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On 11/5/2022 at 5:46 AM, Northroader said:

Going back to your opening post, for a microlayout in Irish narrow gauge, could I suggest Moyasta Junction as it currently exists operated by a preservation society, which is as basic as it gets. Here’s a sketch of the layout, and I’d suggest that the engine shed and siding which was added by the new folks, is replaced to opposite the signal cabin, making a handier operating situation.

heres a link to Roger Farnworths article on the West Clare with good pictures past and present.

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/05/09/the-west-clare-railway-part-6-moyasta-to-kilkee/

 

Thanks again. I really enjoyed reading all that.

Hello again from sunny Maine (it’s behind the fog somewhere) … any luck with the old photos?

Thanks for the tip. I will take a look there too.

Finally got the hang of the OSI website. Very nice. Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. I guess I will have to order the book this summer.

If I built the two “ends” of the branch I would certainly fictionalize operations, I suspect, and compromise with HO or OO on 9mm track.

I traced along the route and the line was not graced with many sidings between Tralee & Dingle! It’s interesting that some evidence still shows on Google Maps.

The Castlegregory terminal certainly looks like a hobbyist laid it out … I can’t quite make out the junction though. What is “OSmaps?” Something online? You’re dealing here with a furriner who’s not up on the terms.

Nice photos. Very different than the USA. Thanks for the tips. Now to find the diagrams of the stations. 

Hi all,

Retirement allows me to think about a couple of micro layouts. I was poking about “narrow gauge” and came across some mentions of vanished Irish lines. I seem to recall seeing something in Clifden about a narrow gauge on a side trip from Roundstone (grandfather’s home place … no room for a railway there). Anyway, I read something about a 6 mile line from Castlegregory Junction to Castlegregory and was wondering if anyone has track diagrams for the two spots, to see how adaptable to a micro they might be. Photos might be nice too.

They might not have been hubs of commerce, but they are more exotic to someone in the States than Colorado or Maine!