Westcorkrailway

Due to technical issues the 1230 enteprise service to an IRM announcement is delayed

Jaysus I remember those tenerife wedges…can’t get em here “You all laughed at me, who’s laughing now?”

Wait that announcement was for today?????

I remember at last years show being in the line with a member of this forum watching hooded men fly out the door with bags full of dickie taras and logging on here to find what the announcement was.

Super job!

The signal box was supposed to be demolished Saturday night. RPSI followers would have arived in cork Saturday evening to see the signal box only to come in Sunday and find it gone!!! However that didn’t happen so who knows when it’ll come down now….. anyways you can see here the preparation for the new platform that was in place Saturday night

I’m waiting for the little electric shunter sample

GSWR no.100

Something I always wanted to do was the old IRRS headboards which is now above the door of there HQ in heuston.

I got the phone call earlier day. Im speechless. For context to this. He elected me to the Munster Area IRRS comitee just 11 days ago. He gave a show about what he loved, the bus. RIP

I think the wifi is slow over there in the canaries because I can see clearly that it’s 4k 1080p crisp photograph of a Cork and Macroom Railway bus

Grey, with that silloette…it can’t be a steam engine can it?

I sent a PM with my name attached so I thaught? If somone claiming to be @westcorkrailway on the forum comes up and looks older or younger then 20 then shun them away!!!

They look superb! Always nice to see Murphy models updates wait until I see them in person in jus under a week…

As far as I’m aware, your looking at a (yes) concerningly high failure rate. However I suspect the chances of getting a 22k (which isint too bad) are high but if there is a delay due to a failure is the real killer

Might be worth painting a 7 car ICR purple at this stage…

The lower section of the body (we will say the running board area) is slightly wider then the 4’8 counterpart. However if somone on this forum was going to convert one to CSE livery, I don’t think they will mind the slight difference

The accurascale 0 gauge Ruston 88ds is added to this list. Any other new models that fall into here?

My “dream layput” is crossbarry in the 1960s with the catch that the kinsale branch never closed for….some reason I have yet to come up with in my head cannon.

Just purchased my Dublin train ticket…

There is a good chance of freight returning to cork. But in the form of cement? It’s over

I’ll have a look at an LNYR chassis and see if any bit can be shortend if anyone has Drawings for an F6 I have somone who is interested in getting it 3D printed other ivatt cab locos like the J10 might be easier. Also 4-4-2t box top could be possible with the LNYR chassis by replacing the front bogie

A kitbasher out Wesht made this out of an LNYR 2-4-2 All that was changed was the cab and the smokebox door If I was doing this myself I’d make the cab out of 3d print or brass. And tweak the dimensions a bit too (the cab is too rounded and the bumps on the running board would be easy additions) not to mention I imagine JB wouldn’t be painting such a thing black

What I will say to back myself is I put up both 6 wheeler sets up on FB on the same FB group at the exact same time recently just too see if I could add to that conclusion I made On the hattons website as well as that particular FB group the Dark green livery got more then double the “likes” that the light green did. A46 was more or less a 1 off livery on the A class. Not too many A class wore the dark green as far as I’m aware. Maybe even just the 1 A class and 1 C class while most of the A class fleet wore the lighter green as far as I’m aware. Dark was far more prevelent then the light green though because the coffers were dry for repainting some of the oldest of old stuff I.e. less veritiety . It seems the livery asthetically anyway is more popular can’t speak about batch numbers but I’m willing to bet that it was very similar-ish numbers for A42 and A46. A46 was one of the first to sell out and A46 being one of the last. That can be seen as well in the resale prices. tis a shame because I actually am a big appericiated of the light green and find it a shame that it was the livery for such a short period (even if some coaches lasted in light green into ‘67)

Cork model swap meet Winter 2023 edition bigger and better Location: Oriel House Hotel Ballincollig Cork City Time: 3rd December 10.am till 6pm 20 Tables Available Due to holding the event in the larger Leslie Suite for this event tables will be 20.00. ~Soup and Sandwiches on the Day for All Exhibitors ~All Traders will be in the same room this year. ~Tables will surround the room with a few running down the Middle. ~This will be our 3rd swap meet at The Oriel House Hotel and each show gets better every time. ~To book your Table please contact Mark Dunlea or Kevin Meany (or alternatively PM Me on this forum) Let us know if you need accommodation and we can get you a rate. ~Thanks to everyone who supported the last 2 shows Kevin Meany and Mark Dunlea