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Since I broke my arm, my favourite place for watching trains has become Goring & Streatley - cheap-ish parking and lifts to get an old man from platform to platform! A period of four hours today saw not one but three Class 37 movements. I missed filming the first - 37.601 hauling a Heathrow Express set away to go into store, but got a clip of her light engine returning - MAQ03567.m4v Sorry it's a short snip - I'm trying to balance and shoot with a dodgy arm! She was preceded by 37.812 in the more familiar BR Blue livery. Sadly neither making much engine noise as they zoomed along. MAQ03565.m4v 37.812 was heading to Reading Triangle sidings, I believe to pick up another stock move. Eleven other 66-hauled freights and the usual Class 60-hauled oil train. Who needs a train set?

Posted 4 hours ago Do IRM have any Black Friday surprises lined up for us this year? Heavens, what do you want? Blood! The Leader, or whatever the TeaShop is called, has given us all a fiver off locos!

West meets East? As RPSI had given the link, I had a look and found it flying over territory well known to older RPSI members who hunted steam in the old East Germany - namely Chemnitz - then known as KARL MARX STADT! Still good for steam as there's a big steam museum there based in a double roundhouse. Lots of old diesels there of B134's vintage, but RUSSIAN-built. Knowing that, I may actually run my B134 in memory of such happy days (dodging the Stasi poilice!).

Super buildings indeed, Irishrailwayman. And very well constructed by you. I saw their stuff at an exhibition "over here" and was open-mouthed at their quality. You say they are going out of business, but their website says nothing of this and still offers a lot of kits and readymade buildings. All power to your elbow with your new layout.

Fran said: I think it's best that we keep this thread on topic to the weedspray set and perhaps do wishlisting elsewhere. Thanks! (btw, the next announcement is not beet wagons!) Phew, Thanks, Fran, I still have a dozen or so beet kits to sell - pity they're in Co. Kildare! Leslie

Glad to know that you are literally getting back on your feet, Patrick. Mind you, ballasting will affect your mental health!

MiLord I was aware of this beast, but cannot add to your piece. It doesn't appear in the index to the IRRS Journal, so I can't point people to a piece in that hallowed organ of knowledge. Too early for the Railfans' News. I wonder is that where The Blessed Oliver got his daft idea of unpainted coaches from? Noel would have had fun weathering a model of it?

I'm sure Trains, Coal and Turf by Peter Rigney must have something on this, but not being where my library is, I can't confirm. Lord Blarney, if CIE was short of coaches in the early 1950s, they might have converted them back to original use after The Emergency, so Noel could be right after all? Boy, this Bushmiils is great stuff ....... and not a taste of turf about it

The GN had 15 ton coal wagons - I happen to make them, of course, but not much use for CIE because I suspect that they scrapped any that they inherited - after all they had much more modern wagons. I have toyed with the idea of doing the RCH six plank open as a kit, having previously done the four plank as a Dapol commission. The GN had lots of them. I haven't got my wagon book to hand so can't say how many.

Thanks, NIR. It took me back to 1980s Sunday Lunch Trains when you'd up to 60mph recovering from the slack at Aynho Jct - behind Scotsman, Sir Lamiel, Clan Line et al - a wonderful period for preservation steam. Always good to see a single man drive 30 + lorry loads. " Freight is Great" to quote the musical.

I agree with the MAK Diesel on this, but NOT, I suspect, at £300 plus for three coaches. Yes, that's the price of Bachmann's latest creation the Class 117 DMU. Mind you it's pretty fancy - very nice models of units which were vile to travel in - clouds of DERV exhaust per mile. Lighting galore included, but no smoke generator!

Congrats, lads, on spotting an opportunity and excellent value compared with others. I would encourage a rerun, as I don't want to empty my ferts to have some pallets to leave around the goods yard. I'm sure that the GN didn't see too many pallets - a look on the internet suggests they became more visible after WW2 - the US Army made a lot of use of them? A query to keep our JHB puzzling for a while! Delighted to see very positive reviews of the keg wagons in the mags. Leslie

You have to smile (from Peco site) - "The September 2020 Issue of Railway Modeller is on sale now, packed full with all the latest News and Reviews from the railway modelling world. Highlights in this issue include; Ashton Steel – A modern era micro marvel in 00, owned and operated by Bruce Duncan Museum of Transport – Robin Brogden’s jam packed heritage scene, 29 years in the making Kirley Junction – newcomer to the hobby, Kieran Lagan’s Irish-outline layout, and much more! In a Railway Modeller exclusive, Ben Ando of Revolution Trains gives an insight into the history of the former Southern Region Inspection Saloon, Caroline, in this first instalment of an exciting series following the development of Revolution Train's forthcoming model in 00. In this month project section, Giles Barnabe transforms a toy boat into a useful 00 waterside accessory, while Hugh Norwood creates a representation of the unusual Stronach-Dutton road-rail tractor in 4mm. Reviews in this month's issue include; Hornby Stephenson’s Rocket Train Pack Hornby GWR Slide Door MkIII’s Irish Railway Models' Beer Wagons (pity they're sold out - a terrific wagon) Plus much more!" But, NEWCOMER? Kieran? Don't make me laugh - my arm hurts enough already! Kieran tells me he had no idea his railway was in a starring role! UPDATE: My nurse has bought me a copy. Just three pages under title "Seeds of Change". Interesting to see the original layout and the new one. Too few close-ups to do Kieran's rolling stock skills to advantage. The new layout includes another terrific station building from Dublin's favourite architect, who has changed profession to being a major Rolling Stock Supplier! His new work is featured in the Review section. Always good to see Irish content in the RM?

