Riversuir226

Reminds me of the GWR signage from the early 20th century, back then there was two ways of getting to Killarney by train from the uk, one via Cork on the Prince of Wales route and the second via Rosslare. There was a special from Paddington on a Friday evening, that would give you a full day in Killarney and get you back to London in time for work on monday morning.

I have the final traffic book of New Ross Station which i was given in 1997 when the station building got knocked down, i ve also got a West cork milepost, a fixed signal off the Dungarvan line and a passenger ticket from the Macroom line.

On the West Cork line milepost, i ve seen knock off examples which it wouldn t take an expert to figure out there not genuine.

Indeed, our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy.

 

However the handling of the atermath of this terrible event raises some questions:

Why did it take over twelve hours for the Gardai to release the scene?

Why did they deem it necessary to take control of all four tracks for the whole time?

If the Gardai had released the Down lines earlier could a limited service have been provided over them?

If it is not currently possible to operate such a service, should consideration be given to providing some form of bi-directional signalling on the slow lines?

The main answer is for the safety of the Gardai who were examining the scene, the accident happened during darkness so very little examination could happen for the first few hours.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the driver and the girls family.

any update on the scrapping?

The Waterford ones are all still there, excavator on the truck has moved to outside the gate.

Man it gets better on each new project, can t wait to see that weedsprayer when its finished.

Inspirational stuff Rich well done

Looking good Gareth:tumbsup:

Well the time has come, the pro box met our 3 year old so a new system is in order, i' m 99% sure its the Nce powercab i ll be going with.

I ve a few questions before i make the move don t want to jump in with both feet like the select and dynamsis.

1. If i buy the basic set, is it a matter of buying the 5 amp power transformer or do i have to get the full 5 amp pack.

2. Any problems? I m not interested in controlling points or signalling had enough trouble getting my head around doing it with dc plus it ll have enough to deal with the 30 plus loco fleet and a rather large 5m x 4m layout.

3. Can you get power boosters

4. Existing chips MM, lenz gold and bachmann will they be ok?

5. Can it receive upgrades etc like the hornby elite etc

Tom I have seen a few pics of 086 in Inchicore around 06 and she looks to have been recently painted. To be honest the Babies and the 121's have always been my favourite locos. I can vaguely remember the 3 classes in the Black and Tan livery. I am acquiring a renewed love of the 071's due to the models. It must have something to do with the novelty of having all these fantastic models. The more I look at 077 the more I love it.

 

Rich,

Oh, don t i know that feeling it stared with "ah, i ll get one or two" now i have 5 with another 3 on order:facepalm: man its like the baby gm's all over again.

Lovely job Kirley, a lot of work to get it too look right though

I think 086 was the last to get the orange livery if that helps, some looked really dirty and tatty around the mid 00's. Either way i look forward to seeing some of the renumbered 071's.

Rich, Feb 06 was my last sighting of her in orange livery, I think it was early 07 she got the newer livery

Rich ive a pic of her in 2009 in ie freight livery it looked pretty clean and fresh then

Select and coaches now sold

As far as i know they did have them, the nearest i ve come to prove is this bell liner 2nd wagon after the loco, i think Mr Mayner took it

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff277/majral/Wagon%20s/CorkWaterfordBellLiner.jpg

http://www.irishships.com/images/Bell%20Lines/Paddy%20Roche/DSCF1962.JPG

http://www.irishships.com/images/Bell%20Lines/Bell%20Pioneer.jpg

Oh man, just had a weepy moment

http://steverabone.com/RailwayPhotographs/ireland_1984.htm

Thanks for the info and the pics lads more pics of the Suir bridge would be a massive help

Anto posted up updated pics of the suir bridge, give us a shout if you need more.

http://www.irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2013-A-walk-to-Dungarvan

Main supports which are directly under the running rails,

From the right hand side there are metal cradles in which the sleepers sit, one empty, one sleeper, along with spacers that connect each one in groups of 2 to 3. Each one seemed to be filled with tarmacadam at some stage to the edge of the sleeper or the safety rail.

Yes, that is water below thank god for the auld safety harness.

The safety rail is attached to the frame by these monsters every few feet

The safety rail and right hand rail incidentally the bolts say 1977 whereas the plates on the sleepers are dated 1901 to 1911. The bolts to the left of the right hand rail are ties through the sleepers to the crossbeams

Left hand side running rail to the left hand side of the bridge

The scar's from a crash in 1945 are still visible at the Waterford side of the bridge

Anto, theres usually a guard rail on the outside of the rail on both sides, the floor of the bridge is usually metal plating with beams running under the track bed for support, if you like i could get more detailed pics of the suir viaduct as i ll be in the area later on.

Tom

Arrived safe and sound this morning, thanks

They were all empty

No prob,

Well, they always went back to Dublin empty;), the bhoys down in the depot said thanks for the session:cheers:

That bridge is excellent Ant, the water is very convincing:tumbsup:

Many thanks Richie, that ll come in handy:tumbsup:

Hi,

Hornby Select controller, with instruction manual, transformer, wires etc unboxed €40 plus €3 postage

Hornby R965 dc controller with transformer etc including 2 pin track plug €10 plus €2 postage

Hornby R965 dc controller with transformer etc track wires haven t got the pins €10 plus €2 postage

Coaches both boxed and in good nice condition

Hornby Gner mk 4 coach €10 plus €2 postage sold

Hornby Gner mk 3 Tgs €15 plus €2 postage sold

As always i'm open to offers and will combine for post, paypal only for posting items and if collected cash would be ok

Nice one, looking forward to it:tumbsup:

Riversuir by all means a how to thread on the Tara is a good idea but do this on your work bench as i will be talking to the site owner during the week about a new area for what i have in mind.

Unfortunately the white metal question is a no as i cant get the bits at the minute but wait and see what manufacturers are going to do as they may make stuff available as scratch build aids.

hmmm i already said that in my own thread 4 weeks ago

"Thanks Richie, i ll be doing two more after this batch of 6 is finished and i ll do a full how to on these"

Hell yeah, that shale would be class build to do, i ll even throw in a how to on the tara.

Would there be any chance of the whitemetal parts especially the bogies been made available?

Excellent work Gareth, there well worth the effort when they turn out like that.