Westcorkrailway

If any narrow gauge locomotives were to be produced in 50 years time By IRM or some other brand . Even then I would think it would be a very well traveled narrow gauge loco, and went to a station that it shared with standerd gauge (belturbet, strabane, skibbbereen, Ennis, Tralee ect.) or something preserved. The T&D locos fill out that requirement for sure. And there is one preserved (in a pile of peices and rusting to shite) but alas maybe things could change CBPR tanks would also be a popular option according to a pole I did on another page Another likely one though is bord NA mona diesels….well traveled, cover wide eras ect. Some very simular locos in other countries

Yes that seems to be the issue….think of narrow gauge Irish wheel arrangements….until there is more uk stuff it will be hard to find a match Mark Dunlea has 3D prints done for Schull and skibbereen 4-4-0s

We do love a good tangent!

There not helping by providing me with some of the goodies for Christmas every year! 90 percent of my book collection came from a local library clearing there library and some really rare railway books with them. Can’t really be re-sold to a collector as they have library stickers Inside the covers and on the spines, the other 10 percent are really generous donations and railway books I purchased myself. I should post a picture of my library on here as it’s one of the only things I have neatly put together! My memorabilia is all over the place sometimes to get something 1950s you need to buy 1890s and 1990s stuff with them in the bundle deal! Now there is a few “bigger” items like an original bantry excursion poster, GM reverser key, Flying snail hat. Again I’ve found local and further afield railway enthusiasts too be really helpful in tracking down some of this stuff….some have even given stuff complimentary which I cannot thank enough. A kinsale staff though is currently the dream…but I don’t even know if any still exist. Last time I’ve heard one reported was in 2001 - before i was even born! Regardless I shall put a special line in my will under no circumstances are model trains or otherwise to end up on the internet or I will curse from the grave!

How to sell model railways 101 if you don’t know what your doing at cork model swap meet a family landed with a car full of stuff from a layout of a grandfather who passed away recently. He came looking for advice to move it on possibly for free…..I convinced him to buy a table at the event which was actually slowing down at the time his van full of stuff had turned into an empty table after just 1 hour.zzzand a huge bundle of cash had apeared. Selling stuff for 5-10 percent below what they would cost on the internet with the assistance of some event orgs users I still have the “Hornby Irish train pack” I got off him for 50 quid. Too be honestly I’ll probobly sell it at the next swap meet but it was still an example of exactly what to do in situations such as inheritance. I have educated my family on how expensive the collection of books, memorabilia and models are worth. So luckily I’m safe for now.

A model of coach 236A would be perfect as it’s the only bit of railway preservation I can reasonably cycle too out here in the sticks! well….if your looking for a railway related announcement. Tailte tours have announced there next railtour tonight

Count the sheep jumping over the fence….or count 141‘s smashing through the fence whatever suits

I think postage was big alright. Double digits or something like that. Plus an post made me pay customs….which I definitely was not expecting

He must be REALLY reluctant to sell… Edit: turns out he is, and I can understand a bit more

Because the bargains are usually sold before they ever touch this thread!

I’ve heard rumblings of what it could be from reliable sources. If what they say is true I’ll be buying a good few of em

If it’s something to make me check the date…..and see if it’s April 1st….. a Bandon tank announcement on the 31st of March wouldn’t go too far wrong

I have gotten a few bargains from www.collectireland.com last month

Fantastic news

In West Cork, you’d sometimes have a race horse put onto a lone cattle wagon and sent away up to X race or to be sold. Would have been VIP cargo!

Tom Ryan’s YouTube channel does have some Gems such as that one It seems like kent station is going to. Become a very popular indeed. Recently saw a plan for an Albert quay layout around 1958 when it was also cork bus station as Parnell place was being constructed

Schull was a station that took fish traffic (although in this case it would be in the wrong gauge for David to model) I’m sure most other narrow gauge railways like the west Clare, T&D and railways of Donegal had fish traffic? The only other place that could have had fish traffic is that place north of ballina….can’t think of the name

Oh boy…

because the chocolate used in it was cheap and the bar was quite expensive for the time most people ended up buying cadburys and a bag of taytos which was better value recently came across an old kitkat bar with Irish rail branding and advertising from 1992

On the CBSC…Courtmacsherry comes to mind, as does kinsale (closed 1931) which both took fish traffic and would be shorter then the pier extension @Andy Cundick has done a 7mm layout of courtmacsherry that’s ABSOLUTLY sublime mother then that. I’m not sure where else on CIE rails was fish traffic big….possibly valentia? Fenit?

Baltimore railway station building is in tact but now derelict. In Use until about 2016 or some time like that. A later CBSC red brick building like creagh and Bandon (high level) the shed you see below was once an engine shed but sold to the yacht club. Original C&B rails ran out of this shed until 2004! I have a photo somehere of Baltimore station building with period posters and of course….fresh and pristine paintwork a Baltimore mixed train would be easy to make up. A unique running on the Baltimore line was timber for the boat building that went on next door (a tradition that continues today) I would add the timber and maybe a hattons 6 wheeler to the train, maybe a few less open wagons and different types of vans and it would be perfect for motive power there is few options. a great mix of GSWR, DSER and WWLR ran the branch before being taken over by C class locomotives entirly. AEC railcars went out there for the Baltimore regatta. The A class were to heavy for the Illen river bridge so never ventured this far south

Baltimore would be an interesting one in regards to this one. A small (enough!) terminus with a small extension out the pier (the most southerly bit of rail in Ireland) for fish traffic. Although it closed in 1961, has potential and I haven’t seen it done

No I don’t have the photo. Although I do wonder if this loco was working out the skibbereen and Baltimore or Clonakilty branch would it have been well photographed or noted at all.

Yellow/orange buffer beams on a C class? Didn’t know about those Recently while surfing through a private collection I came across is a photograph of C234 With a flying snail on the side….all I was told was was told they weren’t there long before they started cracking due to the heat (they were not metal snails like the A class) I couldn’t find another photo of this variation on any other loco nevermind C234….possibly a “republic of glanmire road job” as you call it