Westcorkrailway

I would like to think this was the only wagon like this, done as an experiement to see how it would look, and instead of replanting it, just pushed it out and went onto the next one

I found booterstown to be closer to the school when I came from cork

First coat of paint applied on the CBSC building….the paint job won’t be superb or anything but it might look ok from a bit back. Ref photos are Ernie’s railway archive for Ballinascarthy and Micheal Davies of Ballinhassig

Mixed train at Ballymartle….

IRRS headboard…looks to scale (it looked like that on 90)

Low bar…

I always to to visit when I’m in Dublin. If you look very closely…you can find A Bandon Tank….look behind that rather strange looking man on the telly I have no doubt he at the very least, had, a Bandon tank that’s somehow been lost to time. Considering they did some nice work in the Dublin area. ironically, a Bandon Tank is probobly one of the more available models to get in 0 gauge. A freind of mine has a superb 3D print, rivets and all for 0 gauge. just needs a terrier chassis and some bogeys. There is also the alpha graphix kit for those more brave and skilled.

Test prints of the CBSC building are now underway thanks a freind of mine offering to print it thank goodness. New problem. I purchased a curved point (hornby R8075) for my layout however the curve that was originally there appears to have been much tighter then this. It defiantly seems like it was a curved point that wss there

It’s under better care now, though, I believe it was there so long only because of an ownership dispute. the Ruston, Beet wagon and brakevan of halfway are now in Maam cross. The 6 wheeler went to a secret location

The lamp brackets were here (as illustrated) Wouldn’t be suprised if the modern points logo tail lamps got on these too later on

Aha, that’s what I was thinking of. certainly looks like a pallet van, open to correction

Think I’ve seen at least one body still existing somehere

Small bit of work done over the weekend still have no idea what points were used on the far side of the station so a curve has been implemented temporarily. drawn up some buildings for it in a CAD software No idea if I can even print them but at least it’s a good template

Some small GSR conversions that come to mind you could take a railroad J72 and try and turn it into a GSWR J10 by chopping off the cab and replacing it with an ivatt style one not the greatest detail wise but I have GSWR 90 done using a terrier chassis and a 3D printed shell the GSR had an 0-4-0 peckett on there books, purchased from the allmans whiskey Company in 1930. Don’t think it left cork though! Horny make it and all you’d need for it to be prototypical is buy the works green version, weather it, and slap plates on either side. there is a beautiful RTR J24 model out there from 00 works. but it’s very expensive, no DCC, prone to failure (mine has twice). Also never left cork area as far as I know either A freind of mine and myself are still working on a completely 3D printed Bandon Tank. But thats nowhere near ready for running.

Reminds me how UTA livery coaches got as far as Skibbereen on “pigeon” specials!

last passenger use of the 6 wheel coach in Ireland for passenger use was on the 29-May-1965 when the Munster area IRRS went from Kent station to Albert Quay. the train was made up of C202, GSWR 1895 (brake 2nd) and still in green 6 wheel coach 39M (which as the above Colm creedon photo shows, already had an X marked on the side for disposal) the 1966 Munster Area tour to webs mills was also supposed to have a 6 wheel coach but this was canned unfortunately

Well that was helpful…as the tank plate still exists. it appears to have tank 199, which would make this 25199, which would make it the last one ever produced???

Looking at the photos I have, the number plates have been whipped but no doubt the owner has it jotted down somewhere

And the one that does exist, has only survived due to sheer willpower of one man, otherwise it would have been scrapped years ago.

There at least was a shed kept on site. Shame I never took photos. If I remember correctly, there was 2 locos, all I could tell you about the 2nd loco is that it was nothing like the above pictured. It was like a simplex or Ruston machine. No idea if it’s still there.

Was there in about 2019 and it looked like it had long been abandoned by then. Thought accessing the stock was more then possible

Actually yes, I think the dual truck is set up as far as the junction for mungret (not layed but the alignment is made for it and level crossings made double track) M new LC signs have been put up, which gives me small hope that there actually thinking about doing the spur, although as you can see, it hasn’t been cleaned up in a decade

Indeed, but the opposite can be said for the navan line which otherwise looks pristine at the moment. Yes years will eventually out pay to this line if it isint maintained. But it’s not like a south Wexford of a WRC. The track is there and it’s good and it’s unlikely to be used in the future