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201 reduced to €165,

8208 reduced to €120.

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Price drop

€10 off each loco

MM 201 River Shannon in revised orange/black livery, boxed and in excellent condition, details from the detail pack have been added to one end. €200

MM 202 River Lee in original orange livery, boxed and in excellent condition, renumbered using ssm decals and one end detailed as above. €170

MM 8208 River Lagan in enterprise livery, boxed and in excellent condition €140

MM 215 River Avon more in intercity livery, renumbered and promotional IWT decals from the ssm range. In excellent boxed condition. €160

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Tralee to Blennerville let's face it can't see that reopening, Waterford to Rosslare, was also on the Waterford to New Ross and to Ballinacourty but can't remember much of those trips.

Aaaarrrgghhh!!! You've given me a toothache! Did the dentist put you up to it? :-)

Nope his vulture buddy in the hospital wanted it done. 2 x root canals and an extraction

Just after emptying my model fund in the dentists so a tube of glue will be about all I'd be getting

Top job Tom, Class 55 chassis underneath?

 

Richie.

Yeah, quite impressed with it, works really well on a decent size rake from slow to high speed.

Ssm sulzer nearing completion .

Done a small bit of sanding on the ends and roof. Been a critic about the hornby cl55 chassis but the newer ones seem to be a lot more powerful than the older version.

Next up a mir 111 that I'm building for a buddy

Enjoyed the build Des,just a few little jobs left to do

Excellent news and the detailing looks class.

If you want a rake of these wagons the only way to go is to respray.

 

 

Strip them.

 

 

Paint them.

 

 

Weshty supplies the transfers but be warned there is about 50 individual pieces to each wagon and after the first wagon I got it down to 40 mins to cut out and apply the decals to each one.

Brings back bad memories and i only done one. Hats of to you Kieran, they look the business.

62'9" flats? 072 looks to be in a right state with that replacement panel/headlight:facepalm:

Add in black and orange door on the other side and you ll get a reliable loco that sounds top drawer . The flats are 62fters and are used to transport track panels and other bits around the network.

Took an early lunch to catch the pw ety coming into Waterford from the south wexford line.

For anyone interested there ll be another run in the morning, leaving Waterford at 09:00.

Nice pics, especially the full rake. Waterford station looks to have been rationalised to a much reduced layout. How many platforms are in use these days?

Thanks Noel, theres only one platform left in use now

077 at the ready

079 getting ready for its short spin to Kilkenny

Special arriving into Waterford

Quite a few pockets always kicking about in Limerick - or are they there for repairs?

Theres always a few in the weekly Waterford to Limerick wagon transfer, so maybe that explains why theres a few in Limerick.

It's mad to think of ALL the ports which either could be or were rail connected.... some aren't even ports any more! But we will always be an island.....!

 

Rosslare (I wouldn't call that "rail-connected" now!)

Arklow

Dublin

Drogheda

Dundalk

Warrenpoint

Greenore

Belfast

Carrickfergus

Portrush

Derry

Killybegs

Burtonport

Sligo

Westport

Galway

Foynes

Fenit

Tralee

Bantry

Cork and surrounds......

 

Yes, I know there are more.....

 

And actually meaningfully rail connected? One - Waterford. Just one.

Don t forget New Ross was also rail served , Cork and Foynes seem to be the big potential ports without rail connections, Foynes might have eventually but Cork sadly won t be unless the Cork and Passage line is reopened with a slight diversion to Ringaskiddy

The Bell lines era was before my time unfortunately, they seemed to do a lot of business compared to any of the current short sea shipping lines(Eucon, Bg, Dfds etc)!

 

As a port Waterford seems to be in slow decline, first the loss of Bell lines, then they lost the Banana business to Cork Port.. On the positive side the Dfds/Samskip ships going in and out of Belview seem to be doing well.. And they have a good set up with their cranes loading ships, trains and trucks..

Its been quite busy of late, there was 7 ships in port last weekend, theres also a lot of animal feed coming in lately

I find it hard to beleive the north warf/FC wharf will return to any serious usage , silt is the bane of the original port and still remains a multi million annual cost for belview. Without continuous dredging the north wharf/FC can't sustain any serious shipping. FC wharf is undoubtably useful for cruise liners, assuming kings channel remains dredged

 

The development plan largely drawn up in the boom, envisaged significant high density housing in the NW/FC area , it's hard to see that vision remaining concrete in the face of housing costs and economic issues that bedevil Waterford.

 

The current economics of belview port are very poor and multi annual looses have left it in a very weak position,

 

Notwithstanding as one of three rail connected ports remaining anything good is to be welcomed

 

I remember it all in its heyday.

Plans have been significally changed since the celtic tiger ones, the new plan was announced a few months ago and as demolition has started & funds are in place it won t be long till construction starts. House prices and rent both business and commercial are rising within the city.

Frank Cassin quay is in use for shipping and dredging has been in progress over the last weeks , in prep for the cruise liners.

I remember it in its heyday too

The press release had me wondering if IE was going to run an extra or a longer train.

 

Nearly 20 years since the demise of Bell its great to see Waterford Port and DFDS becoming more pro-active about using rail and the direct sea route to the Continent. Its hard to see how land-bridging by road or rail across the UK was more economic or reliable than direct sailings to Rotterdam.

 

To put current traffic levels into perspective for over 20 years Waterford Port & Bell competed with Dublin, Belfast & Cork ports for traffic to the UK & the Continent regularly operated 3 daily liners from Dublin, 1 each from Cork & Limerick, plus 3-4 extras on weekends. Heuston and later the Holyhead container terminal acted as a hub with CIE Liner trains connecting with the Bell Liners.

There was a recent change of management at Waterford port, theres a new crane being installed at the moment and theres an increase in cruise ships. With the clearing of the old flour mills on the North Wharf and Frank Cassin (Former Bell wharf) back in use along with plans for a new pedestrian bridge and station things seem to be improving nicely.

072 was looking beautifully scruffy today. Would make an excellent weathering/detailing project. More pics of the materials train and 233 on the liner on my flickr!

 

072 by franburke, on Flickr

Could update my one i suppose

Makes sense as the pocket wagons usually stay in Waterford yard most of the week, good to see the business coming back.

Theres definetly a few 42fts around, there was a few taken from Cork yard recently plus theres a load stored near Mallow. Does anyone know whether its wagons added to the existing rake or is it an extra service?