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There's an IRM train pack inspiration right there! The C looks right at home in the MRSI's wonderful Loughrea layout. But I can't but think that you missed a photo opp for another IRM model @Warbonnet .... a Connacht layout with a magnificent white-horned bull in it was crying out for a visit from Maeve!!! I know, I know - the 800s never made it anywhere near Loughrea, let alone down the branch itself, but then Finnbennach wasn't carted around in the back of a cattle lorry either!

Hi Tony, I'm not good at wiring myself either so can't help in that department, but you're just up the road from South Dublin Model Railway Club in Knocklyon: https://sdmrc.ie/ I'd say someone there may be able to help you if you give them a shout.

Giving the people what they want! Nice to C this announcement!!!!!

Nice job on the lining ... is that by hand with a bow-pen?

Really looking forward to seeing the timetable in action. Nice club website by the way, its an interesting read!

Kildare Steam Museum mentioned by Metrovik: https://www.steam-museum.ie/ They reduce their opening hours in the off-season but the website says they're open Sundays and Bank Holiday's in October, so you're in luck @MoI_PMB Its actually very close to the Dublin Cork railway, and once upon a time there was a station in Straffan. The village itself is small, but there's a few interesting spots nearby including the grave of one Arthur Guinness. The weather may be a bit damp this weekend, otherwise I'd recommend renting an ebike and heading there along the Grand Canal - its very doable from Dublin, or you could get a train down to nearby Sallins and cycle up from there.

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Possibly. Thats a Lord Nelson class I think, which would have been intended for passenger traffic, and its in its pre-war livery. During the war, big powerful locos like the Lord Nelsons may well have been put to work hauling tanks but I can't be certain (we might have a few WW2 aficionados on here who can confirm). I'd say by the time the Shermans appeared the Lord Nelsons would also have been in a plainer war-time black livery - do you intend to run it as is or would you be up for a re-paint?

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I think the Jeeps are very likely for the next steam announcement, but probably the C class is ahead of them in the queue. But will a new powered model be announced in Clontarf? I'd say its more likely to be unpowered. Maybe its not even rolling stock Aren't we due a footbridge sometime soon?

Willkommen Uli. Frau Snail ended up in a similar situation. Her excellent English left her stuck in Dublin with me. I agree with Mick - your layout looks very realistic!!!

As the Dublin show is less than 2 weeks away, I wouldn't be expecting any news until then. Look out for the update at the end of next week.

agree, I reported the post when I saw it (click the three dots on the top right of the post for the report option)

Thats a fine looking model!

Looks like a nice event - good selection of models and layouts. Will it become an established festival event now, do you think?

Wow! They look excellent!

There's also a faded picture of a bridge and the permanent way on the National Library's website in the Joshua H. Hargrave Collection. Not sure if its 5' 3" or 3' - I think its the former, but someone more knowledgeable can confirm: https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000289089

The National Museum of Ireland also have a photographic reproduction of a photograph from the Locomotive Magazine, Engine number 1, C.B. and P.R. Sharp single tank engine No. 1. https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-159691/?return=%2Fcollections%2Fcollection%2F%3Flimit%3D100%26page%3D3%26term%3Drailway%26media%3Dyes edit: it appears to be a reproduction of the same photo as the transportsofdelight one linked above

Here's the link to the main thread with details on pricing and ordering process https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/19825-gswr-50-open-gangwayed-coaches/page/3/#findComment-284384

There's also some models, diagrams etc on the NMI website. This is a rear view of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway locomotive Alexandra: https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-166396/?return=%2Fcollections%2Fcollection%2F%3Fterm%3Drailways%26limit%3D100 images of side and front views can be found there too. Here's a front view: https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-159643/?return=%2Fcollections%2Fcollection%2F%3Fpage%3D2%26term%3Drailway%26media%3Dyes%26adv_sub%5B%5D%3DHistorical%2BCollection and here's a side view: https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-166397/?return=%2Fcollections%2Fcollection%2F%3Fpage%3D3%26term%3Drailway%26media%3Dyes%26adv_sub%5B%5D%3DHistorical%2BCollection

@cheesy_peas found an interesting railway collection on the National Museum of Ireland page (thread here) , and its thrown up some interesting images, like this one dated 1942 of GSWR 1st class carriage 282 https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-166391/?return=%2Fcollections%2Fcollection%2F%3Fterm%3DGreat%20Southern%20and%20Western%20Railway%26media%3Dyes%26adv_sub%5B%5D%3DHistorical%20Collection

Looks like it .... the third image in that sequence has 'Pat' written on it too I've been having a play with this site and there's more images there than I originally thought - the original link cheesy_peas posted was for 54 items filtered for items associated with the GNR. If you knock off the filters, a search for "railway" then returns just over 250 items with a wider range of railways and subjects: https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/?term=railway&media=yes&adv_sub[]=Historical+Collection

They look great - crying out to be modelled indeed!

... and here's something for the bus aficionados: a tin plate bus repainted in yellow with 'CIE Cavan' added https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-11020696/?return=%2Fcollections%2Fcollection%2F%3Fterm%3DC%C3%B3ras%20Iompair%20%C3%89ireann%26media%3Dyes crude but quaint ... it must have many given many hours of pleasure to some Cavan child fadó

Thanks for sharing - there's some lovely photos there, whatever about the dates. I ran another search for the keyword 'train' and it threw up some interesting items https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/?term=train&media=yes ... including this lovely model 0-4-2 'Bray': https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-30320/?return=%2Fcollections%2Fcollection%2F%3Fterm%3Dtrain%26media%3Dyes