Flying Snail

Best wishes Ernie, I hope you're feeling well again soon

There some interesting footage of SLNCR cattle trains at 18:30 in the video also And the Enterprise (AEC railcars) at 22.30

Recently I've been getting some suggestions in my Youtube feed from the BBC Archive. This documentary from 1956 looks at the problems facing NI railways. Could ,or indeed should, anything be done to save the railways? We all the know what the answer ultimately was ... but this is a fascinating look at how the issue was presented at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmjEgPbUGTQ Even more fascinating for someone whose parents were just toddlers in 1956, this video also shows in detail how trains and buses operated in the 1950s - have a look from 10:32 for all that goes into a journey.

I've very interested in how you're producing your plasticard masters - how do you handle the compound curves at the cab corners?

Walsh is the more common version of that name in Ireland - actually in my part of the country its not uncommon to hear Walsh pronounced as Welch/Welsh. (i.e. the name is spelled Walsh, but sometimes pronounced Welch/Welsh). That being said, there's lots of crossover between the two islands and English names do crop up so there being a Welch's Transport would not be impossible/implausible

Very nice, it popped up in my Youtube feed this weekend too .. the Lartigue Monorail gets a segment too at 28:29

... JHB is, of course, absolutely right - and Murphy Models did a very fine job of the only model that would need a yellow snail. The 1950s touring buses really pop out ... wouldn't they make a great model for a 1950s layout? They were Leyland Royal Tigers, and unsurprisingly got the knick name 'Banana Boats' https://www.nationaltransportmuseum.org/b009.html

Paul mentions (very briefly) in the video that Genesis gives them options for Ireland as well as UK. He also talks about plans for expanding the tooling for the coach bodies - chassis will remain as is. So as I see it: 1) we might get GSR or GSWR livered coaches based on the current tooling - I believe JHB had been in discussions with Hattons about that. 2) or, a little further down the line we might get something more protypically Irish to sit on the Genesis chassis ...

Just watching the video - Paul mentions the chassis and how it can be detached to allow modellers place their own body kits on it. This is very helpful to people building kits as the chassis is all important for good running. I wonder if Accurascale might consider selling the chassis separately? ... that might open up another part of the market.

Ooohhhh ..... Does this mean we might get GSWR and GSR liveries????????

The book 'Lost Railways of Co. Dublin and the South East' by Stephen Johnson has some shots of Abbeyleix and Mountmellick (two pictures of each) - the famous 1900s shot of a train at the platform and a 1960's view of the front of Abbeyleix station from the road, and a 1939 shot of a train and crew together with a 1960s shot of a railtour in Mountmellick. There's also a shot of Kilkenny loco shed.

Its a tricky one to judge - going by the various photos I was drawn to the lime 2 and 3 versions, but that doesn't really sit right with JHB's avatar No sign of the poor oul yella snail there anyhow

Abbeyleix always struck me as a very nice station, but I think this is the first colour photo I've seen of it.

Not a photo, but a video of a 1979 train journey from Dublin to Cork. Plenty of shots around Heuston including the main concourse 3 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocnE95oVDW8

The drawing you posted was instantly recognisable as Connolly Shed. It'll look well on the layout!

Looking forward to seeing this one. There'll be a lot of people on here very interested in how it turns out!

You can filter the list to use show members only - much more useful. When I'm on the main landing page, the 'Who online' box at the bottom right of the screen shows online members. I access the forum using a laptop though, may be different on a phone with the reduced screen size etc.

This is another great resource that you've pulled together @Mol_PMB - incredibly thorough. I don't know where you find the time for all the research, but I'm glad you do!

No wonder it only lasted three years if they had to haul it between Passage and Dublin stations

Looking forward to seeing how these turn out! Are there any notable differences in the quality of print that your two printers put out?

I didn't mean to suggest otherwise - there's lots of different genetic conditions that impact how we perceive the world around us: and not just sight, but taste and the other senses too

I like your scientific approach! Its also good point that we may all perceive colour a little differently but I'm not sure you really need to coerce any female friends here (and I'm definitely not going to step on to the male vs female colour perception landmine, save to say I learned years ago not to have a strong opinion on what colour 'we' choose to paint the walls at home ). For me, I think you have a reasonable reference point with A42 (the lads will have done a fair bit of homework on the colour matching) - so once you have a colour that matches it to your eyes then I think you're done. Taking into account the sheen off plastic surfaces, your eyes should be pretty consistent in how they view the greens when comparing shades to A42. I'd try to get to a colour that matches A42 reasonably well and then use that as my base colour - lightening it before application a little for a more sun bleached look, or applying it as-is before going to town with dark washes if wanted to lather on a bit of grime. That approach should result in a nice bit of variation within the spectrum of CIE green

I'd be happy to add my name to the list for one each of the following carriages: MGWR Atock 6-wheel Brake/Third coach MGWR Atock 6-wheel Third class coach

A little more detail emerging this morning than what was in the original RTE article above. It appears that residents who took a legal challenge to the multibillion MetroLink rail project are set to accept an offer from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to buy their homes on Dartmouth Square. There's more detail on the agreement in this Irish Times article: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/12/23/tii-to-buy-dartmouth-square-objectors-houses-as-challenge-to-metrolink-is-dropped-2/

Judicial review into planned MetroLink rail line is withdrawn https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/1223/1550368-metrolink/ The application submitted by residents of Dartmouth Square was withdrawn following mediation. The Minister for Transport has called it, 'an early Christmas present for us all.'