Westcorkrailway

Probobly unfair to compare a German designed 1930s loco to and an 1875 loco that was further kitbashed in 1915 and was already over 80 when it retired!

the photo of 90 shunting the tin can was the IRRS excursion to Courtmacsherry. I think it was the 20th of October 1960 However, 90 often worked seaside excursions…sometimes in multiple….see below

my 3 hand lamps. I find the modern version fascinating, a completely arbitrary battery and an expectation date! Where as the old bardic (with modifications) works perfect 40 odd years later. I have no idea how to make a burner work on the CIE hand lamps so I just threw a candle in there to show the principe

Yes it is EXTREMLY weird. Especially around the Dublin area, and the fact they needed an entirely different one for Sunday Differently not my own unfortunately. Infact if anything I’m looking to expand same as yourself! (CBSCR and GSR particularly) If you’re willing to pay steep eBay prices. You can get public ones for slightly cheaper via abe books usually

You’d be suprised how much consider this there favourite loco….im tempted….

Infairness. Modern stations and stock don’t allow much for variety. For instance how many places had large and interesting layouts for them not to even have a loop in 2025. Equally how many of those places are exclusively served by an ICR and not much else. Even now, the days of 2 car railcar formations is coming to and end in the short/medium term the late 50s-early 60s is the best era. Change my mind

Roblox has a set distance at which you can make in terms of memory (considering that you don’t download the game, you load it up every time you play!) so afaik it’s Dublin-Kildare and that’s really it! Although it’s theoretical to go to portarlington or further. The current preferred option would be doing all the way to GCD in the opposite direction Also, quite a large update is happening on the previous NIR game, which may not be of great quality but does have a small loyal fan base

Ok Here is my collection of timetables and a bit of marketing material thrown in for good measure. I do have a good bit more then this…..i just can’t find it. But this is 99 percent of the timetables I’ve only got 2 GSR timetables as things stand Only 2 WTTs from that time too Annual reports of years and the IRRS all Ireland tour passenger timetables gotten from shows and members of this forum ( @leslie10646 and @DERAILED come to mind!)

I was looking at the 29k from my first class seat nervously…. what apeared to happen was they waited for the up Enteprise to arrive and nabbed the wiper off that since they had none spare in drogheada

To those who care about this sort of thing. My enterprise is currently on drogheada (we should have left Dundalk by now) due to a wiper blade coming off Edit: We left at about 5 past 12.

I have one of these from way back when. I might post what I have later on

Anything CIE/GSR ?

@leslie10646 sold one of these to me for a much cheaper price at the Dublin Model show….perhaps flock to Bangor if you want one people! (And pick up a wagon as well)

And still does feel like the middle of nowhere! The schull and skibbereen is a fascinating railway. Built so badly that every time a train went round a bend, the curve got tighter. And the grades got steeper as time went on. Yet it outlived the lines you’d think would stand better chance like the superbly built CBPR and the muskerry because those could be served by bus.

No set release date in mind. Just a couple of people slowly making progress. Although keep in mind, there are quite a few people who object to this game even existing in the first place, so that was a headache so some screenshots to keep you happy while testing and development is ongoing

Personally I would reccomend being an IRRS member as not only will you have access to more photos then you’d ever have with books by a factor of 100, but - The various journals going back might be come available on the new website they have set for release soon ish

I can’t remember the exact details. Only that it was blocked due to the want for a successful competing bus service

There was a crowd who tried to buy the W&T for preservation from the UK. CIE shot the idea down

I can’t speak on their behalf. Though Infairness. Standard gauge has to go in as that was the original plan and with all this rolling stock and motive power due in, I can see why they would be eager to put it down. Many of the volunteers there also have a fondness for the standard gauge stuff.

There hasn’t been an update here in a minute. And while I have no right to speak on behalf of the railway, I thought some of you guys might be interested. a recent storm has done some damage. Pulling the roof off the old factory, knocking slates and gates down etc. the day I was there, most of the remaining debris was large pieces… 2421 and 1916 are currently number one priority at the moment. The intirior of the coach is being deep cleaned. At the moment, the old RPSI bar car being the most important asset and to get this as an open mini cafe would be of huge importance. with the bathrooms now also in place, this will make the former junction bar into a fully functional cafe…and yes even a pub… for now 3 foot persists, but probobly less then 12 months until 5 foot 3 will have to be laid

Thinking in this year 2025. How many preservation scenes have succeeded vs how many failed? Yes you have success stories like the DCDR, RPSI, ITG, C&L. But equally the GSRPS, Westrail, Tralee and blenerville and maybe even places like Moyasta and Derry come to mind. I have massive respect for those who were involved in the previous organisations. Without the GSRPS, an awful lot more may have been lost to preservation. Without the GSRPS and Westrail. There mightn’t be number 90, 131 would have been in far worse condition, and so on. I would be more than happy to see maam cross can succeed. It certainly has a lot of things on paper going for it, even if the realities - as ever - are bogging things down. Ultimately the main goal though should be to keep what’s there going.

I wouldn’t call the arrival of the railways in Ireland late as such. There was certainly a decent network built. I think it has something to do with the underlying railway=British=Bad thing. The ROI also has no interest in industrial heritage compared to the pre-18th century sites

I’ll take that any day of the week