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Patrick, it is some years since I explored the line with the late Des Fitzgerald, but i think that you are right that three remain. My memory is that one at least was invisible until you had gone down a minor road which ran under it! Driving South yesterday, I of course saw the Dromore viaduct beside the A1 near Dromore - another remarkable survivor!
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Hadren has answered your query pretty completely. The IRRS has digitised the drawings for the U, UG, T Tank, VS and V to name a few. Most are available as rather fine A5 books which would allow you to build a 12" to foot one! Also available as digital files. For a price, of course, years of work has gone into the project! PM me and I'll give you a link to the custodian, Richard McLachlan. Leslie
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Well spotted, David. The line resulted in several remarkable viaducts which still stand today and are fairly easy to photograph. On my return journey yesterday to Dublin and then Holyhead, Richard McLachlan kindly ran me down to Greenore (after a meeting in Dundalk with DN&GR expert John Martin). It's brilliant to see 2/3 overbridges beautifully maintained along the old route. Greenore itself was a revelation - we were too late to visit the famous LNWR Co-Op with its tearoom and model railway, but the sight of the original terraces of houses and the water towers of the station made the trip worthwhile - oh and the lovely scenery along the Cooley Pennisula. What a lovely place to have a railway! As stated earlier, I was too late to complete the journey to Holyhead by the original LNWR steamers!
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North Down MRS Show, Bangor, April 15th & 16th
leslie10646 replied to Patrick Davey's topic in General Chat
@Patrick Davey, thanks for the photos of the exhibition and for calling by! Thanks to all who made the long trip so worthwhile, my best sales for the NDMRC exhibition (in well over ten visits)! The six and four plank limited edition sold out! Thanks especially to the team at NDMRC, led by the estimable Exhibition Manager, Ellen, who did a terrific job all around. Having driven through the night from Holyhead with Richard McLachlan, I slept right through the day! Absolutely knackered! -
North Down MRS Exhibition and Traders attend 15/16 April 2023.
leslie10646 replied to steventrain's topic in What's On?
Good to see a few regular contributors from here at Bangor today. Thanks to those of you who made it a very worthwhile day - it might cover our ferry fares! Mind you, there's no price on seeing old friends! Good craic and i hope for more tomorrow! Thanks again to those who came by. Leslie -
North Down MRS Exhibition and Traders attend 15/16 April 2023.
leslie10646 replied to steventrain's topic in What's On?
Folks If I may be so bold, if any of you want me to reserve stock for you to pick up at Bangor, please say so. I've just finished rooting out every kit I have for some of the lines, and while I have decent stocks of some wagons which are sold singly (like brake vans) in the case of some others, my stock is in single figures. I will have stock of almost every kit I have produced. Just let me know, please Pay when you pick them up, of course - sterling or Euros. Looking forward to seeing some of you there. -
Of course they will be run, Noel. I run my €500 (steam) locos!
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Just to get everyone wound up again on this subject ........... zzzzzzzzzzzzz (Sorry fell asleep, it's hard to keep your concentration with these long-running sagas) It's obvious it ain't anything Northern, or they wouldn't be doin' it in Wexford. Where's Wexford, by the way? ...... Happy Easter, everyone and Thank the Lord for Bertie, (Tony - did I really say that?), Bill and the remarkable Senator Mitchell who managed to get our "politicians" to Give Peace a Chance. Christos Anesti
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Growlers at Goring and other Freight!
leslie10646 replied to leslie10646's topic in What's happening on the network?
Mayflower in the Meadows near Goring today! En route to Worcester. After she had gone by, I found the line is accessible on the other (sunny) side! TURN THE SOUND UP! MAQ03931.MP4 -
Yes, Ken, definitely a "Wow"! Good luck with it - especially as my own efforts to progress to doing a horesbox have taken a big step backwards. Best wishes and prayers, as ever, for success with the treatment.
