Flying Snail

My condolences @Class87 to you and all of Stephen's family and friends.

No passengers on board and thankfully it appears that there's no serious injuries to driver or others. Assume the bus is a write off but that damage to the railway bridge is likely to be minimal?

Yes, its devastating - the very high death toll continues to rise. This is a tough time for all involved.

Thats a very handsome looking model indeed, I hope it serves you well. I may get a move on and put in an order ...

Would love to see the loco, but I can't open your video for some reason. What are your thoughts on the model - build quality, running etc.? Any chance you could stick up a few photos on this thread please?

JHB mentioned RAL 6037 here (great resource, have it bookmarked):

Interesting photos as always. The shots of LM296 sitting abandoned at Kylemore are very poignant

It really looks great - is the brass chassis something of your own design, or are you using a kit from somewhere?

Quick question for the BR fans about these coaches: I'm not overly familiar with British railways, but I ordered the Dark Blue J69 ("Liverpool Street Shed Pet") because ... well, because its gorgeous! Would I be right that the Eastern Region Mk1 Subs in the caramine livery would be a good pairing to run behind it?

They look really good. Also looking forward to seeing the fusion of a traditional technique (Brass) with the modern 3D in your carriages. This is all so fascinating!

Sweet! Very tasty work there Darius (trying very hard to avoid the 'b' word )

Very atmospheric @Sean - I keep getting drawn back to have another look at these two pictures.

Thats a very smart looking cabin and signal!

I hope you are on the mend, and back sharing updates on your models in the not too distant future.

On the topic of photos, have you seen Ernie's Irish Railway Archive on flikr? https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/collections/72157626625058875/ Ernie posts daily on this forum too with historic pictures of Irish railways. While I don't think he has a dedicated Wexford album in his archive he definitely does have a 121 album (with lots of the grey livery) as well as albums covering the 60s, 70s etc. - so you can get a feel for your 121 and typical trains etc. it would have had. Wexford locations will pop up too across his various albums. Another thing to look out for are videos and pictures from the annual beet campaign, which were popular with enthusiasts, especially in the line's later years

South Wexford is a nice subject to model, with a very distinct feel to it. As one of the quieter lines, I'd imagine it didn't change much over the years, so any images you can find of it will be helpful for you

Interesting - I hadn't thought of the power plant being the connection Agree that the J26 would be a nice choice for an Irish loco

As it's an Accurascale loco, then it stands to reason its a UK prototype. The lads have hinted that it has an Irish connection, so then I reckon it's either one that was/is in use over here as well as in Britain (or very similar to one). As others have said smaller seems to be better when it comes to O, so I think there's a good chance it could be one of the industrial locos from a UK manufacturer. Which ever it is, it's likely the prototype is still in existence somewhere. So if the prototype ran in both Britain and Ireland and if we're feeling very lucky, then perhaps it could be a CSÉ Ruston, or maybe one of the shunters from Guinness, LP&HC, or Shell? (I don't know enough about them to know how generic those ones' designs are though)

That makes sense ... still hoping for a LMS Garratt though

I like that one too - though with 121s in mind, I'd be tempted to try and ditch the engine shed and swap in a turntable like in the second layout from your previous post

Oh ... very interesting. I know they've fallen from favour, but given their place in Irish Modelling history if I had an "autographed" example I reckon I would keep it as is and look for another candidate for surgery

Hi Andy and welcome. I like your plan - it looks very elegant. I've a similar space that I'm hoping to put something in too, so I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Actually, I was leaning towards the inglenook myself - so I was interested to see your thoughts about maintaining long term interest in it. On the kits: @leslie10646 (Provincial Wagons) does some excellent resin kits that are very suitable to the era you want - including the beet wagons. @Mayner (JM Design Model Railways) focuses on 3d prints and has wagons that would suit too. I've bought from both, and am a very happy customer.

Private Pike is looking very soldierly

Well, you've got the space for it, and you've shown you've got the skills for it - so go for it! Looking forward to following this project - best of luck with it!

Very impressive - looking forward to reading about the brake van!