Irishswissernie

Hope the weather's a bit better at Statfold Jim. Its  decidedly chilly up here on (nearly) on Hadrians Wall!

There were some more CDRJC views in the latest Dewing lot Jim. Here's a couple plus one  for 'Galteemore' I think he might like it.

Donegal Town Railcar 20 26 May 1957.

Stranorlar, Ex DBST converted to Trailer 3 plus a bit of the Turntable detail a not so common view looking south. 24 May 1957.

SLNCR 'Enniskillen' at Manorhamilton 27 May 1957.

Waterford Manor station 555 5 July 1954.

Cork Kent station 464 ca1959-60.

Westport shed. G2, 663 15 July 1954.

CDRJC Another Nicholson slide of Erne at Lifford June 1957.

Mallow shed ca 1959-60.

Cork Glanmire Road shed J15 104 July 1955.

CDRJC Strabane station, Railcar 18 June 1957.

Cork & Muskerry, Western Road station" 5K ca 1927.

Westport shed, J5 639, 15 July 1954.

GNRI Newry Edward Street, Railcar D, 15 June 1952.

Wexford, D14, 61 on 10am Dublin - Rosslare 21 September 1953.

Waterford, J13 'Jumbo' 5 July 1954.

Heuston, 210 + 219 June 1996.

Original glass negative on E Bay. L&LSR Burtonport Extension, 1925 Owencarrow viaduct derailment.

Its up to £40 already.

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Belfast York Road Class W 92 + Railcar 3 July 1955.

GNRI Malahide 144 16 May 1951 JGD

CIE Newcastle West, 8.15am ex Tralee J15, 126  8 July 1954.

Broadstone, unid B2 ca 1959-60.

Wexford , 14.50 Rosslare - Dublin AEC 2616 + 2617 and what looks like a TPO on the rear. 21 Sept 1953.

Strabane, Donegal Railway Cast Notice, 2 May 1959.

On 29/8/2023 at 7:35 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

I copped on after I posted, hence the edit.

Vaguely remember that Model Shop Belfast had deposits held, were closing their doors and going online-only, then never went online, something along those lines.

Wasn't under the Model Shop Belfast section, was posted in the wrong section but it's out there, somewhere.

I was done for a £20 Deposit, they never replied to my E Mails.

I amended the fiddle yard tracks a few weeks ago to enable me to park loaded and empty slate trains out of site and thereby not having to switch the brake vans and locos. Instead there are 2 separate trains complete with loco and brake van. This view from a drone illustrates the new arrangement.

Yes I think so! Title amended, thanks.

CB&SCR Cork, Albert Quay , F6,41 July 1955.

CIE. EDITED to Edgeworthstown; thanks Niles. 19 September 1958.

Cavan & Leitrim , Ballinamore Coach 5L ca 1959

Conwy Falls, Baldwin No 4 on a Tailings Train circa 1937. FR 'Princess' on hire to handle increased traffic due to MOD activity prior to WW2. She had been 'done up' in the L&P Works, the railway were well used to the England locos having purchased 'Mountaineer' in 1879 and 'Little Giant' in 1932 from the  FR as they fell out of use. A little known piece of history this but I only remember it when I forget to take my medication!

I've blown it up Paul .

Macmine Junction 163, 15.40 Enniscorthy - Wexford, 5 July 1954.

GNRI, Clones  PPs 107, interesting cut - down wagon behind it. 14 June 1952.

Bundoran Junction, 203 on the 'Bundoran Express' 14 July 1954.

2 J15's at Mullaghmore on the S&DJR today 146  and 162. The S&DJR's own motive power must be in a parlous state!

I have just realised that I am away tomorrow entertaining relations (including 5 year old granddaughter so definitely no free time! We are, so I'm told on diverging Learning Curves ) so I have added these to flickr today.

Wexford Shed, 543 minus its front bogie wheels and 87, 5 July 1954.

Ennis D14, 93 on 8.55am Galway - Limerick passing the West Clare sidings 23 September 1953.

Cork City Railway, C7 317 heads for Kent station 10 June 1952.

CDRJC (NCC) Londonderry, Victoria Road, 5, 'Drumboe' 12 July 1954.

PM sent , hope its the one you want Loco is 172

Demolition train at Dooks on the Valencia Harbour branch June 1961.

Mallow 388 ca 1960 or maybe slightly earlier.

Poor neg of Belturbet yard on the C& L ca 1959.

Ex B&CDR Baltic 223 at Queens Quay shed 11 July 1954.

Wexford , According to the photographer this was the17.45 to Waterford via Macmine Jc & New Ross,but appears to be rather a lengthy train for the service and there is no mention of such a train in the WTT's I have for  1948 & 1957. More likely to be a Dublin service, there was a 5.10 pm to Westland Row in the  1948 WTT.J15 114, 21 Sept 1953.

Busy time at Strabane, CDRJC, Railcar 12, Phoenix & Blanche plus GNRI PGs 100, 13 July 1954.

Cork, Albert Quay, 423 shunting Tar Tank wagon 6 July 1954.

Thanks!

Many years ago whilst 'train spotting' on Carlisle station I considered doing a model of the tracks and platforms 3 & 4 plus bays 7 & 8  between the overbridge (Victoria Viaduct) and the old magnificent overall roof .

You could make a model to scale in about 5 feet but  you would need about 20 feet at least to accommodate the fiddle siding loops!

You could probably do the same with the 'up' end of Cork station from the roof to the tunnel and hide the goods loops exit behind the station wall.

A fair number of my layouts over the last 50 years featured only platform ends with Overall roofs, footbridges or overbridges to disguise the exit to the fiddle yard. Glengarriff has an Overall roof too.

It doesn't work so well as a space saver with 'through' stations rather than termini because you still need to run full length trains so most of a layout ends up as a giant fiddle yard.

The one below 'Teifi Junction' from ca 1979-80 was a through station on a 'roundy-roundy' approx 9' x 6' on curving boards but represented a local cross country route so only short trains.

By only  modelling the platform ends all the scenic area was mainly goods yard. That Blyth 61172 van is about the only thing I have today its  getting on for 50 years old!

Ballyshannon S&DJR hasn't featured much mainly because its part of the loft layout and whilst there is a proper flight of stairs the heat this year has put me off somewhat. I have also been building the 009 layout in the 'den' which being next to the computer and also 1 flight of stairs less to negotiate is much more convenient to work on. However the Autumn/Winter is now on the horizon so hopefully I can get motivated!.

I did start work on the overall roof which covers the exit to the fiddle yard, Four Masters Bridge and Glengarriff. The station board is only 3'-6" x approx 13 " but you can get away with running fairly large locomotives as it could represent the end of a fairly important station (Killarney springs to mind for one) but you don't need an expensive long rake of coaches; only the first one is visible and you could use the sidings as parcels and mail docks with possibly a station pilot.

SLNCR 'Lough Melvin' at Enniskillen 25 September 1954.

L&LSR Pennyburn Yard 15, 16 June 1952.

Sligo shed G2 664 14 July 1954.