Westcorkrailway

7 minutes ago, Mayner said:

177 miles non-stop in a 2600 seems more like penance than pleasure.

What are the Cork enthusiasts atoning for?

It’s what we get for calling the 29000 rubbish!!!

Cork based railtours are guaranteed sucess (no bias at all ) 

10 hours ago, Metrovik said:

Having just learned about the 30th anniversary of the 2600 railcars, it begs the question, will these receive a similar retro livery treatment?

It’s possible…though the black front ends would be a bit of a saftey issue. Perhaps seeing that livery again might only be possible in preservation….however worth pointing out that I’ve heard of something through sources regarding not only Retro 2600…but possibly a 201 as well

3 minutes ago, LNERW1 said:

This is either going to be met with begrudging agreement or crucifixion, but could a class 67/68 be repainted to a rough approximation of a 201?

It’s been done….however most people do it as a “what if” rather then a full on model….

take a look at this album on flicker

48 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Many thanks for that. With an existing mix of Provincial Leslie’s Bullieds, and various wooden-bodied opens, as also seen in beet trains up to about 1971/2, and forthcoming IRM Bullieds, I will need this stuff!

At some stage I want to replicate the busiest of days at Dugort Harbour with the place choked with beet wagons, loaders, ramps for trucks, and the one-coach passenger train barely able to get in….

It isn’t so convincing with “laden” trains consisting of trucks as empty as the “empty” ones!

There were days where so much beet was coming out of west cork every siding from courtmacsherry to Clonakilty junction. Was packed full of wagons 

They will be €250 I suspect. But at least that is better then current prices Pre-owned 

16 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said:

Afternoon everyone - maybe this feature exists already and I haven't found it but I have been thinking that it would be handy (and nostalgic!) to have all the photos from a thread viewable in one place, a kind of gallery within a thread.  It's handy when you can click on a photo and scroll through any others within the same post - could that feature be extended to include all the photos from the thread or could they be made available elsewhere in a searchable gallery?

Just a thought!

I think when you click on an image in the thread and press to the left or right of the screen it goes through the photos in that thread…while not fast it does an ok job? 

7 minutes ago, Colin R said:

I wonder if they intend to carry on the production of these coaches?

 

While they are facilitating the pre orders for this run, it’s been hinted at that they might not have access to the tooling for future runs…and that a certain other company Does  

I didn’t see this email…glad I seen it now 

Superb news 

As of half an hour ago. Hattons website as stopped taking orders and the physical store is now closed. 
 

how will the pre orders work for the coaches? 

11 minutes ago, Wexford70 said:

 

Keep in mind the curve may now be even tighter or at least modified to accommodate the greenway 

Some positive news for January 2024!

Give it a GSWR saloon smokebox doors and an ivatt boxtop cab, and repaint it grey! 
 

anyways 5t I’m reliably told from an early member of the WSVR that the curve to get the line under the road and alongside the greenway is too tight for the likes of 5t and possibly sleive callan too

1 hour ago, minister_for_hardship said:

I think the interwar years are looked upon as a sort of golden age in the uk and kept alive in popular culture whereas here seen as "bad times" of economic and cultural stagnation, unemployment, emigration and best forgotten.

I think if you asked the average person they probably have never heard of the GSR, it having just about passed from living memory.

As my colleague says, Those who say “the Good old days” have never opened a history book. 
 

Perhaps this is why in Ireland the 1960s era layout with Black and Tan ect. Is really the earliest mainstream Irish modelling goes. There is the odd 50s thing and some GSR stuff but generally it starts around the 60s 

saw this yoke in my YouTube recommended. The tender is all wrong but what else would have to be changed….splashers? Nameplates?

Considering there will soon be 7 car sets by themselves. It wouldn’t surprise me 

They were supposed to be disposed of…..but as we can see. That did not happen

22 minutes ago, Keitheg6 said:

Is this a bit fishy? seems to be fresh stock coming from china? 

Mr Paddy murphy himself has spoken about these models

aperenrly these are sub standard rejects from the factory. They should not be on the market 

23 minutes ago, Newtoncork said:

Rail crane in siding at Cork this afternoon. Pretty impressive. Didn't realise it weights 116 tonnes!

Being in Kent station in weather like this is truly commendable 

Alex duggan caught a gorgeous photo of it passing the steam crane in mallow

13 minutes ago, Garfield said:

Interestingly, I recently saw a photo of one of the ex-GSR Drewry inspection cars painted in Black & Tan livery. Up until that I had thought their final livery was green with Flying Snails on the sides.

Yes I saw the same photo and also thought the same

photo (c) dermot Hopkins 

I never got anything from the sale after. Probobly will regret it but my model taste was to reeled in to take serious interest in anything. 
 

I should have probobly ordered another genesis coach or two though

21 minutes ago, Wexford70 said:

Hi guys,

It may have been discussed before but what was the standard consist of a Galway Livery train?

Were they Galway coaches ever used in mixed trains of MK2 after?

 

I have seen 112 hauling Galway coaches where 1 or 2 were in a different orange livery

im pretty sure mixing them in was a semi standerd practice. There was an ITG tour that did the same 

I would suspect it’s tough luck with this one. Infairness it opens a whole can of worms where 10 years down the line somone could “claim” there box was just opened and the loco never ran. 
 

also worth noting that claims like this would cost either time and/or money which Would be better spend elsewhere 

it’s just part of the process when buying these locos early unfortunately 

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

The last dark green passenger-carrying vehicles in regular use, if we discount several narrow gauge vehicles, seem to have been several old relics in West Cork and at least one 6-wheeled brake third on the Valentia line.

Even so. I’ve only heard one 121 going across the city railway. And even then they only made it as far as ballyphehane! 

1 hour ago, Metrovik said:

Excuse my question but I'm a little late to the party on this, would these coaches be out of place behind the early livery 121 class? Having shockingly bought something new for a change I need to stretch out the use of these as much as I can.....

Yeah as far as I know it was certainly possible for the grey 121 to do such a thing but it would have been quite a rare occurrence if it did happen. 
 

Worth pointing out the above is only relevent to the light green/black n tan coaches. I reckon there was very little to no chance a 121 ever had an excuse to haul around a livery that was almost extinct by the time of there introduction