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  1. our train was delayed at least half an hour too maybe 45 minutes
  2. Must have been Almost 12 months ago. At this stage I could find the dates
  3. It’s not a journey one would want to make in one day. I recomend staying in Cork (somhow) overnight. Maybe do the East Cork lines too. belfast-Connolly has first class (unless it breaks down as my Cork-Belfast leg did, great fun sitting the 2nd half of a 6 hour journey in a 29k!), but, thanks to the ongoing refurbishment of the mark 4s. The Heuston-Cork leg of your journey will either be in the old City Gold, Or the New 1st class and it’s impossible to tell which trains have the new and improved first class, versus the old and a bit tired city gold. just yesterday I was in Kent following the st Patrick’s day special trains on the east Cork lines and counted of the 3 mark 4 sets I saw, 2 of them still had city gold
  4. Small job done yesterday when the sun was out. The sides and back came white, not to happy with this arangment, I found a decent match rattle can and changed it around the next job will be finding a way of strengthening it and weighing it down before I can attach the lamp iron bracket
  5. something much bigger scale for the workbench On many of the Late 1960s Railtours organised by the Munster area, a basic headboard was used. not sure what became of this one, if any one has any idea please feel free to comment. but I have decided to make a new one for the fun of it. i have all the necessary peices, though any advice would be nice. i just need to put them together. and while it has absolutly no reason to exist. maybe one day it might see action (well, maximum 25MPH!) it is nice that, even if never used there can be a headboard for photo opertunites and so forth.
  6. I pre ordered a pack of 3 which I intend to mix in with GSWR flats, and/or other types of flats weather they be converted or printed
  7. I find revolut superb at shoes for accepting payment. Of course you do have to give your number to the other person. But it’s the next best thing when somone does not have cash and PayPal takes too long
  8. I noticed on the project status page there was these photos on the bullied section. Although I thought I had just missed the announcement!
  9. As you can see, there has been some repairs and modifications to it already. It was used in a model show for many years displaying models. It’s clear that 2/4 sides were replaced with some sort of ply wood. The result is a lot of warped and desroyed wood. It might be of use as a frame using the base and the front (would need new glass)
  10. In Dublin, will get on top of it when I return to CBCSR territory!
  11. If anyone was any good at woodwork. I have a poster board from Albert quay which I intended to make into a model display as absolve. But all 4 sides were knackered, only the front and back were salvageable. The choice is to either cut up the 4 sides and turn it into a picture frame, or fix it up properly. Any advice would be nice
  12. A cheaper version of the Lego mode stand. Sure you loose the LED’s and some space. But a bit better for putting on your desk as it isint top heavy….and it’s priced at 20 quid in smyths
  13. Twitter is pretty good although I can admit for railways, Facebook is the only show in that own
  14. I have managed to limit myself to one pilgrimidge to Northern Ireland per year so far…. starting the day at 5AM and ending it at 12AM just for a few hours in d’North is an expensive and mentally draining excercise….and before you ask some of work the weekeends….so hotel is off the cards too, unless it’s in Dublin and that’s
  15. A person on Facebook said (and when your only source is Facebook you know your in Trouble) said that one of Audrey’s stories was directly inspired by one incident on the Cork and Macroom Railway. The incident in question happened in 1952. The post was accompanied with the following article. I, naturally, have never followed this up with any further research….So take with a pinch of salt! if this is true, then making up a train of some cattle wagons and a GSWR F6 tank engine shouldn’t be to hard to recreate.
  16. MINOR ANNOUNCMENT: Thanks to Kevin Meany we have decided to mark an event that looks like it went overlooked on some peoples radar. 1984 marks 40 years Since a Landmark event in the History of the GSRPS. the arival of 131 To Mallow. As a small way to comemorate this event, We have replacated the key rings produced by the GSRPS in the 1980s and remade them in 2024. Anyone who worked on 131 thoughout the years it was in Mallow is entitled to a Free Keyring along with a Certificate of aperication. in order to claim this. just contact Kevin or myself with a PM or to the email adress below. The price for these will be 5 euros per Key ring plus postage. the money raised from this will be put towards GSWR No.90, A former GSRPS engine. In Light of the recent horiffic flooding event, we felt it was to help another Legacy of GSRPS live on in any small way. These will be availible on the 12th of March. at that point we will start accepting orders for these. however if you are attending any Cork based Railway events such As the upoming IRRS Presentations in Wilton or the "times arrow" Railtour. at least one of us will be there. it might save you on postage! in the meantime if you have any questions at all regarding this project i would strongly advise you email: gswr90fundraiser@gmail.com Or give myself a PM. Regards ~Cathal Deasy
  17. Aye but Joe Lawton’s handy work m was quite iconic on the wagon and added to it…..whereas 90s graffiti…..well if it was done by a well meaning enthusiast trying to cover up the rust with rattle cans….they didn’t do a good job
  18. I once got contacted from Alan asking to do an article about my Bandon tank. It’s a shame I didn’t see the message until almost 12 months later! I’ve read some of the articles it’s fantastic stuff
  19. Been often told the same thing DJ. In fact I had a chat arguably the man responsible for the change of colour, the head of IE when green Was introduced. Years of the trains being dirty late and unreliable had cast a poor image on the nance CIE which lived in to the livery virtually never changing since the 1960s and 1970s. Besides many still claim that CIE splitting up was possibly the first steps of a possible privatisation attempt like the uk anyway! think about it. Before the Dart there was the CIE push pull sets. Lovely to look at but anyone who actually traveled on them will tell you yhe 8100s Completley changed the game. And the new branding contributed to its success differintiating from CIE (some would say that stands for Cycling is easier!) and the push pull sets that preceded them At least we have the retro livery 071 and 073….and possibly more time come I suppose 112 counts as retro too
  20. If cork is getting 29s then the re-flooring and intirior has to be almost gutted! Long live the mark 4s. There not perfect but there my favourite!
  21. One would assume that A: direct copy’s of others work would be frighteningly obvious and B: 3D printing still has many years to go before it could say, replicate a product even half faithfully would be quite hard. Let’s just say I don’t know if a 3D printed A class is around the corner
  22. Any suitible chassis for even a just a 3d print of the shell?
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