Galteemore

If ever there was a case for building a replica wagon for a museum, the Irish cattle wagon has to be up there. One railway company above all, of course….

We are very fortunate- it was built in one of the more enlightened epochs of museum architecture! The main Ulster Museum in central Belfast was extended in the late 60s and is an absolute carbuncle. The transport galleries are a great facility and a vast improvement on their predecessor, which has now reverted to its previous role as a factory! The hilly site is not ideal for a working railway, but a 3’ gauge line round the Folk Museum part would have been nice….. Safe travels, David.

Amazing how the addition of some bits of detail can really lift and transform a model. This was what so many skilled modellers had to do years ago with basic RTR products - nice to see the old ways on show here !

Now that top one is especially nice. A large boilered Claughton - ‘Baltic’, at the end of her days I think - withdrawn in 1937. She looked gleaming in 1932….https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p302805879/hC5F5FA6A

Are there no scones south of the Slaney then ?

Great work. Very impressive little aircraft in real life too, very capable aerobatically. I was quite surprised to see what they can do!

Looks like Crewe. Shed code is Crewe North. Wheel size suggests an LNWR 5’7 2-4-2T. Would have been nice had it been one of the similar 4’6 tanks which ended up on the DWWR!

Don’t have the Cassells book to hand but I suspect the Jeeps are stored and not withdrawn. This pic predates both the summer excursion season and of course the spoil work going at full blast, which effectively rescued the WTs from early oblivion (the oldest was only 18 years in ‘67). No Jeep was withdrawn until 1968, and at least one of the locos pictured was in service until 1970. The last three Jeeps were actually on NIR books until 1971 - 4, obviously enough, and 51/53. At the time this photo was taken in 67, some ex GN locos also remained on the books - including an SG3 and two UGs.

Great work. Almost like a Belpaire boiler in front of the cab !

Not in traffic, as I understand from Blaine’s post above. The mortal remains of 191 lingered at Inchicore until disposed of in 1998, I think.

17 Aug 1991

Great work. Getting flashbacks to early 80s north Leitrim….

Lake District? 11E is shed code for Tebay. No 70 was, I think, a long term resident.

Glad that charity has somebody switched on doing their listings for them! It’s an English charity - local to me - so doubly impressive that they have got the description sorted, rather than some ‘model train coaches’…..

May also be worth talking to Siobhan Osgood who is doing a PhD at Trinity on….GNRI architecture! http://irishrailwayarchitecture.blogspot.com/?m=1

Any chance of a photo Mike please ? I well remember 23’s gear crunching….

Most interesting John. What a pity this wasn’t developed locally too - imagine if H and W had landed the GN and UTA diesel contracts…..

The first two digits suggest a fitted freight to a Southern Region destination. Can’t find what ‘56’ working was….

Bottom 2 are Stranraer, aren’t they? Ernie and I clicked the keys simultaneously I think !

Greer to see this progress. So often brass projects remain in flux.

Those look terrific

It doesn’t look like just something Alan- looks like a BCDR D1 ! Super work.

I’m playing the long game. Froze a set and will wait on the market ….given the good news this w/e I think every Irish modeller should eat a scone in honour of Raheny 2022…..

Looks like the Bridport branch- probably just prior to closure.