Killian Keane

Cork and Macroom Direct Railway loco by Dubs

another high quality image of 495 turned up on facebook today

The ffestiniog enginemen were extremely fond of their single Fairlies, it was remarked that if there were railways in heaven that they must use single Fairlies! 33/4 would be one Id be very interested to see, not that we'd likely see one on the main line now due to the very small water capacity, but Downpatrick or Maam Cross!

Scanned from a Casserley print in my collection, at Inchicore 24/4/53; From the relevant volume of Locomotive and train working in the latter part of the 19th Century by Ahrons; Then theres this elusive creature, seemingly an earlier iteration of the same, source unknown but found posted on facebook some years ago;

I for one would be more than happy to 3d print in resin the necessary parts to complete the kits, providing the relevant reference material drawings etc was supplied

Railmotor no.92, location unknown

I would have one of the MGWR Elf class for sure, probably a J30 too

0-4-2 tank, a rare type in Ireland, tender versions were common enough in the 19thC The WLWR did however have a very handsome example

A couple of lorry cabs at Dingle, 1951

It never ceases to amaze me Alan how you manage to churn out brass scratchbuilds of such quality in a matter of a few weeks, just incredible!

Today theyve announced a GNR Atlantic tank, that seems quite the useful fodder for bashing https://rapidotrains.co.uk/lner-c12-4-4-2t/

Thats some excellent work there, Ive been considering a J11 for a 57xx chassis as I believe theyre quite close in terms of wheelbase/diameters, just going to include these drawings in case you hadnt them already

A very rarely photographed loco, Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners no.2

The descriptions sound terribly interesting, unfortunately the first link gives me a 404 error, the rest 403

I recently got some old bound volumes of the Railway Magazine, amongst the gems contained therein, some quite wonderful old BCDR locos