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  1. Galteemore
    By convention, a locomotive is said to exist when her frames are erected. So another engine, is, I suppose, on my roster. A recent and very fortuitous encounter (thanks to a lead from @David Holman) resulted in me effectively being kindly given a very early North Star kit for a Small Tank, provided that I supply motor, wheels, etc and actually build it. So the workbench has been cleared of all else and ‘Lurganboy’ has begun to take shape. I never like to post about locos on here until I have a rolling chassis. And tonight we have…..note the classic SLNC signature piece of rear pair of drivers almost touching….
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    Absolutely agreed. Really worth spending the price of a kit on tools alone. A must have IMHO is a chassis jig, like the Poppy’s Woodtech one, which will effectively guarantee a rolling chassis first time.
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    Interestingly Sonic Models are launching an LNER A5. Not sure if the chassis dimensions line up but may be a good foundation for a Bandon tank. https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/sonic-models-oo-lner-a5-4-6-2t-gains-colour?utm_campaign=KMW - Rail newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=230758831&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9szATRKqggfZ5p5DUMB1F3g_5Lf3uzkguIYhDkscY15pvc-XM4H3j1L7egEmGk4mHtm8kg9JpB54c2KENTeNqQuuFCyA&utm_content=230758831&utm_source=hs_email
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    So sorry to hear the news Ken - I hope that the treatment is helping. Delightful work as ever. Great to see you back posting here.
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    He only makes the Sligo tank in 7mm - a small tank rather than the Loughs.https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&hl=en-gb&sxsrf=ALiCzsYYKlPnZ_QkrbIZQr0WTg5gAvn8IA:1666464373350&q=lissadell+north+star&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi074PIv_T6AhUcgf0HHWbFAhsQ0pQJegQIBhAB&biw=375&bih=629&dpr=3#imgrc=MC6FHltDfe-SnM
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    Cleethorpes it is https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleethorpes_Railway_Station.jpg
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    Thankfully the Bulleid looks much healthier now…..34072 ‘257 Squadron’
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    Looks very well
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    Sir Milne Barbour, director of the Barbour Mill (obviously enough) was also a director of the GNRI in the 20s-30s. I think he’d have approved of Brookhall Mill…..
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    I quite agree. A 2600 would be magic and ran ‘for so long in so many guises’……
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    That fits. Loco is shedded at St Rollox. Built in 1957, withdrawn in 1966. Note the Caprotti valve gear.
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    Know what you mean about 63 - still lots of stuff like Derry Road and Mallow-Waterford, Burma Road etc…but if you were to offer me a week in history to go exploring around, I’d pick 1950 - lots of mileage but also lots of variety, both steam and I/c, not to mention 3’ gauge. Mind you, 1910 also has its attractions - imagine the rainbow parade of trains through Ballysodare……
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    I’m sure he’ll see through them eventually.
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    Some kind of general weed killer is all I know. SLNCR also used the GN train. A circular was sent out to all staff beforehand warning them to cover up all flowers and vegetables at crossing cottages etc. The personnel running the train wore protective gear even back then so must have been pretty noxious stuff.
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    Pics from RPSI Facebook page - credits to G Mooney and D Carse: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=855588914506499&id=715053831893342&set=a.855588347839889&source=48&refid=13&__tn__=%2B>
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    This is what I would do, if you don’t have the confidence to start from scratch with bare rails and a track gauge. Make a little jig which will allow you to cut lengths of square plastic rod to exactly the requisite height. The jig will ensure consistency. Glue these to a piece of standard sleepered track and secure the whole assembly on your baseboard, making sure it’s dead flat and not twisted. When glue is fully set, snip away the sleepers. That will give you an approximation of the look, whilst ensuring that the gauge is also correct.
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    He did a PhD in that. To keep subject vaguely on topic, that great Gaeilgeoir Eamon DeV was briefly a Stormont MP for BCDR territory. One of the UUP members for the same constituency was actually a BCDR director. After the closure in 1950, and before the rails were removed in 54-56, he strongly argued that the line should be retained against traffic congestion. Sadly he didn’t prevail …..
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    To be fair, @WRENNEIRE, at Belfast Royal Academy we didn’t also have the Irish to learn like you did…..
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    Thanks for this Alan. Great to see this progressing, and looking good. Made one of these blocks up myself for a nascent project. I found a little Emery paper polishing did indeed work wonders. So I’m not dreading making up a few more.
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    Yes it’s an LQG. Originally 78 ‘Pettigo’ built 1908, re numbered 1937, withdrawn in 1959. The D refers to the power class, not the loco class. The power class rating allowed planners to allocate locos for particular tasks, D being heavy goods. Most famous D class on GN was the SG3. First wagon looks a standard GN open. Others are ballast I think.
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    Yes, Stranraer Town station still existed till quite recently as a PW yard - only lifted 2015-17. Real shame about the Harbour and lack of connections. I used to really value the Newcastle to Stranraer train that meant I could get home from Edinburgh without lugging cases across Glasgow
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    Looks like a class 415. Could be a Bognor, Portsmouth or Ramsgate train with a code of 42.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_415
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    The same could be said of many government officials on both islands, as we all know to our cost.
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    Ballyconnell Road - built to proper 5’3 too.http://andrewsrailways.com/3mm-layouts/balleyconnell-road/
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    Should make some very nice layouts with proper length trains - not always easy in 4mm in modern houses with smaller space.
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