Westcorkrailway

Either my 2nd favourite….or favourite livery for an 071. Call me bonkers if you will!

Irish railway models have actually helped transport much of the 5’3 track panels to maam cross if I remember correctly

Just make sure to ask permission, I’m pretty sure there has been some big security measures employed since the above photos were taken

I’m pretty sure a few quick google searches and you will find the answer very fast lol

It’s not scrapped or going to be scrapped. although some people on here may consider it’s current location “worse then scrapping”! Which is ridiculous….but it’s relatively safe and sound

It’s not there anymore!!!!! its in a super secret location where no one will ever find it…. (I’m actually suprised no one has “found it” since)

You can go in and watch 20 minutes of a dvd, there is 2 cases of decent artifacts and there is occasional info on the wall. The real intention is seen through Recent additions are mini excavators, RC boats (both of which you have to pay extra for). You can now book the Park Royal’s for parties! The main way they make money is season passes to families I believe that Jeremy clements has built some new locos for the model village. Based on S&SLR, CBPR and CMLR prototypes as can be seen in new irish lines. There also has been a CIE 6 wheeler spotted in recent times

I’m glad it made it. I think this loco was sitting in a siding in fenit until the mid 1990s before being moved here….funnily enough armed with Thomas the tank engine knowledge, when I first got there around 4 years old I knew it was not a steam engine….as I suspect many kids did that’s to oul Thomas the GNR engine The right job would be C202/227 but it would require a bit of cash and hard work which im not sure would be worth in in the eyes of the model village…both those Park Royal’s have since been cosmetically overhauled. it’s a shame I wasn’t old enough to get down to halfway and give the loco one final inspection before it left….although I’m fair certain people have pictures of it being moved….recently I got donated the only photos I know of the coach being moved

https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/13146-mgwr-3rd-class/

This shunter is CSE mallow number 1 or 2 (can’t remember) both Mallow 88DS were preserved. One is in “Clonakikty Model railway village” pretending to be a steam engine! This locomotive however was at “the ramble inn” halfway. Along with many other vintage things in storage. About a 15 minute walk from where I live at the moment it had a short stretch of track which it would on occasion run up and down. There was a bullied beet wagon (as you can see in Inchicore) an EX MGWR/GSWR sleeper 6 wheeler coach (not sure which company as reports are conflicting!) which is still close to home and a CIE 30 ton brakevan (I believe it’s now in moyasta) long ago it was intended to buy Ballinhassig railway station and run trains from ballinhassig to halfway viaduct….this also allowed the future possibility of trains to run through goggins hill tunnel. As yo can see they managed to get a loco and some stock to halfway but when ballinhassig station was sold to somone else that plan fell through and this loco stayed below until around 2018 when it was moved

I can say with some confidence that something like that may not be too far away. At least we have hattons 6 wheel coaches coming….and of course those 3D print MGWR 3rds if you can paint em up yourself…..

Seems to be plenty of 0-3-0’s made in Lego for some strange reason. considering the last announcement was a powered railcar, I doubt that anything in the next 6 months at least will be powered. We can expect possibly another “announcement” at Wexford in a few months time

I see they also have 165 DS. CSE Had 7 or 8 88ds but had 1 165DS in tuam

Yes I believe so, the only difference is the CSE ones are 5’3 and have accommodations for that hence why the Hornby model is pretty good ….if it ever ******* releases

It’s being done up by the apprentice welders in the core….big issue is the breaks…. The CSE liveries we’re a bit all over the shop. So it’s hard to know what it will look like come the end of restoration….tbh I’d hope for some of the more out there thiis thread breifly discuses those liveries (I wish Hornby would hurry up and release this model!)

My first railway memories are of the last of the mark 3s and commuter livery DMU’s too. Hard to believe only last year we saw the end of that livery!

Yes, the “Halfway Ruston” as I call it is 100 percent going to maam cross it’s a locomotive very real attachment too being the last stand of the CRRS and being located a couple of KMs from my house….hard to believe it’s been over 10 years since I last saw her move….although it may not be the only shunter west bound!

Christ no not at all! As much as the GSR gave signs to doomed lines like passage and muskerry. As far as I know none went on the kinsale branch however I do know that an unused sign exists that was supposed to go up in waterfall (I believe GSR style) which had CBSCR signs till the end

Loco belongs to Kevin Meany….I wonder if it went for auction how much twould go for On page 233 there is a list of acknowledgements and sources of images? there are about 10 images that have been published before in this book by my reckoning (2 in the books you mention). IMHO I wouldn’t put that as too much of a dent in the 240 images present.

At least one of every nameboard on the West Cork seems to have survived except for Bandon. Who’s enamel sign was last seen on the floor of the goods platform in Albert quay circa:1965, who knows where they ended up….(probobly in Todd Andrews attic ) even the kinsale sign survived into preservation…..Unfortunatly Ballymartle (which never got a GSR sign and was made of wood) rot to peices. There is a possibility that the metal letters though survive in a certain mans railway collection….

Good to hear….according to @Mike 84C his local post office would not take international mail until further notice due to the hack

I had just posted about your work this morning own welcome to the forum I do wonder could the chassis itself could be 3d printed. A flangeless centre wheel and something in the passenger design to give it a bit more weight i have seen these on eBay too. If you got 3 axles, maybe a few brands of these and made “steps” for the coaches it might look very good

hetwynd viaduct (N scale and 00), every building in macmine junction. Corrugated iron peices that are bendable by hairdrier, lever frames ect, 1:76 electricity pole, 20ft containers

There is some nice prints on Facebook and has the email adress 3dprinting3dcork@gmail.com

Aye usuallly when I’m searching for a model to find I end up here…usually just laught at what there selling ….seems to be of Egyptian origin