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Ballymartle goods shed printed. Hoping to have it black with certain details picked out in green

How’s does the sugar beet factory factor into mallows pilot situation. As I assume it would have been way busier

They got it without anything on the tender so I assume (as they didn’t really care about the significance of the paintjob, which I can’t blame them entirely) they stuck in the GS to make it look better and call it a day. But to have something 60 years in virtually untampered paint from service is fascinating. Some of the things in cultura are getting touch ups paint wise. The longer 800 avoids this the better. speaking of original paint. I was with the ITG the day 134 was being moved out of Moyasta. Some paint was naturally peeling off revealing its old liveries including the 1960s original GM Grey colour Most interestingly of all though was a Dart Green. Part of an experimental livery only 124 wore w probably for the best that this colour scheme never took off

Even though the lighting dosent show it off to well, I think maebh is still in the original CIE green paint…just with GS on the tender

Not that it matters. That coach is misssing in action! Might never be seen again at this rate

I was thinking those wagons looked familiar!

Wait until he sees 802 tailte on the 10:45 mixed train Ex Trá na Gréine… Was tempted by one of these, after all plenty of Great Northern stock got to the West Cork lines before closure. But a GSWR 10 tone brakevan will suffice, many thanks to Provincial wagons. best of luck with your retirement @leslie10646 !

How mad is that. You could have a model layout set in the future!

That’s something with the 800s they may not be your era but I reckon many here will be won over by the sheer proportions of it. The Tailte Bright Green livery also looked much nicer in person, really pops!

I wonder will the model be out before the real equivalent ! IMG_3813.mov

Will be driving for once as I have other jobs to do where public transport won’t suffice

Before the current owners of the site. There was a plan to buy that station and run a heritage line from halfway viaduct to somehere out the other side of Goggins hill tunnel.

Not in my budget!!!!

Reverse engineering trying to find out what points were previously installed has been tough. But the closest definetly appears to be standard right point with a few 1st and 2nd radius curves. However it’s not a perfect fit. Any tips on modifying track? IE cutting it down to size

Another one of the 3 schull and skibbereen survivors I knew about, and another one that didn’t make it to 2025. gangway coach had been turned into a porch in this house!

At Macroom. CIE own a yard there that was once part of the extensive terminus of the CMDR. So nice to “Iranrod Eireann” at a station that closed in 1953! thankfully I know for a fact that CIE do care about the history of the site, particularly the old goods shed, the only real remnant of the station

There was an S&S coach in the side of the road out by kilbritain. Belonged to an eccentric inventor fella. A well known enthusiast purchased it when he died and it disintegrated upon trying to remove it from said ditch. There is a S&S van in the village of Drimoleague slowly rotting away The Cavan and Leitrim have a Tralee and dingle coach in there collection. From the outside it looks really good, but I’m told it won’t run again and there new building one with the chassis of a 2nd one they found., using the 1st example as a blueprint! the S&S as it stands now is fairly run over. Being a roadside tramway for much of its route. The road was simply made wider post closure. There are bits where the line left the road, the line here is reasonably intact. The Ballydehob station is private priperty and quite well built on, hollyhill station is preserved but abandoned and schull is in really good condition. In recent times points being found still on the site of the station. I would be very interested in these other 2 bodies. I’ve never heard of them despiting living down here all my life. Had no idea there was coaches being used for workshops! I would be seriously interested in any information on these coach bodies.

There all for spares except one, which is in the back of Connolly shed. Which is being kept to hopefully one day run. Just as likely it will also be used for spares too!

Hi Thomas Unfortunately Cork Model Swap Meet will not be taking place this year. We lost a lot of manpower we had last year! But hopefully next year we can have another one cheers CD

That would be an Eccumenical matter

Explained in there email here summery is that there operating licence was not renewed as the company is still based in the UK, and not the ROI, Brexit has made this a problem and it appears to have just reared its ugly head. Hopefully it will get sorted before the Santa trains.

Just got an Email from the RPSI Eventbrite account: Dear Passengers, We regret to inform you that this Saturday’s upcoming “The Mighty Kingdom” railtour to County Kerry has been cancelled. Unfortunately, when our operating licence came up for renewal with the Commission for Railway Regulation (CRR), they had received legal advice that our current structure was no longer valid to hold a licence in Ireland. The main issue is Brexit related, as our company is registered in the UK and this is now outside the EU. Work has been underway since the moment we found out that we have additional legal and Companies Registration Office documents to obtain in order to renew our licence. Despite our very best efforts and matters outside of our control we have not achieved this in time for this Saturday’s tour. We truly understand the massive disappointment that this news brings you and your fellow participants. We as an organising committee are also very upset at having to cancel this railtour.