Westcorkrailway

“I can’t believe its not lion” set was officially revolked a few days ago…it’s one of the most bonkers moves I’ve seen a company pull in a while. unfortunately. If I want to get a Ruston 88DS I’ll have to go via Hornby. Luckily for us exclusively Irish models. Our catalogue is quality models all around (albeit the 2nd hand market is less healthy aside from a few notable exceptions)

Presumably there must be something under that sign. As that seems to be the crossroads that was a crossing in the above picture

If I’m not mistaken, much of the land was not worth re-claiming hence why it’s survived the years so well.

When funds allow. I’ll get a BnT 141 of some sort. But the problem is I know for a fact that loco will go for much more then €143 in the end

A39R is the last one to sell out….again

A39R, A3R, A46….the whole gang of “going for stupid prices on eBay” are here people better not complain after this!

A perfect transition model for those willing to take there first step into big gauge

Possibly by penrose quay, or perhaps that was done in the north esk?

Gouldings was loaded in Cork from the former Albert quay Terminus. Which didn’t close long after these wagons were introduced.

Is it an easy process removing the pallets and puttin on the IFI decals? Living in a farm myself here. They do look class!

Nope….as far as I could see, you’d have to go to the uk website and pay the customs

So effectively a mixed goods train…that’s pretty cool by the way isn't it mad that this is a “small announcement” nowadays. Wagons everyone wanted back, fixed of any previous issues and now at less then the price Bachmann sell small 4 wheel goods vans for per wagon …. If so, plenty more small announcements chaps….

You can see even here in the thumbnail of this video, Black and Tan and ferts do make sense im oh so very tempted to buy the earliest pack. Probobly the last wagons that ever got onto West Cork Tracks (technically speaking anyways) skip to the middle of this video for a higher quality digitisation of the first video

So if we’re that desperate, we can order from the uk website and take the customs with a heavy heart

Would any of these livery types be the earliest livery. IE the ones used in Albert quay

Or perhaps they mean more crossovers…mk3, mk1…LMS compound….Jinty…….N class Over-analysis is what we do!

Me thinks the model show in October we will find out when that big day is… I am one of those people who resort to a layout on the floor, albeit a layout on a wooden floor but still. I think it’s a good idea to run on the “worst case scenario” layout to see how locos hold up from different manufacturers

I may look through the internet for one When we’re these withdrawn? We’re they turned into intermediate power cars or did the reach another fate. I cannot recall seeing one in the Black and Tan livery

Reminded me of this clip from the show Heartbeat when an enthusiast stole “Vera lynn”

Is it available online somewhere? Those bulleid Railcars looked so industrial and square, some would even say ugly Or as he himself would say “another successful design”

Look at the way the snail is put on those coaches….was that done to save painting the whole coach?

Now that is really nice.

I was there back in April. Such a great resource to models in the Dublin area

It’s still in full working order I’m told. It last ran at another event in the same museum a few years back.

I was at the maritime meruseum in passage west this afternoon and they are holding a railway exhibition I spotted this locomotive to one side. A replica of the 2-4-2 locomotives that this line used to use it had a rather tragic story behind it, as seen below “In 2006 a young man & railway enthusiast, John Davies, of The Green, Passage West, commissioned this model of a CB & PR engine & carriages from an Australian model maker, unfortunately, the completed model was delivered to John's home a few days after he had sadly died. Passage West Maritime Museum wish to sincerely thank Mr Terry Davies, John's Dad, and John's sister Kelly who have kindly loaned this model to the Museum for the exhibition.” it said to have cost over 4 grand in 2006 money.