Riversuir226

Nice to see the first overbridge still in good order, on the roof theres still a healthy weathering of soot from the hardworking locos. Within a few yards of here the old line to Waterford South now used by the Narrow gauge railway.

Nice to see the Great Southern chairs still in use on the line!!!

Done this walk a few years back just after the track was lifted, so time to return and hit whats left of the ballast:p

The old red bridge is detiorating at an alarming rate, a few years back i was out as far as the fence didn t fancy it this time though!!!.

The last time i was here it was practically clear, only for a a horse riding school using the route, id be still out there weedwhacking. Still plenty of ballast and old sleepers in the undergrowth, sorry to see that the fixed distant signal board has been "liberated". Lots of evidence of "walking nocturnal wires" that used to be along the line.

I tried from all angles but to no avail but it was a freight livered one

One freight livered 071 in hiding on the far side of the mark 3's with empty liner flats, 076 at the refueling point

Tut, tut someone has damaged the lamp iron:facepalm:.

Went for a little walk again from the red bridge to the toll plaza on the bypass, just the start of a stroll on the Dungarvan line to be done over the next few weeks.

A little bit of Slash with Myles Kennedy Acoustic live max sessions

Just spent a pleasant twenty mins looking at this collection,

http://www.phantasrail.com/southern_ireland.htm

Decoders have arrived into Ireland from what I have been told, Packaging has to be sorted out as they don't fit into the Current MM Chip blister pack and then they will be on the Shelves very very soon.

Thats great news, thanks George.

Nice picture Tom any bogie flats over there. I see 076 has an old IE stlye sliding window like 112.

 

Rich,

Didn t spot any, was on the way over to ferrybank & spotted 076 on the timber. I got access to the old Bell terminal earlier got a few pics of the eastern side around were the sidings joined the Rosslare line must post them up.

086 has got a IE door!!

223 with lots of orange coming through

As far as i know there is companies who offer a "reblow" service, have seen it been advertised in Model rail a few times maybe contact them?

Howes of Oxford

http://www.howesmodels.co.uk/Railways/viewProducts.php?CatID=21

New camera, new angles, new location:o

Nice one Sean:tumbsup:

A bit quieter down there today just 073

Tom,

Decals are from SSM, I ve renumbered 3 silver 201's to 215, 223 & 226 using SSM decals.

Tom,

Decals are from SSM, I ve renumbered 3 silver 201's to 215, 223 & 226 using SSM decals.

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, the scratchbuild one has come out a treat though and im really delighted with it.

The buffers are from Genesis kits, decals from Des and again thanks to Anthony for the detail shots on the old site

Is it one of the mir tara's or one of my scratchbuilds? Answers on the back of a €20 note please;)

love 230- great pics of her!

Not the only one Seamus, hoping MM brings her out soon!!!!!.

Now to catch 226 on camera next to the river suir.

Many thanks for the comments Lads:tumbsup:

It's a dangerous thing getting people on a web site to commit to anything. When MIR did their final runs of the Hunslet and Class 80 a lot of people on the last site committed to taking one when it came to paying for it they ran for the hills.

Couldn t agree more Anthony, there would be a need for a hefty upfront deposit. Also a more professional process would be needed.

In the past i have looked into this, we would need to have a company or a proper society before anyone from the manufacturing world would even sit down with us(not to mention a juicy cheque).

The only other option would be to work with Murphy or a retailer such as the ones that have done commission's in the past but bear in mind they wouldn t do it for free and would need a cut out of the sales.

Dapol and Heljan would be the only well known manufacturers who would go for it

Went out for a pic of the new livery 071, and got a 201 surprise instead!!!

i can t resist to include a little pic of my 226 seen as it is my 226th post

Is it really that small?

According to Paddy murphy in his interview with Ben Jones a few years back, yes. Members on this site is 387 so it seems pretty accurate still.

Its definetly possible but it would only work on lets say a bubble cement, were most will need multiple wagons for there use. I remember reading somewhere that the Irish oo guage market is 300 approx. With a break down of 65% in ireland, 35% rest of the world.

If we were to do it, it would have to be done right, not a copy of the MIR runs. Maybe a limited edition 071 to get us started and work from there. I know the n guage society in the UK do it

The only loco I can see that would be viable is the A class

hope they keep this up - would love 4 fugas, 4 allouettes,4 dauphins, 1 puma and 4 pc-9's, all in oo scale - thank you in advance Airfix!

Seamus don t forget the vampires!!!!

Great work Kirley, thanks for the tip:tumbsup:

Nice work Eamonn