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  1. Galteemore
    It should. Having built 3 Alphagraphix loco to 5’3”, though, great care has to be taken in the construction process to ensure clearances, esp on a loco as tiny as Argadeen. If the original builder hasn’t pushed the splasher width to the max, could be a tricky proposition.
  2. Galteemore
    It’s also probably built to 32mm gauge for a UK light railway layout, so console yourself with that too! The vendor is also very honest about its poor running. If that’s simply pickups, no problem. If it’s a misaligned chassis or out of sync rods then probably one to avoid…..
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    The van doesn’t look a million miles off this. If so, Alphagraphix do a kit….
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    Given that 9 are still in existence on the big island, never say never - it’s still feasible to rerun the conversion! Fairly useful little loco for preservation - and allegedly capable of 60mph. Although I think that the Irish preservation movement has quite enough on its hands already !
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    I like it too. As you say, something different. Must look nice with those rods doing their stuff.
  6. Galteemore
    I think the lack of a smokebox numberplate and shedplate just makes it stand out that bit more than on the GB examples.
  7. Galteemore
    118 was indeed not officially withdrawn by CIE until 1966.
  8. Galteemore
    More a matter for a Crossley tender..
  9. Galteemore
    Very nice. Whitemetal?
  10. Galteemore
    http://www.railway-technical.com/signalling/british-signalling--what.pdf
  11. Galteemore
    I suspect the GNRI JTs were the longest lived….. As for the best looking tanks….the SLNC wins hands down ….and not bad on longevity at 64 years…..
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    Rowledge lists a number of 0-6-0s as being in CIE stock until 1965, some of which may have been boilers. Generally speaking, I suspect that there would have been little demand for such things post-steam : the stationary boiler was largely an adjunct to steam operations, facilitating such matters as boiler washouts, tube cleaning etc.
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    Think it’s indeed Kiltubrid Ernie. That’s the one I tried to model in 3mm scale anyway!
  14. Galteemore
    More power to them…
  15. Galteemore
    At least it stayed on the ground - not like the runaway Victor a few years ago…..
  16. Galteemore
    Pep pipe ? For hosing down footplate and damping coal dust with a hot water/steam wash
  17. Galteemore
    Larne Town FC ? My father in law has been at Inver Park almost every game since 1950. Chances are he was at that match!
  18. Galteemore
    Locos employed on Dublin suburban traffic all carried jackeens.
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    They are indeed jacks, well known on the SLNC; a permanent feature of every loco when in traffic. A handy thing to have when the PW was dubious…seen here on ‘Hazelwood’. ….. also not unknown for GNRI locos to carry them in Victorian era. as to the fishplates, they are unusual and clearly for FB rail. Would need to analyse a few photos to check for other use!
  20. Galteemore
    It’s a monster ! I think she might have given a better account of herself on the Ballycastle line. Inver bank was just too much for her adhesive powers.
  21. Galteemore
    Could always have a try at a simple 5.5 mm wagon…..
  22. Galteemore
    Bill Scott’s book makes a very interesting point re the S2 - suggests it was an NG foreshadowing of what the WT would look like…..https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/IRISH-RAILWAYS/NORTHERN-COUNTIES-COMMITTEE-NARROW-GAUGE-LINES/i-3sgDTT4/A
  23. Galteemore
    Lovely work. Always enjoyed exploring the remains of these lines - nice to see this ‘imagineering’!
  24. Galteemore
    Excellent work David. You’re no goat’s toe. An Ulster expression meaning ‘you are a most competent individual’.
  25. Galteemore
    It’s a connecting rod, Patrick. If you move the cylinder back by the same distance as that between the wheel centres it should all work ok. Use the distance between the holes in the grey rod (the coupling rod) as your guide.
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