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Lakeview freight yard is busy tonight,

Two 20’ Freight liner containers  have been loaded onto 42’ bogie flat 30190 and will shortly depart behind locomotive 048 bound for Belfast Adelaide yard. 
 

3 hours ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

Noel one little question, what lighting bar are you using?

Hi Gareth,

Gauge master formally train tech lighting bars were used. 

3 hours ago, Bob229 said:

Fantastic work, evening movements at Tara junction great effect, really like the Dutch vans are they Silverfox kits? Thanks 

Hi Bob,

The Dutch van was from the Shapeways  range of kits. 

The riverside permanent way yard has some variety in trucks on show. 
 

Thanks lads-well worth the effort.

Managed to get the interior lights of the MPD working again on Ashburton grove along with some others…

Here we see a Class 43 power car,a ScotRail DBSO and 40012 receive attention. 
 

I finished fitting the second set of Cravens with interior lights-also included were the BR steam heating vans,3173,3180,3189 and Dutch van 3164, needless to say I’m delighted with the results….

Two of @Arran lovely Freightliner 20’ containers arrived into the Lakeview freight yard this evening and pose alongside their 40’ counterparts….after being unloaded they are now in storage prior to loading out on the Waterford bound BELL liner on Monday morning. 
 

A late night permanent way possession at Tara junction allows the use of 124+134 on the two axle hopper train-which is about to commence discharging along platform 4. 
 

Sunday afternoon running on Tara junction.

087 works the 17:45 Westport-Dublin Heuston CIE Mk3 set. 

127+128 work the 14:45 Waterford-Dublin Heuston Cravens set. 

054 working a Limerick-Limerick jctn branch Park Royal set-which was extended to Dublin and is seen here returning empty to Limerick. 

121+132 work a laden two axle magnesite liner from Kingscourt to Limerick

130+156 work a Platin-Athenry laden two axle cement train,

133 gets turned on the turntable. Enjoy.

Bought it yesterday at Warley-a superb book,highly recommended

Just now, Patrick Davey said:

The Hatton's Genesis B&T van looks awesome!

Available from May 2024 I’m told. 

A big favourite most of the day was the superb Copenhagen fields layout. 
Hatton's genesis coaches were on display as were the ICRs on the Accurascale stand. 
 

Congratulations to all involved,and well done on the all in one venue- looking forward to visiting and seeing Dundalk works again- all going well.

9 hours ago, The Derry Road said:

Nice one Philip, Ill be there both days wandering about

See you on Saturday Raymond

1 hour ago, Rob said:

The semaphore signals look excellent.

Thanks Rob ..

132+121 work the two axle magnesite wagons from Kingscourt to Limerick 

Thanks to Derek Farrelly-these two beauties are now working around the streets on Tara junction. 
Superb models. 
 

Yes Brilliant DJ-I didn’t even think of that….

Nice video and weathering….don’t forget the red tail lamp for the rear of the train

6 hours ago, Tomo said:

Can you please tell me where I can get hold of one of these AEC models my late Father drove one for CIE and I would love to have one on my layout 

As DJ has said they are from the EFE range of trucks,repainted into the black and white livery of CIE road freight services-a particular favourite of mine on the layout. 

4 hours ago, Flying Snail said:

Great work going on out there - how far from the station are you hoping to get the line to?

We can go three miles in the Galway direction and five miles in the Clifden direction subject to acquiring more track panels. 

8 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Great to see the work unfolding before our very eyes. Some very shiny looking orange and black coaches nestled away on Platform 3.

Are the track panels held together using those bits of metal while in storage, as wood would rot?

Don’t understand DJ??

Four hours of fun condensed into five minutes..

Passenger,mail and freight operation on Tara junction.

Enterprise locomotive 230 hauling a Mk2 a/b set working a Galway-Dublin Heuston service 
NIR locomotive 208 works a Northwall-Belfast BELL liner,
080 works a Waterford-Northwall BELL liner
056 works the Cork-Dublin Connolly mail train,
086 works a Tralee-Dublin Heuston service. — at Tara Junction Station

Passenger,mail and freight operation on Tara junction.

Six more track panels were laid yesterday by volunteers extending the line further towards the Oughterard/Galway direction. 
 

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

At Attymon Junction there was a ghost. It was said that a local girl went there after arranging to meet a man she intended to elope with. When he didn’t turn up she threw herself in front of a train.

She evidently haunts the place to this day. A former signalman from there, who I know, claims to have seen her not once but twice.

This casualty is, though, strangely absent from any MGWR, GSR or CIE records…..

Just months after the Co Donegal had been lifted, a gatekeeper who still lived in a gatehouse somewhere on the Killybegs line heard a whistle one night. He went outside and saw a ghost train passing through the gateless, trackless crossing….

In Tuam loco shed, there was s poltergeist who moved things about. You would set something down and when you came back it had been moved somewhere else.

You are at the black stuff again Jonathan…..