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  1. Westcorkrailway
    The way they don’t the decals is funny looking. It appears they painted around 131, and painted over a previous 131 decal
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    I would say Mullingar-Dromod would be a good option. A good shot of people get off at Mullingar. Dromods Cork Volunteer takes the train up and back as he does not have a car either I’ve often had to make the odd trip on the tractor, not to much shame in that!
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    Dromod, maam cross and Downpatrick all have regular volunteers from Cork, I know the lads going to maam are regularly making a 4-5 hour journey each way out of there own pocket! It’s mad - but ince you catch the bug it seems hard to let go. I will admit though - having access to trasnport is key. Without car pooling or access to a car, it’s very difficult.
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    Well they sandblasted it down to the metal and it still rusted which probobly ain’t a great sign. 2025 saw the scrap of one Metro-Vic in C227. 2026 may well see another!
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    From what I’ve heard - and this might be all wrong, most things will end up scrapped, 5C is currently for sale (not that you’ll find a listing for it anywhere!).
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    90 and a J26 would be some combination at Downpatrick!
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    Maybe somewhere around broadstone?
  8. Westcorkrailway
    I can Probobly dig out infinite images of 552 and 559 in West Cork, so my completely unbiased vote goes to…
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    https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Dwz3UXSVr/?mibextid=wwXIfr bantry
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    There is probably more of the mill somehere, you just have to wait for it to be released!
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    https://flic.kr/p/2pww8YK silver laminate, Park Royal and 6 wheel coach shunted by a filthy C class out in Bantry
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    Same vain as some of the threads about photographs, I note the west cork model village had made this short snippet of the CBSC dvd public https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DmpuE5Xpo/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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    Same vain as some of the threads about photographs, I note the west cork model village had made this short snippet of the CBSC dvd public https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DmpuE5Xpo/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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    They only seemed to half commit to that logo at the time so it is interesting to see it on things
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    Signs installed in Bandon last week and officially unveiled today as part of the 65th anniversary of the west cork railway closure. Some very nice photos and info on them
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    more from the Bandon’s coffee pot loco
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    Galway to clifden to achill and back, but we are stopping at pubs instead of stations?
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    You really have it mostly covered there. Every other book (outside Colm Creedon vol 1 / 2 / Macroom ) is quite obscure, although there is schull and skibbereen books but that’s a whole other story There probobly is, but you’d have a hard time finding them. There was a 7mm kit for a CBSCR short bogey that I assume was based on drawings, ciril fry has one of these too.
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    As a follow up, here are photos of where we were in 1961 first is Chetwynd viaduct Bandon (High level) Clonakilty Junction Ballinascarthy LC Skibbereen footage of bridge in use https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0404/865210-west-cork-railway/ Baltimore
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    There is an unreal shannonvale layout, I posted it on here a few months ago As has been said before, the beauty of modelling West Cork is you can have prototypical length trains in reasonable space. maybe next time we will do Cork Capwell, Kinsale, Courtmacsherry, Timoleague, schull, Ballydehob Bantry and Drimoleague for more insperation
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    The West Cork Wanderer was a great day out, met some forum members here, weather was good and despite 2 very large delays out of the control of tailte, still arrived back in Cork in time for the 18:25, the 1961 tour to West Cork don’t make it back until past 12AM after its delays!
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    Funny enough, the rule is still that a warning panel isint necessary IF you have GM headlights that’s why 071 and 073 can work without a yellow warning panel, but 2601 had to have a yellow door kept
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    There is a GNR 110 class! tbf, if you named every 071 class, Twould get fairly mad fairly fast. Like you’d have 088 “ schull and skibbereen “ !
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    I forgot about that one! doesn’t 141 which now might return to mainline operation next year have a Murphy Models plaque on the side
  25. Westcorkrailway
    Yes - Not counting the 110s which are all named
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