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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).

Brilliant North Africa diorama, Darius. A lot cheaper than King and Country!

6 hours ago, Darius43 said:

For a second I thought you were at Goring-by-Sea, which is two stations down from me.  It’s electrified as well but using a different method…

Cheers

Darius

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

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!

For the Canarian Container Man  -

On man driving thirty plus artics and even has time to beep us! Very windy day - sorry!

ACCURASCALE wagons seen at Goring!

The things people will do for publicity?

Hauled by 59.309 from Crewe to Arlington works at Eastleigh!

15 hours ago, Galteemore said:

You have the skills Patrick - just haven’t tried them! Talking of PPs, here is a painting of one pre-WW1 on the Greenore boat train. In those days the fastest way to reach London from Belfast. The original was commissioned by Sir John Harcourt, Lord Mayor of Belfast, c1957, and hung in the BR boardroom at Euston for many years. Sir John had used the train many times and had great affection for it: the border sadly killed it off. The painting was by Raymond Piper, more famous for orchid paintings. Piper travelled extensively around the network to track down every vehicle used on the train and sketch it. The PP - by 1957 black with a riveted smokebox - was captured at Newry shed, and the sketch survives.

A bit like this?

It is a PP and the examples of these LNWR coaches were bought by the GNR.

Round objects.

Produce the evidence!

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

The "delivery grey" was an utterly impractical livery - bear in mind when they went into traffic they were surrounded by black smoke belching A & C class Crossleyfailures and still quite a few steam engines! Both of which added to their cosmetic woes.......

 

Rhubarb, JB!

Take a look at this sister after a couple of years. March 1963. Almost like new!                                      Lance King 23 March 1963 Copyright IRRS

Ah yes, there are two or three books "above my head" as I sit here -  on the book shelves - which came from there. Certainly my original GNR book and Ahrons. However, very few Irish books had been published by February 1967 when I went into weeping exile.

And now for another meeting!

READING Berks on Wednesday, 22nd.

For any Irish railway enthusiasts who live in the Thames Valley within travelling distance of Reading, IRRS London Area committee member Leslie McAllister is repeating his talk “With Lance King in Ulster – The Great Northern” to the Reading Transport Group on Wednesday 22 March at 1945. The meeting will be held on the first floor of Church House, Church Street, Caversham next to Waitrose. Walking distance of Reading station.

For Satnavs the address is Church House, 59 Church Street, Caversham, Reading RG4 8AX.

In my, not humble opinion, the best of Lance's work with all those lovely Blue engines, mahogany coaches ......

It would be great to see any of you there.

Leslie

Three of my wagons on sale on eBay. Reasonable starting price.

I was even tempted by the UTA wagon myself, as I think I left myself with just one!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=234933796924&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562&_ssn=wagonmaniac

While I'm posting, I noted that the 00 Works GNR U Class went for double what it cost the original buyer. I knew I should have bought ten UGs!

Thanks for letting us all see what goes on at this exhibition (which I've never attended - it's the other side of London, for goodness sake!) - but remarkable layouts.

I had half an excuse this time - a talk on Friday and watching Ireland yesterday!

Glad that you met the two Davids!

ZOOM LINK  for Friday's meeting

Click here to join Meeting 

or open the Zoom app on your device and enter : 

Meeting ID: 822 0522 0061
Passcode: 110028 

Great stuff, young man and with a decided IRISH Angle.

Sir John Aspinall, sometime CME and then General Manager of the Lancs and Yorks did his time at INCHICORE and lefy his mark on the Irish locomotive scene.

Thanks, Patrick, even more so as your H Vans are the first I've seen with the Builder's Plate in place.

I added them to the kit as an afterthought, when I realised that Steve at Railtec could do them.

To any of you who have my H vans, but didn't get the Builder's Plate transfers, see me at Bangor and I'll see if I can match your van number with the stock of them which I have left - no charge

This Friday, St Pat's Day, I'm presenting about 180 of Lance King's slides under the title -

"On Tour in Ireland with Lance King".

It is heavily skewed to the famous 1961 All-Ireland tour (100 slides) after which Lance launched the IRRS's London Area. There's even a (single) photo of an 800 in action!

I'll post the Zoom details when I know them.

Early evening, so an early dinner for all!

Everyone welcome.

Leslie

1 hour ago, Irishswissernie said:

Good Morning Leslie, I understand the photographer was a Nick Nicholson, I have about 70 of his original slides.

While I think on have you any SLNCR cattle wagon kits in stock again?

Thanks, Ernie re the photographer's name. I must ask another member of the party if he was one of them!

Sorry, that's the one kit I am definitely out of. I have Michael working on a big order, but the SLNCR may have to wait until May (ie after Bangor).

On 10/3/2023 at 10:00 AM, Irishswissernie said:

The Photographer described this as being the last steam worked 'Enterprise' but was it?

209 June 1957.

 

Good morning Ernie. I think that your photographer was part of the LCGB group led by Lance King in June 1957. His shots were taken further out, in fact I'll be showing them at a talk this afternoon! I know this because the first two coaches are in blue and cream.The loco is No.209 "Foyle".

Taken on 10 June 1957 (my 11th birthday!).

An earlier photo at Strabane was also taken by the same gent - Lance took the scene from the other side!

Thanks for sharing these so generously.

On 7/3/2023 at 12:21 PM, Old Blarney said:

A very good question.  My excitement had got the better of me!  I discovered that which did not exist! 

Having looked at the photograph again, I should have observed the wheel position. Had I done so, your explanation would have become apparent to me. 

Thank you. 

Good morning David, glad to see you on the site again!

Your cattle wagon raises a different query. The lower planks look decidedly lime-washed - I thought that had gone out by the time the MAK turned up?

Over to you Achill John?

Watch this space .........

16.5mm, 21mm, 36.75mm etc etc

Yep, just lovely Alan. I loved the wagon rake too - but then I would say that?

Have you got my EDSS Co wagons as well? If not, PM me and I'll see if there's a spare one in the "Family" box at "Pettigo Fair".

Why pay £495 if you're in UK.It seems to be out every day of the year on trains at GROSSLY inflated prices, so you can just go and look at it go by - it LOOKS a lot better than it GOES!!!!

I think my antipathy for this loco is well known - Alan Pegler (a lovely man who bought the Festiniog Railway) bought THE WRONG ENGINE! He should have bought "Papyrus" No.2750, which did 108mph - the first authenticated "ton" with a steam loco - but of course, he was buying the NAME and, to be fair, it was HIS MONEY!

As Horsetan says, Marklin are a fairly mad bunch with their stud contact.

Gripe over .......

On 1/3/2023 at 11:33 AM, Colin R said:

I think I am getting my medicines mixed up Bushmills and Blackbush are from the same place, yet I am sure I used to have just as nice a whiskey from Dublin years ago. 

No, no, no, you MUSTN"T use Bush for mixing with honey and lemon (my fault, I spelt the generic word wrongly in my post from Erfurt). Use that Scottish apology for spirits, IRISH Whiskey is too good to mix up for medicine!

I'm back in Brexitland, and sitting patiently waiting for the announcement - hurry up because this seat's uncomfortable!

Get well card for Fran. Erfurt to-day. Sunny but VERY cold. Nice noisy engine!
Enjoy!
Fran, I recommend whiskey and lemon and honey in hot water.

GWS

Leslie