Westcorkrailway

I’ve purchased a set before and tbh they are more hastle than they are worth. Mine came broken and took hours of fixing, a lot of it due to the entire thing being glued together. All that for something that is not really that accurate and quite expensive once you include the Brexitstan tax

More like 3000 photos! Some of my own highlights include https://flic.kr/p/2qE2fYz https://flic.kr/p/2qEfJSP https://flic.kr/p/2qEmuzp https://flic.kr/p/2qEaBXi https://flic.kr/p/2qE9DCS

You’d likely have a siding for the council and there tar (as it would never have gone over to north esk im that scenario) and of course you would have had mixed trains like the youghal goods coming from Bantry or maybe even a dedicated oil train from Bantry (Whiddy Island)

I like the idea of a Rationalised Albert Quay in the 70s with passenger traffic. Because the 1950s Albert quay cramped, yet complex

In my mind, you might have had a GSR competing with a GNR combined with the DSER. Eventually theyd still end up combining into a CIE of sorts. Though the railway map would be impossible to predict, considering the economic position, structure, policy ect. of such a country would be much different. One thing is for sure, I’d imagine there would be a railway line running up the North West Imagine gsr grey donegal tanks….GNR 461 ect.

Fantastic collection that. Always something I delve into the odd time and find something new every time

Stationmasters house started (based on that of Waterfall Co.Cork) but is not finished. I also put in a few small bits like the sign ect.

The first train to Ballymartle today. C212 with a Per Way train.

Have I ruined it???? a repaint without disassembling it for fear it would snap. But I wanted it in cork colours

I translate the cork bandon livery as whatever green I want it to be

There is a good quality scan of this poster on the internet. Buyers beware!

Heard the same, very kind man RIP

The DD’s will be held together by bale twine, the 29s will be fine, except for the fact there won’t be any floor left

Here it is, a blank canvas!

Some buildings recently purchased

Planning progression. Hoping to get Owen O’Niell to help with the station building, which is going to be identical in shoe to drimoleague, Ballinhassig and Desert stations in west cork. Anyone know some fonts for the old AA yellow enamel road signs or the newer white cast County Council signs?

CBSCR Fictional Layout hello all. At Cork Model Swap Meet, I purchased an unfinished layout. The plan is to turn this into a fictional version of the Kinsale Branch, one where the Cork & Bandon railway was a far more profitable venture in the early days allowing for a more confident C&KJR. Changes include: Kinsale junction being far smaller and much further east and smaller with direct Cork-Kinsale The line follows a more direct path, just before the start of the 1/80 climb the railway takes a more wide turn. At the end of this line, roughly in line with the actual Ballymartle station, on the other side of the kinsale main road is this new fictional new station. After this the line descends into a tunnel before following mostly the same route into Kinsale. Another big change is that somewhere along the line (Probobly at the present day site of Kinsale golf club) there would be a big factory of some kind with its own industrial railway. The line won’t close in the 1930s but due to the better quality of line and factory traffic the line would continue. Passenger traffic along with steam haulage would come to and end in 1963, goods finally wrapping up in 1967. Ballymartle have much more space then the real life equivalent but will be equally rural. It will have a signal box, a CBSC station building styled off ballinascarthy, ballinhassig and drimoleague, a goods shed similar to that of madore/Farrangalway.

I wanted to get a 14xx chimney from the UK….price was £1 + £27 postage

A superb show, quite simply a great success. The room was perfect, tables were good, plenty of space. Happy to report we narrowly broke even (enough to buy 3 or 4 pints!!!!!) I’d like to thank Kevin meany and Mark Dunlea for putting the event on, as well stewards Richie, Brendan and Cathal.

Aaaaah I spotted him alright. Hopefully he got on ok, space was a priority at this event

Some info for those attending Travel options Car If you’re coming from Waterford or Dublin. It’s very easy, through the jack lunch tunnel and keep following the N40 road. A exit for ballincollig will appear.once you arrive in ballincollig. There is both overground and underground parking at the oriel which is on the west side of the town centre, but if this does not suffice (it often does not) parking is available at nearby public parking (free) train once you arrive at Kent station walk to cork city hall and board either the 220 or 220x Bus. You stop is “Ballincollig town C” which is right outside Tesco on the west side of town. Walking west for 2 minutes and you will be outside the door.

Still going full steam ahead.

Will this mean platform 10 and maybe even a new platform 11 at heuston will come to be used?

Yes like that coach, but there was not even a roundel on it, just the coach number (234A, 236A or 238A I can’t remember) Also this picture has always looked a little strange to me on Ernie’s railway archive….though I suppose it makes sense the gray looks a bit mad though

One of these still survives converted into a living space of sorts down my direction. It was an Ex WLWR coach tha at some stage was rebuilt and as far as I can tell it was painted green….but not the exact kind of CIE green you’d expect and there was no lining to speak of. Ray good says that coach had gone down to Bantry in the 1950s for cattle fairs