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After JB's relocation, I looked myself up and I'm shown in Surrey, but about thirty miles from my official residence. I note a nearby area is called The Scrubs - and maybe that's where I should be? (Slang warning here - you need to know the colloquial name for one of HIS Majesty's homes for dodgy characters).
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Great stuff, Ballinacraig. Thanks for sharing it.
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Where to get provincial wagon kits?
leslie10646 replied to Majesitc_Trains's question in Questions & Answers
Hi John, sorry I didn't see this. I have no idea, but one certainly should have being the reason that No.4 was still around when we had money to buy her! Galteemore might now? Back to my website for a moment - imagine my amazement when I put in "provincial(space)wagons and got my site at the top of the list - maybe Wordpress is better than I thought!!!! -
Okay, guys - April Fool jokes end at MIDDAY! Leyney, I would have thought that a C Class was a really major exercise for The Boys, as only the cab was the same and it was just as useless as the A Class until GM re-engined them - mind you the British electrical bits seem to have been fine and lasted for ages. Like it or lump it, the Yanks knew how to build diesels. Even the Germans run Yankee ones today (mind you they started over here in UK). JB, as the Customer always knows best, you can have a three wheel beet wagon from me any time - I'll snip through the second axle of the next kit I sell you and provide one and a half axles worth. Always keen to oblige! GSR800's idea for a boxed set is very prototypical. Ron Pocklington told me that sometimes it took three A Class to take a Cork express. One would break down half way down The Gullet, the second would fail on the train and the third would work the train ..... So having an 800 around would be useful?
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Little details like these carts really make a scene in a rural area, like a little grey Fordson tractor (who remembers them?) Me, now that you ask. When I was fourteen or so. My cousin sold it to a collector, so it may still appear at "events".
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NEW ANNOUNCEMENT - Class 37 Run 2!
leslie10646 replied to Warbonnet's topic in British Outline Modelling
Wot, no West Highland Terrier? (Glasgow Eastfield's symbol). I'll save my money to create more unusual wagons ...... -
Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
leslie10646 replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Yes, Ernie, you did well getting this collection. It was obviously taken by one of the LCGB party led by Lance King in June 1957, for HIS shots are of the same trains. His shot of "Armagh" is in the BACKGROUND of a shot of SLNCR Railbus 2A - he missed a fine opportunity to catch No.203. Instead the IRRS collection has two shots at the shed with BLACK engines! Thanks for sharing them! -
Moxy, you're correct about the 1964 Joint Tour. But I have Lance King's shots of the 1962 IRRS St Pat's Day tour to Youghal when six wheel van No.18 in BnT was pulled along behind No.207 Boyne at no less than 78mph (in the Goold's Cross dip).
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Darius’ Military Vehicle Collection
leslie10646 replied to Darius43's topic in Aviation & Maritime Modelling
Brilliant North Africa diorama, Darius. A lot cheaper than King and Country! -
Growlers at Goring and other Freight!
leslie10646 replied to leslie10646's topic in What's happening on the network?
Ah yes, Darius, I have to differentiate between the two of them when I'm searching Realtimetrains to see what's happening and if it's worth the £4.40 car parking to go and see. That said, the platforms are safer to walk on than our local ploughed up pavements -
Where to get provincial wagon kits?
leslie10646 replied to Majesitc_Trains's question in Questions & Answers
At last I have made a little progress with my Wordpress Site. Nothing to get too excited about - FOUR pages with two pictures of wagons, but at least it now answers to - provincialwagons.com and the contacts bit gives my e-mail address. More pages up next week after I've finished dog-sitting! -
Growlers at Goring and other Freight!
leslie10646 replied to leslie10646's topic in What's happening on the network?
For the Canarian Container Man - On man driving thirty plus artics and even has time to beep us! Very windy day - sorry! Containers.mov -
Growlers at Goring and other Freight!
leslie10646 replied to leslie10646's topic in What's happening on the network?
ACCURASCALE wagons seen at Goring! The things people will do for publicity? Hauled by 59.309 from Crewe to Arlington works at Eastleigh! -
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Round objects. Produce the evidence!