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Great to see the shot of Macmine Jct - a place which saw CIE steam until very late on. You could model it very well with a couple of J15s, an AEC set and an A Class, a few coaches, a dozen wagons ....... I only had steam through it once in pre-RPSI days - on the famous RBAI Railway Society tour in 1963 with No.151 - we were already a couple off hours late by then!

This one's for @jhb171achill probably? Did we conclude that this: https://railsofsheffield.com/products/oxford-rail-or76scs2003-cowans-sheldon-15t-crane-gwr-no-6?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Oxford Rail Announcement&utm_id=01KTRCE3KC5H9XK2W7975FDA6G&_kx=94TVSTwJKaw1u9s0VI6GSrlZad3yB7CBtaw17rSe4OjqnSFePN1n7xZw98DdvMB7.RXkVMS was close to a GNRI breakdown crane? If so, it's a pretty good price.

Thanks, Darius, Well spotted! I'll follow your example, buy one on eBay and get it painted, if I can persuade my workshops to do it! I think @jhb171achill has gone down that path, although I haven't seen it at Dugort Harbour.

Hi Darius I presume that the MAK is a Roco V65, seemingly minus Hand rails? Looks the part! Thanks Leslie

I'm pretty sure that I said I'd be interested too, @GSR 800. I told my potential builder I'd leave him mine as well as pay for the building, but hopefully I'll get to run it a few times .......

Now, now, PATIENCE!!!!!

And the calorific value of the coal which they got. I believe tests of turf as well during the "Inconvenience". Hey, @jhb171achill, why buy the book when you've displayed most of the contents here? Its photo content is probably more valuable than the text, which, I think, was repeated in The Jurnal in due course. At the time, though, it was rightly considered a book to have.

See that you put piccies up, @jhb171achill - I have three IFM ones and don't want to buy more if they look massively different - but a Snack car might be nice to have .......

I'll just mention that that article wasn't even the tip of the iceberg - I have hundreds of pages of Bob's travels to ponder in my dotage. I was going to write something, but the other gent beat me to it. Great models @GSR 800.

@Mol_PMB makes a lot of good points (sorry), the bridge definitely looks skewed, so that's a big clue. I suspect the biggest clue is the lattice signal post - which Irish railway had such posts? Speak up you signalling experts!

Yes, Paul, I was going to bring up the carriage trucks in a later post. The one with a "fence" is quite like a GNR flat for bread containers - I had wondered if it could act as an alternative flat for my bread containers - if they fitted between the fences. I'll have to wait until they come out and try one ......

At last, it's here! Not remotely like the real one, but it's the right colour, right letters ..... And at just £33.95? Using the excuse "It's my railway and I'll run what I like on it" - apologies to @Old Blarney, whose favourite dictum this is https://railsofsheffield.com/products/rapido-trains-uk-829006-gnr-evolution-horsebox-no-1149

Which is when freight used to run. If BR had done more of that, HS2 would never have even been thought of ......... Re the wider project, Good Luck to 'em. I hope that then locals use it. As @Galteemore said, the English Southern rewrote the railway map by its electrification and it has been a benefit ever since.

Wait a moment while I get a mirror ......

Thanks for saving me the time of lifting mine up and turning. it round ..... If @Galteemore says so, it's right!

Well, no @Galteemore, the idea was to do the overhauls at Inchicore. Cute answer, eh? The real issue is the length of the turntables at Portadown and Dundalk. The "Tango" is 61 ft long. Now where can I check the LENGTHS of the turntables? 60ft is enough. Of course, the turntable at Portadown Jct is a Fleischmann one, so much longer than that and I haven't modelled Dundalk, so I don't care ......

This is a GNR story few know. George Glover met Nigel Gresley at a meeting in England when Gresley was waxing lyrical about his new 2-8-0s. Glover realised it was just what he needed for taking big goods trains "over the Bank" between Goraghwood and Dundalk and got Doncaster to build one to 5ft 3in. This is her about to take the Dundalk goods out of Portadown, passing the Shipper coming off the Armaghh line ..... Movie to follow. next week.

