enniscorthyman

Hi Frank,the IRRS premises at Hueston station would have a large back issue of old journals.They meet on Tuesday nights If you can make it,and also Cliften Flewit often has them on railtours etc.I had posted up any interisting articules from journals on the old site such as ones on the 121 and 141/181 locos which gave a indept feature.I can repeat here if folks want them.

The same here John.I saw a kingscourt train near Navan just at a level crossing north of the town when I worked in Dublin some 20 years ago. This line had a number a crew operated LC gates which appeared in two New Horizon videos.One of my favourite photos appeared in Rail Express in the late 90s showing a double headed 121 near Nobber with gypson train.The line did lack any big engineering such a viaducts and tunnells hence my love of the Waterford -Ballinacourty branch,and quite out of the way level crossings. As regard modelling a gypson train,the Shapeway ballast wagons would do the trick nicly.

Wow fantastic footage.great find.

I try to keep it to the IR and IE era but any CIE livery gets me back to the late 70s and early 80s on the Rosslare line and countless hours at Enniscorthy Station looking at trains.The good old days.

The SA ran after the loco number with S used to denote fitted with CAWS(Continous Automatic Warning System). The A denotes fitted with Air Breaks.

The June 2008 IRRS journal No 166 has a good article on the MK 2D coaches showing photos of their arrival in green undercoat and a trial train of two 141s in black and tan with the green mk2s in tow at Clondalkin. It also shows wonderfull photos of expermental livery that was applied at Inchicore with a overall red and two cream panals,not to mention a all over navy blue with silver window frames,and the golden brown with a white centre where the black went on the final choice. Another suggestion on show was a Duck egg blue with a off white panel between the doors.Another photo shows a black roof and black all the way down to just below the windows where a thin white stripe meets the golden brown.I persume these photos were taken in 1972 priar to the rolling out in the super train livery that was chosen.

Well done to ye all guys as they all look wonderfull.

The 071 sound is the best of all the sound chips recordings that I have heard.088 is the loco that was recorded.

Wow that is simply stunning.

Lovely job there.

Forgot to mention welcome to the site.I would love to see your detailed build on the Park Royal kits.I love them coaches and have great memory's of them on the Rosslare line.

Looks fab and a wonderful job.

At a guess the body could be the same as the 141s and as the 071 is supposed to come with built in speaker for sound chips,it should be handy enough,we will have to wait and see.

I always thought the headlight surrounds were white or gray but the photos do show a orange or gray surround. It was only recently that I found out that 071s are slightly taller than the 141/181s.I wonder is this the reason why the red inbetween the buffers is more raised on the 071s?.

this is gas-

As Anthony said revert to photo bucket as I had this problem with my photos file being to large.

Somebody stop me-and calm me down. Fantastic.

Wow,now that's a impressive kit.I do remember these on sale in Rail Express,however mad expensive.

I use Peco code 100 as well,and Peco track is more realalistic. That said I do have lenths of hornby track that will be used in unseen areas.

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That is a nice box set.did you see them at royal hospital Kilmainham a few years back.

I am a big kraftwerk fan and saw them in Dublin in 2004. Computer world is my fav album.My fav group is very heavily Influenced by kraftwerk-OMD who based most of there early music on there radioactivity sound.

I was at the Madge Murphy or Madonna gig at the aviva stadium last night.I thought it was a fantastic show however there was a lot of folks who thought it was crap.

A shed like yours have would suit me fine as my attic Project is driving me mad with the heat at the moment and extreme cold in the winter.Do keep us updated on progress.

They are the shapeways bodies Seamus on Dapol prestwin chassis.There is a option of two body lenths.