters tend to get overshadowed by the other GN 4–4-0 classes. Although capable - and gorgeous - engines when built, I think their steaming capacity was not enhanced by later rebuilding. And a nice Comber whiskey poster too….
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    In my spare room, one is still at Enniskillen ! 7mm scratchbuild on a Alphagraphix Bulleid chassis.
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    Interesting view, too, of the new planks on the GN van at Newry.
  14. Galteemore
    Great article in MRJ 303 about converting a Manor to EM. It’s also a mini-review of the model, and for an RTR OO model to get praise in MRJ is high praise indeed. And I quote ‘the more I examined it, the more I realised just what a superb job Accurascale have done’. Those of you preparing to review IRM’s first Irish steam loco will do well to read the article as the same comments will no doubt apply
  15. Galteemore
    Apologies Patrick, this story has really grown wings and it’s hard to keep up as the narrative migrates in different directions. Seriously, the gulls look great.
  16. Galteemore
    But surely there’s only one bird fit for Clogherhead….the loon, better known as….the Great Northern Diver…..
  17. Galteemore
    @David Holmandid a turf train some time ago. Attracts great interest at UK shows. Yes, the turf trains ran from the west to supply a dump at Phoenix Park during the Emergency.
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    I know you’re desperate to have a model of 171 Patrick….. is this some kind of subliminal message to IRM? I suppose the next thing we’ll see are van loads of sleeves from Brookhall arriving…
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    And Roger will shrink it to 4mm if you ask nicely. They are great templates for scratch building.
  20. Galteemore
    The Sutton tram sheds were latterly where CIE ballast tampers were serviced. Sutton also boasted Cosh siding - the longest refuge siding on the GN.
  21. Galteemore
    Lovely. That last image, of the light spilling over the platform, is sublime.
  22. Galteemore
    Great work !
  23. Galteemore
    June 2016 Railway Modeller has an article on motorising them
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    Is that thinking outside the box or not?!
  25. Galteemore
    The GNR were generally spot on with design but the superheater experiments produced some horrors. I can’t repost here but have a look on the GNRI section of ‘Transports of Delight-Smugmug’.
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