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The Cultra loco and the USA loco are of the same 4-4-0T class, with subtle distinctions. ‘Nancy’ is an 0-6-0T which actually never worked in Ireland at all in her ‘normal’ life. There was a small cluster of 3’ gauge lines in the English Midlands and she worked there until the 60s. Another survivor, ‘Scaldwell’ has been acquired by the Southwold preservation group, which aims to rebuild part of one of the few English 3’ passenger lines: https://www.southwoldrailway.co.uk/trust-projects/scaldwell-3/

They have proved quite attractive to Irish modellers as the overall profile has much in common with many local types- the square Beyer Peacock cab and tanks help (the first batch were built by BP). A number of BCDR and other company types are possible. This wider BP likeness is not surprising of course, but nonetheless intriguing. I came across this 7 mm model recently of an MGN type, which has clear likenesses in many places to various Irish types, including early NCC 2-4-0s and 4-4-0s around the cab area especially. Photo credits to John Hobden and Mike Morant. As @Westcorkrailwayintends, a few plasticard additions to the Adams tank will help disguise the overtly English bits! At least one modeller has pressed one into service as an SLNC ‘neverwazza’ - a halfway house between ‘Hazlewood’ and ‘Sir Henry’? Although a 4-4-2T would seem to be a good fit for SLNC needs, they only ever had one, ‘Erne’ - a 4-4-0T which was retrofitted as a 4-4-2T. Drivers were not keen as she had a tendency to go off-road - apparently she was out of balance. This may explain why they stuck with the tried and tested 0-6-4T style.

Good effort. Actually getting hands on a model and making it your own can be so satisfying.

Or an NIR 4k in 80 class style maroon and blue….

A fault of some locos, sadly - the handsome ex MGW D6 4-4-0s could shake your teeth out. Bill McDonnell highlighted a few faults on the B4 ‘Bandon tank’ such as the wheel splasher adjacent to the cab doors which caused many a nasty fall. The locos were also prone to jump out of gear in reverse - drivers used to purloin signal box lever collars to lock them in place. The cramped nature of the cab was down in large part to the lack of stowage - which meant that the loco consumables such as oil were jostling for room with the crew’s personal effects.

Yes please do: we must be about the same age. I used to get a few 111 class cab rides on the Enterprise back in the day. I well recall the swaying over the points and the acceleration noise…. The crews were ex GN men, and with semaphores at Poyntzpass still, you got at least a little of the sense of how it was….

Yes, bet these Victorian Royal Mail guys didn’t just throw your parcel over the fence…..but I do look forward to David turning out some more colourful 0-6-0s!

That’s a nice job. Always good to have a solid foundation laid down, and to get that arduous grunt work out of the way !

In fairness to Rice, too, one elderly Irish 0-6-0 can look much like another, especially with rebuilds, Z class boilers etc factored in. In some variations, there’s not a lot between a J15 and a J18/19, as seen below …..After all, how many of us can identify the various nuances of GWR panniers ?!

Yes, looks a bit like a Y5 van

That’s brilliant. Those Tangis screaming along the street are the sound track to much of my childhood. They were petrol rather than diesel, for obvious speed and acceleration purposes - goodness knows what the MPG was. Strictly speaking, of course, the RUC man should have his hands up by the shoulder gussets of the flak jacket, hooked on by the thumbs That’s how I always remember them standing ! A few years ago at work, a retired British soldier who’d served in NI heard my accent and said ‘who’s this then’ and demonstrated the pose …I got it instantly ! He was ex-Royal Military Police and found the default RUC stance most amusing.

Not at all. Simply my elderly fingers mixing up ‘angry’ and ‘like’ on the iPhone…..sorry! I really liked the image of 142 - reminded me of the glory days of 80s CIE….

Use something like 12v car leads, or choc block terminals

Kirley has built one….https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/93496-kirleys-workbench/page/13/#comment-2750461

I’ve always admired mounted military bands who can play whilst riding a horse but if you can perform that whilst operating a layout and filming it…. that’s just another level

Nice work Darius. Still remember the wonderful growling noise ours used to make!

Lovely stuff Patrick. That early shot of it gliding to a halt at the platform is sublime! Good music too- I have come to associate Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman’s version of ‘Lord Inchiquin’ with the SLNC as it was on a loop when I was finishing ‘Enniskillen’!

Lovely model - look forward to seeing what you can do with one!

Excellent stuff. I think @colmflanaganhas used one of these Adams Radial tanks before for a BCDR loco to great effect.

Very nice little article here: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/europeantraction.com/2017/06/10/cie-e421-class-little-maybachs-in-ireland/amp/

Hope all goes well Ernie. Brilliant stuff. The black U in your site is lovely too. Funny how old Us started black and ended blue, but other way round with new Us (some of them anyway!).

They aren’t Methfix ones by any chance ?

Steve Rabone is a fine S scale modeller. Those pics are gems / this is the CIE I recall. What a wonderful railway it was - basically a steam age system with the only significant change being a diesel at the front. Barring that, this was a railway and way of operating that a Victorian railwayman could have recognised. At the age of 13 I couldn’t articulate that but I recognise it now!

7’ is what I have off Peter Halton’s 1996 drawing

Ain’t that the truth!