Compliments, DJ, I had no idea that with the abundance of riches IRM and St Patrick had produced that you could only replicate the non-passenger side of IE. Eoin won't like me saying this, but if back in the day Lima could produce a model of the standard South African Railways EMU, you would think that the Irish modelling market was worth a punt at a two car DART? Does nothing out of the Japanese market come close to the Japanese DARTS? Obviously an ICR is overdue! Now, back to 1950s .........

B125 was still in full grey livery in 1964 - I posted a Lance King photo somewhere on this site a little while ago. While looking up photos to answer the question, I noted in 1963 double-headed BnT 141s on The Enterprise, by that time the A Class had gone green. A colourful railway, was CIE in the sixties!

My nurse got me a copy yesterday and while David is right about the 2mm bias - it is in the form of a huge, well-illustrated, article on Copenhagen Fields, simply the most brilliant 2mm layout around. The Fields are the approaches to Kings Cross in LNER era, but GNR stuff as well, all modelled to a very high standard. However, it's not the stock, or hundred wagon goods trains which blow you away, it's the representation of the whole area, down to the last street, pub etc. You'll never see it in Ireland so if you like the LNER / English GNR it might be worth grabbing a copy of MRJ to see what you're missing - even saves an airfare!

Well, build the 00 kit, digitise it to CAD and 3D print it? Probably not thinking straight in this heat!

Hi Colin Just a little correction - while I DID a RTR SL&NCR cattle wagon in my Dapol days, it was anything but scale. The good news is that I do a KIT of the Railway's cattle wagon, which has a nice archaic look to it: I've even got some in stock! Good luck with the project. Leslie

Yes, Jon, I saw No.19 regularly at work in my early visits to York Road in 1961, but no mention of her after that - by 1962, 0-6-0 tender loco No.13 was acting as pilot engine. Comparing the picture on Hatton's website with a photo taken in 1962, they seem to have got the livery pretty well. A potential quick win for "O" Gauge folk?

Sorry to cause confusion - Mick does most of the rolling stock modelling for Ballyconnell Road and the easiest place to see his handiwork was the Thread I suggested. As you say, a remarkable piece of work.

In case any of you missed seeing what Mick Rawlings produces on his kitchen table look at SDMRC's 2019 exhibition notes in What's On. See if you can tell 3mm Irish from 7mm Irish. Mick is a master craftsman.

Beautiful model, Ken and thanks for letting us see it in native brass!

A heads up for the narrow gauge men and lovers of the BCDR. See: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Narrow-Gauge-Railways-of-Ireland-H-Fayle/224098609297?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225113%26meid%3D2d887cf6f6784630abda9ead1509fcb3%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dsb%26sd%3D224098738895%26itm%3D224098609297%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 This is an original Fayle published 74 years ago, NOT the reprint done in the 1960s. Mac Arnold's writing is not everyone's cup of tea, but his book on the everyday Co. Down Railway was a good read and I learned a lot from it. See: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-County-Down-Irish-Steam-Scene-R-M-Arnold/224098738895?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225113%26meid%3D26cf76def1fd4fe6a8f79f9166c34517%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D233667443544%26itm%3D224098738895%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042 originally published by GALTEEMORE'S Dad to raise funds for the RPSI. Quite few good Irish Railway books on eBay at present - including the Sligo Leitrim book by Neil Sprinks. Leslie

Murph, Old Boy, I'm in no position to comment on this, as my 21ft x 17ft is Peco's best Narrow Gauge! But, aspiring to 21mm is good. Why not a little on a modestly lengthed "practice board" to build up experience? At 74, I will have to leave it to those who are younger to acquire the skills and for me to enjoy looking at the result - like Andy's sublime layouts. I watched Galteemore's teenage son at a Scale Four track-building Master Class - the sooner you start picking up the techniques the better! Good luck.

Hi Murph While I completely agree with you that the full 21mm looks great - Out of 400 plus follk on my customer database, there are 10-12 folk doing 21mm - I know that because I supply my kits to them without wheels! Happy to do the same for you! That said, the Scale Four Society does a number of components to help. Leslie (Provincial Wagons)