enniscorthyman

I started work for an post in 1992 and for a while got to bring the Mail from New Ross and Enniscorthy Post Offices over to the Station for the 6.45 train to Dublin.It was mostly a single 141 or even a single 121 with a odd 001 in charge.I had to throw the mail bags into the EGV, and collect one bag from Wexford.I remember always trying to get up to the loco for a look before she got underway.The mails ceased to be carried by rail in January 1994.

It was part of the weed killer train.I think it was the accommodation van?.

Amazing paint job.

Looks fantastic.

Impressive work Tom:tumbsup:

Very nice job on the coaches.

Outstanding work.

Best of luck Noel with the new Tara Junction. And as I saw Tara Junction in the flesh, I will be sad to see it's demise.However your plans for Tara 2 sound great.So many options with Claremorris Station, Burma road etc.

How much is the subscription, looks great. I have a few NILs from the early 00s.

Nice job on the van. The 121 looks fab as well.

That would be great Des, but what did you have in mind as regards motors.I don't know much about the motor bogies such as Black Beetle and Tenshodo bug.Could these work for the Co Co A class?.

Looks like a cracking chassis.

Great photos.Bleach GreenJunction just looks class.

She's a beauty.

A bit of video of 107 in action.

A few photos from a very enjoyable evening of watching trains on this layout. I brought my own 107 for the short CIE goods and 073 is on the cement, with 187 on beet dutys.

Rich, delighted to help with DCC wiring on A and C. What I did when I wired up my A class was first get the brass detail kit from SSM, which has the nice little details such as cow catcher and radiator grills.This is optional, and you will get away without it.I have used the TCS-T1 decoder which is 2 function and you can have directional lights.You will need to drill out the headlights on both ends of cabs.When you get LEDs you will also normally need two 1k ohm resistors. The TCS decoder has a wire loom that's Is colour coded, and this is hard wired into the loco.The decoder can be removed from harness if need. Another option is to use a Hornby Deltic chassis which is cut to suit the A class and already has a 8 pin connector so you can put in a 8 pin decoder of choice.If you want directional light there is a common diagram that is used for this. I can't remember it off hand but I will get back to you.Check out the very early pages of my workbench as you will see work on a39 at that time.

Thanks for the kind comments lads. I will post up a quick video soon.

I would love to go Geoff, but broke after Wexford show and the wife won't let me out for a while:((

107 is back in action and running well after a bit of attention.

Is that a TCS T1 decoder on board George. lights looking good.

This is all I got today.

Looking good Tommy.

A very sad situation.

I am not sure Fran, I thought it was a Blue line sd9 but you are welcome to it for free along with the other switcher body's if they are of any use. I have another sd body as well that can go.Both could be missing some bits.The chassis was to be used for a MIR 071.