Galteemore

Fabulous day on NPQ - thanks David! My locos sternly rebuked for sticking bogie wheels….wonderful to see largest gathering of Sligo tanks since 57 and run my 7:20 stock into NPQ….

Sounds like a mixed day David! Two tanks undergoing a service right now…..

I’m not in the area but coming anyway - have two elderly locos who want to see their friends !

Just something about O gauge isn’t there?!

I still recall the grammatical advice that our university lecturer handed out in the 80s - he was the son of a Polish army officer and had been educated in a secret Warsaw school during the Nazi years. Spoke and wrote English with precision! And it’s native speakers who use ‘draw’ when they mean ‘drawer’ and ‘brought’ when they mean ‘bought’. And as for ‘should of’ instead of ‘should have’…….

Fab. F6 is 42, and almost certainly at Inchicore.

Excellent - Brant’s layouts are little gems. IIRC he travels to shows by public transport hence the reduced dimensions. See also ‘Littleton Curve’ You may also wish to check out the ‘Kidmore’ series of layouts, by David Mitchell, and especially his tribute to Brant- Kidmore Magna https://kidmorengauge.weebly.com/kidmore-magna-n.html

Thought things were a bit quiet down in Laharna! Great to see you back David - lovely work.

My ‘dream layout’ has shrunk in size as I’ve got older, much as I used to ogle the CJ Freezer mammoth plans of long ago. My long term ideal would be Glenfarne (top pic) or Dromahair (lower pic) c1950, so nothing too complex. But fully signalled and with block instruments linked to fiddle yards at ‘Manorhamilton’ and ‘Belcoo’. Lots of scope for operating the full SLNC timetable with the odd cattle special. I’m not really an operator and prefer building stock but it would be a nice test bed for running what I build. Small station as it is, it would still need a biggish shed in 7mm! Photos are Flickr embeds / click on for credits.

That’s serious marking out David - piece of art in its own right! Been busy with Jenkinson myself of late and reminding myself of how to shape a turnunder. Gorgeous shots of Hazelwood.

Innisfree is of course, in Lough Gill. Firmly in SLNC territory…..even named an engine after it…… I knew you’d come over to the dark side in the end …..;)

Excellent Bob. Take it the layout is called ‘Innisfree’?

Excellent. Nice to see how some proprietary items have been suitably adapted - great work.

Ask Roger and you’ll find out! https://www.alphagraphixkits.co.uk/

This is about as close as you might get ….much work required though ……https://railsofsheffield.com/products/pre-owned-l-yr-2-4-2-tank-50636-br-black-early-emblem-steam-locomotive?variant=41777301946559&currency=GBP&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google+shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw4P6oBhBsEiwAKYVkq2tM49KNzLKrl9yZGL6gVEtfyb0ELTejB7LL7xxb50TTUhP7vj-LdhoC6rIQAvD_BwE

Excellent stuff. Really looking forward to seeing this. Better do some wheel cleaning so my tanks don’t disgrace themselves !!!

What do you mean ‘was’?

Thanks Ernie - as you’ll see I had edited the post while you were typing after I checked my library ! I’ll stick to commenting on SLNC pics!!

Looks almost Dublin main line with the boats, but apparently it’s the Foyle viaduct rather than the more commonly pictured Mourne one. Lough Gill is always easy to identify in later pics as it was only Large Tank to keep smokebox lubricators into 50s.

Very nice. Being a parallel boiler, too, the Fowler tank is an ideal starting point for an NCC/UTA/NIR WT class……

Ernie / I can’t log in to Flickr to comment right now but your mystery toilet is Victoria Sq, Belfast.

A small commission job. Paint and assemble an 009 tram loco…details added include real coal and glazing. I’m glad I’m normally working in 7mm ….bit small for me !

fabulous. IIRC @David Holman has made one of those crates

Excellent. Will look great with a 70s era CIE freight coming under that bridge. Just needs a battered old car with a red rear numberplate sitting around somewhere !

Excellent. Looks like a 3C possibly ~ which was produced late 60s on.