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The van doesn’t look a million miles off this. If so, Alphagraphix do a kit….

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 !

I like it too. As you say, something different. Must look nice with those rods doing their stuff.

I think the lack of a smokebox numberplate and shedplate just makes it stand out that bit more than on the GB examples.

118 was indeed not officially withdrawn by CIE until 1966.

More a matter for a Crossley tender..

Very nice. Whitemetal?

http://www.railway-technical.com/signalling/british-signalling--what.pdf

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…..

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.

Think it’s indeed Kiltubrid Ernie. That’s the one I tried to model in 3mm scale anyway!

More power to them…

At least it stayed on the ground - not like the runaway Victor a few years ago…..

Pep pipe ? For hosing down footplate and damping coal dust with a hot water/steam wash

Larne Town FC ? My father in law has been at Inver Park almost every game since 1950. Chances are he was at that match!

Locos employed on Dublin suburban traffic all carried jackeens.

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!

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.

Could always have a try at a simple 5.5 mm wagon…..

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

Lovely work. Always enjoyed exploring the remains of these lines - nice to see this ‘imagineering’!

Excellent work David. You’re no goat’s toe. An Ulster expression meaning ‘you are a most competent individual’.

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.

Swap the plates to ‘Brian Boru’ at Adavoyle and we’re sorted, Leslie !

Hi Patrick. Great plan. Have you got David Lloyd’s book on modelling the Irish NG? Includes pictures of his work on an Antrim tank. Re parts, S scale Society may have various LMS loco castings that would work, or some 4mm ones may be suitable. Bill Scott’s book on NCC locos has drawings which some legerdemain with a photocopier should produce something helpful for you. Re valve gear, a bit of trial and error should produce something acceptable. If you build up the cylinders a bit and add a bit of plastic bar and rod in likely places, you can give a fair impression of what should be there. The S and S1 are tricky beasts for modelling (they don’t have a traditional footplate as a foundation) so if you can produce something that’s largely correct as your first effort, you can be pleased enough!