Irishswissernie

Going to have a couple of days living in the railway room 10th November as I have to isolate after my Covid Swab until an Operation 2 days later so need to check I have enough modelling supplies. Had a notification that A3r is on its way but still nothing regarding my green A42. At least it looks like I will have a cattle special to run. Four Masters fiddle yard is now operational and the remaining track for the goods yard plus Alum Bay station (which will function as loco holding sidings in Irish running mode) plus a link to a planned North Eastern Railway coal drop cameo should also be laid.

NCC/NIR today. I have a fair number of images to upload although some are 'repetitive' 9 uploaded to flickr today; here are a couple of them WT 10 at York Road and 27 acting as station pilot, 13 May 1967

Mixed bag today and that also means as to photo quality. Ex M&GW coach 151M 27 August 1956 at Mallow, Inchicore K1 380 ca 1948 by JG Dewing & Athlone ex M&GW station 1967.

Great Northern today. Omagh 107 22Aug 1954 , 209 Dundalk 25 Aug 1954 & QG 155 at Drogheda on the same day.

I have joined the bandwagon and purchased an A3r - down to 33 now. Well the Winter Fuel payment is due so here's hoping for a mild winter.

Jim , you need to send a flickr request quoting your membership number to the IRRS to become a follower and they will then add you to the members who can access their flickr site.

I shall change it to ca 1966, I was given a pile of negs with neg sleeves dated 1965 through to 1968 but the negs had all been taken out and re-inserted in the wrong sleeves. There are numerous other ones to go on flickr Here are views at Bray and Dundalk.

No shouldn't be a problem , Santa lives in Lapland which is in Finland - part of the EU

Book arrived today and is excellent, no narrow gauge Jim but 5 SLNCR Galteemore!

Dublin Connolly 4 May 1968 today . B170 & WT56 which I think was on a Special from Belfast.

UTA today. MED 18 and NCC 4 circa 1966.

Langley Models do 4mm painted metal ducks etc but probably not a good idea to order from UK at the moment! https://www.langleymodels.co.uk/awd1/index.php?route=product/product&path=203_206&product_id=5558

GNRI today Both Ca 1955. A wintry day at Amiens Street and Armagh station

I could have sworn yesterday that when I went on the Shop site there was an advert for an ITG A3r as preserved version Class A but later on it had gone. Now I havn't touched a drop of the hard stuff apart from strong tea for the last 40 years. Have I gone even softer in the head or did anyone else see it?

A bit of nostalgia! October was for a few years time for the trip to usually Waterford for the Beet. A couple from the camera of Graham Roose today. Wellington Bridge. 085 on 25 October 1995 and a general view at sunset 27 October 1995.

These 2 arrived today. Only A42 outstanding now as it was ordered 18 September last year and no notification yet, whereas these 2 were only ordered in July this year

Wrong one Tony, I'm the one with the short fat hairy legs! Ernie

1980's today. Westport 25 June 1986 071 and 051 on 27 June 1986 at Kilkenny on bagged cements.

Sorry Jim no.

I have been playing at converting 4K video to MP4, hopefully this will upload 15127289_C0140(1)(1).MP4

Oddly enough! Arriving tomorrow courtesy of Royal Mail is a Collection which I have agreed to catalogue in return for being allowed to use on flickr some 80 odd Irish which includes 10 SLNCR, also West Clare pre diesel, more Cavan & Leitrim etc.

First 2 Class A Locos have taken up duties.

My first 2 A Class are apparently on the Delivery Van today so whilst I'm sitting here waiting for them Tony, here's my tuppence worth!. I am building a small Isle of Wight addition to Glengarriff and Four Masters Bridge called Alum Bay which at one time was planned by Sir Sam Fay to have a direct link to them via a tunnel under the Solent. Southern England, the Bristol Channel, South Wales, the Irish Sea and emerging at Blarney Castle. Enough of this rubbish! The layout would fit a space 160cm x 30cm (36cm gives a better depth of scenery) and needs 5 points. The photos illustrate it better. Sorry for the wavy lines on the cut outs but my hands are shaking anticipating the arrival of the 'A's. My usual means of disguising the exit to the fiddle yard by means of a station overall roof is deployed and the GNRI had a distinctive design which would fit. You can even run a passenger service but coaches wouldn't be necessary. 5 points needed. On my layout the board is dropped at the end so that I can model the edge of the cliff at Alum Bay with a cliff railway terminus but the board could just be flat. Also on my layout the station is planned to link in with the rest of the layout rather than terminating in the fiddle yard.

Ennis , Broad & Narrow today June 1960, 2634 & F502, A56 and lastly railcar 3387 shunting a van.

Fleischman used to do a shorty turntable , I had one over 20 years ago about 7-8 inches but it wasn't a well type so not very Irish.