Westcorkrailway

It might be hattons overestimating how many they were actually gonna get from MM…I have heard they have done that before it’s either that or they were straight up canceled? I could have sworn there were pre production samples at raheeny last October does anyone have a screenshot of the email?

I would pay money to see it!!!

I’ve seen it many times in corks flea markets…at 50 quid I’ve always stayed well away

Do you have Colms creedons book on the topic? They can be quite cheaply picked up and despite the aged print quality are well worth it I know the passage west maritime museum did an exhibition on the subject recently and might be able to point you in the correct direction for drawings ect.

How was the sound aquired in the end? From the Australian locomotive or made from scratch?

From what I can tell, most kinsale stuff has ended up across the pond, naturally with the railways history being intertwined with the British army preseance in the town. Hell even footage on the kinsale branch had survived in someone’s catacombs (last seen 40 years ago!) I did find one website that claimed to have kinsale station photos but unfortunately locked behind a paywall with no kind of preview of any sort your correct in saying the IRRS would be a fantastic resource to have but my sources tell me they are quite busy at the moment in itself, never mind weather it’s open or not! regardless I should have enough material to work away myself regardless of if I find anything new or not

Hello all recently I have been giving the green light to prepare a presentation on the Kinsale Branchline for The national monument I work at for this upcoming heritage week. And while I have a good amount of material to work with at the moment. I suppose this is an excuse to ask if anyone thinks they know or do know a place where more material/photographs on the Branchline closed over 90 years ago

Just…wow

Where did the water tank come from??? Origional?

Yep…. saw a video of it in Capwell. Looks like a write off

I have 2 brand new ones for sale in Upton tbh they are more accurate then lima Hymek shenanigans. Still much room for improvement but there still nice enough

The biggest issue with any of these bandon tank projects is height. Anyone who has tried 3d printing for themselves will note how usually, when using a RTR chassis the loco ends up 1.5 times higher then it needs to be. And while this model is for static use only. It at least beats the BR mark 1 test of coaching.

She is christened 467! 467 is the only bandon tank to have worn green while in west cork (although it was hard to see under the grime) 466 also is said to have worn green but once it was sent to diblin it never came back 463 ~ grey only. 464 ~ grey and black livery 465 ~ Grey 466 ~ Grey and CIE lined green 467 ~ Grey and CIE lined green 468 ~ Grey 469 ~ grey 470 ~ Grey Worth pointing out though some locos like 470 would be unsuitable for marks bandon as it has a very different apperently unrebuilt. Think of the difference between 184 and 186

As much as I’d love to blame deisals for that tours running….464 was not behaving towards the end of the tour! I recently got one of the few remaining tickets from that tour that probably still remain.

Fiver! And the broken wheel one for 15 quid…..that’s why i don’t buy that much from adverts anymore because I often find stuff like that at half the price in someone’s “hoard” over de years

Progress as it concludes tonight The green is not 100 percent correct, though these pictures make it look worse then it is! the question is do these colour snails and numerals look correct? As that’s what’s going on tommorow all things go well

I do have one GSR grey loco…MGWR J26 would be the next one to go into GSR grey if I got my hands on one that green I used for the chelestpry…I wish I had more of it but….I don’t. It was painted using a tin of Rocksavage green paint they had laying around in the 1960s. The paint was then coppied exactly and applied to that coach and then I inherited it….love to have more of it but I can’t get it!!! but I’m painting my bandon tank green (now by the time “green” 467 returned from the D&SE you could hardly see the green under the grime….but I’m going to do it anyway!!!!) just for fun. Hoping to have it done by Upton steam rally….unlined but at least in the right colour with some transfers. Can you give me a link for ones that would work well with the bandon tank (the lining I’ll be able to do is around the water tanks and boiler banding I think the coal bunker and running board are beyond me to line!) hand painting is a go and the first coat is on! (It’s so dark I have to use the flash to show the colour is the undercoat is black at the moment )

I’m aiming for the 45-55 green IE the colour of green the bandon tanks wore on the Dublin suburban services micheal lenton is sorting out the transfers. But he can’t do the lining. I’ve seen the fox transfers white on black lining looks good. Where would one get that lining? That’s the thread I was looking for!!! I was using this as a reference for the green I was looking for

How much do you reckon an origional decorative IR tie went for at cork model swap meet….

Any chance anyone have an accurate enough ral no. For dark CIE green (which meabh still wears today). Closest I have found in cork this morning is 6002 and it looks to light

Not the first time or the last time but there is a bandon tank on the workbench. 1/2 mark dunleas bandon complimentary of mark for helping with development, 1/4 1970s TMD MGWR J26 and 1/4 B12 from Hornby the only question is will this one be black or will it be CIE lined green …

The swap meet for summer 2023 was a success despite slower numbers due to the cork limerick match. Thanks to everyone that came!

I will look at cork model swap meets offerings tommorow

I have not found any thread related to the different tickets from the Dublin and Kingstown to present day. It could be the subject of a book all the different punches, designs ect. But considering there are so many re-productions out there at the moment. It might be worth having a thread on this subject. I’m always on the lookout for west cork tickets so it’s interesting to watch the e of bay sometimes and the prices ect. if anyone has a Six mile bridge (Co.Clare) ticket I have an interested customer on the off chance who’d really like one

Hate to winge but the intirior or the DD sets is much nicer then the mk4s. I’m a much bigger fan of the darker intirior. Big thing is the windows, them blue windows give me a headache after looking at blue for so long! Sher won’t be too long till there down in cork. Although to be honest the 2 car 2600 is perfect for there as it allows for more frequency next to a 4 car set. They would be much better for cobh boat trains and the mallow commuter services.