Midland Man

Hello all 

Due to covid 19 I have got time of so i can start to finish projects and start new ones the first one os a small diorama of a house.All it need is some fake            concreate and detailing like figures and more scenery as well as painting the underside.

Next there is a new diorama based on branch between Ballaghaderreen and kilfee juntion. It is based on the part of the between Island road and Edmondstown as that part of the line was all enbankment. right now the model is only at its starting phase but progress will move prity fast (hopefully)here is a picture of the model so far. hope you like.

is the canopy at downpatrick gone or am i thinking of something else.

I think all IRRS meeting have been cancelled as well as outings. Lets hope things don,t get worst 

 More photos

Here brian boru is pulling a MGWR open wagon and a cie goods vanout of Inishlyre.

Hello all

For a christmas present my parents gave me this a report of a derailment on Mulingar to Athlone line at castletown which at that time was a block post.The derailment happened on the 13/9/1974 at castletown. From the picture it looks like the derailment happened a the back of the train at the brake is visible  which is numbered 2362. There is also visible a small metal container wagon.thre is also 2 men both i do not but i beleve the man closes to the brake van is a mr D B Green of athlone who was the carriage and wagon supertendent at inchicore.. As well as a picture there is a letter.

does any one know any thing about this ?

yes i will do so 

Hi Galteemore 

The loco is a waterford limerick and western railway 0-4-4 tank number 295 brian boru.I bought it at a show in 2018 as i dont like moguls 2-6-0s. It is chasis is a SECR  m7 but the real engine looks like a SECR H class.The real engine was withdrawn in 1952 I think and I dont think It ever went on a midland rail line but I do think one of his sister engines ended her life at broadstone in the 1950s. It looks good with a GSWR carrige and a open wagon.

heres a image more will come soon

11 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

I'd use a stone-faced one - a wooden one wouldn't last long in a god-forsaken location like that! 

Hi jhb171achill 

A stone platform sounds like a great idea and will probably be what i do but i don,t have any plastic stone sheets by  so I will have to do with what I got.

3 hours ago, PorkyP said:

Sounds great, I'd also be very interested to see pics....

Thank you for the comment I will have pictures later to day.[hopefully]

8 minutes ago, Midland Man said:

locks

looks

On 2/29/2020 at 7:01 PM, jhb171achill said:

The MGWR tender has, I am sure, a matching loco somewhere; thus far it maintains its secrecy

Did you find the engine . It locks like it is the tender for a midland great western B class

In Athlone beet season was massive. There are accounts of engine men and firemen having to sleep in old brake vans  as every B and B in the town was full.

Hi jhb171achill 

My diorama is pretty basic. It is only a  straight line of track

  with a Hornby  buffer but I might add a wooden platform of some sort made from match sticks or balsa wood. [pretty simple] Thanks for the comments 

Hello all 

This is my layout /diarama of a proposed rail link between Inishlyre to some part of the Achill line. The line was never built.  The diarama is just a idea of what it mite have been like. there is no  picture due to the fact thet my phones camera in not that great so sorry.There will be photos tomorow