The Shed has got a new engine! Built for me by my ever skilful modeller, Nelson. a PG Class from a SE&CR C Class. For now, a few pics and a very short video. More later. As you can see on the video clip, all is chaos and confusion at The Junction with stock sitting everywhere except the on the rails! AND doing a turn on the Shipper! IMG_5168 3.MOV

@amdaley - I can see that you had to leave room in your cork ballast for the uncoupler disc. Did you have to cut a hole in the baseboard as well or was the depth of "ballast" enough to sink it under the track? Thanks for sharing, an interesting method.

When you're my age, you don't worry about political or any other form of correctness, except in my models! I understand that there is 3D printing software which allows you to feed in photographs of what you want to replicate and out it pops. Maybe that's what we have here - in which case it is plagarism of good work done by Enda for me.

Hi @2996 Victor and thanks for this. I don't know who 3D Factory UK is, but this looks like a bit of plagarism! Those are "like" my GNR cattle wagons, but lacking in detail - I won't say which ones! Instead of paying £31.66 per dodgy wagon from this guy, buy the real thing from me for £40 each. This is what they should look like ..... Just PM me and I'll be pleased to sell you "Legit" goods. Leslie

A couple of Wololwich Moguls for sale at not too outlandish a price - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277899922639?_trkparms=itmf%3D1%26aid%3D1110006%26rkt%3D8%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26mech%3D3%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebWithV11WebTrimmedV3VisualRankerWithKnnV3AndUltBRecall%26pmt%3D0%26amclksrc%3DITM%26sd%3D287319422845%26sid%3DAQALAAAAENQDNk5cGrDVcDEpYI902vo%3D%26itm%3D277899922639%26noa%3D1%26brand%3DBachmann%26asc%3D20251106135231%26ao%3D1%26rk%3D5%26pid%3D102961%26b%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26lsid%3D3%26meid%3D5a5e261834b944d288c82252f994388e%26pg%3D3707833&_trksid=p3707833.c102961.m5053&mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164382.l178272&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=4ad54c38cbbb46c2bb6ce20e81dc872a&bu=43025934942&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20260508044940&segname=11021&recoId=277899922639&recoPos=5 and https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/287276051595?_trkparms=itmf%3D1%26aid%3D1110006%26rkt%3D8%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26mech%3D3%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebWithV11WebTrimmedV3VisualRankerWithKnnV3AndUltBRecall%26pmt%3D0%26amclksrc%3DITM%26sd%3D287319422845%26sid%3DAQALAAAAENQDNk5cGrDVcDEpYI902vo%3D%26itm%3D287276051595%26noa%3D1%26brand%3DBachmann%26asc%3D20251106135231%26ao%3D1%26rk%3D6%26pid%3D102961%26b%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26lsid%3D3%26meid%3D5a5e261834b944d288c82252f994388e%26pg%3D3707833&_trksid=p3707833.c102961.m5053&mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164382.l178272&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=4ad54c38cbbb46c2bb6ce20e81dc872a&bu=43025934942&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20260508044940&segname=11021&recoId=287276051595&recoPos=6 A quick win if you're modelling the MGWR or GSR?

Heavens, that's nearly as big as my loft! Who built you the cabin? I may have to relocate Portadown Jct!!! Good luck. By the way, the "start small" is a good idea, but I just got stuck into the 21ft x 17ft straight away, built a double track main line leaving points for later bits and gradually built it up. The advantage was that I could run trains sooner. The bit about what holds your interest is also a point to bear in mind. If you're into scenery, then start small. I admire other peoples' scenery but just want to run trains.

And me, Bob! I'd forgotten my 7mm activities as I'm in the 4mm house! I hope that you are well. Your locos look great on my little shed layout, which I hope you've seen? Leslie

Folks, take note of John's comments on the "bits" you need - a huge addition to the cost - £5 for two axles of wheels, another couple of quid for couplings (more for some types), decals at least a quid a wagon, usually more like two and to keep the price that low you're buying a hundred and might never sell that number of wagons. Pre-1970 wagons are always going to look expensive beside Accurascale's ones, but that's the price of playing minority sports?