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  1. Galteemore
    Those June 57 images are delightful Ernie
  2. Galteemore
    It’s pre 78 if 186 is in black - I’m not sure from pic. She was repainted green for First Great Train Robbery that year. Not using RPSI stock, either, which is interesting and should help narrow options.
  3. Galteemore
    He’s a fine lad. Use his chassis jig.
  4. Galteemore
    The slight curve in the road - and thus the houses - is very effective in adding an extra dimension of realism.
  5. Galteemore
    Yes it’s a bit hit and miss but some gems amidst the straw….
  6. Galteemore
    Depends on the loco….;)
  7. Galteemore
    Hi Roger - I’m Irish but live off the Met line so not far from you’. Welcome to the forum. Loco is an GSWR 52 class 4-4-0, no 59. You’d be looking at a very elderly English 4-4-0 to recreate that!!!
  8. Galteemore
    Excellent Alan. Science Museum in Manchester holds the BP archives. They may well have a GA for this. It’s one of my own favourites, givens its strong likeness to the SLNC tanks. Much of the plate work seems very similar, although interestingly the County Down went for rounded off tanks rather than the simple SLNC rectangles! Probably a cost factor….
  9. Galteemore
    Excellent work David. Really appreciate you showing the nuts and bolts of this. What’s the procedure for mounting to locos?
  10. Galteemore
    The class gets an honourable mention in ‘A Decade of Steam’ - Driver Bill McDonnell says that a 500 was in especial demand for heavy passenger specials and they were his favourite CIE class. Once a 500 had lifted a train to 50-60mph, ‘she could lope along on a whisper’.
  11. Galteemore
    Funnily enough, I was recently given an ancient Slaters kit of an RCH 6-planker to make up. Couldn’t resist adding some SSM transfers and a real wood interior. I also altered the strapping a bit to the Irish pattern. Not perfect but 2’ rule and all that….
  12. Galteemore
    He should have bought 207 Leslie, never mind 2750!!
  13. Galteemore
    Yes, the ‘express’ bit simply referred to the non-stop run through the north. The Dublin-Dundalk leg did look rather more impressive as it could attract some heavy motive power of S class and above. Up the Irish North, though, the pace got more leisurely !
  14. Galteemore
    Clearly the young lad is cut from the same cloth as Mr W….. Totally agree with the livery. Just recalls that immediate post steam era when the railway was still run with proper goods trains, semaphore signals, and little byways such as Ardee and Loughrea still saw trains. And you could get a decent meal on the Sligo Mail….
  15. Galteemore
    Indeed, but as GSR 800 comments, the Enterprise worked differently. One particular feature was a shutter in the bar, which was moved across at the border to shut the ‘northern drinks cabinet’ and open the ‘southern’ one, thus ensuring alcohol was sold at correct duty rate in each jurisdiction! The only other train, I think, which crossed the border without checks, was the Bundoran Express, which avoided checks by not stopping at any stations in NI. Would have been a fine sight running round the curve of Enniskillen station.
  16. Galteemore
    I think the confusion here may arise from the modern use of ‘Enterprise’ for all Belfast-Dublin trains. Your train had an engine change but that would have been a normal Belfast-Dublin train and not the ‘Enterprise’, which was a non-stop service.
  17. Galteemore
    That was the last ever Belfast - Dublin steam. This was the specifically branded ‘Enterprise’ train, which was entirely diesel from summer 57. Specials and many slower through trains on the route were still steam worked up till 66.
  18. Galteemore
    There’s a classic and subtle Irish vibe about this - the main st running under the bridge recalls quite a few real life locations.
  19. Galteemore
    SLNC large tanks are 100% scrapped. 50% of the Lough class does survive
  20. Galteemore
    Larne Aluminium. 66% preserved
  21. Galteemore
    In fairness I thought same thing when I looked at the photo!
  22. Galteemore
    or is the shed door just obscuring the other end of the wagon ?
  23. Galteemore
    That’s a beast of a Buhler motor!!
  24. Galteemore
    Excellent work / and those are good books. Look forward to seeing more !
  25. Galteemore
    Wouldn’t have to be a loop - just a spur.
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