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On the 15th of November, Cork Model Railway club will be holding their exhibition in Ballincollig. Do pop by if you have the time as it looks to be a great event!

The W&T purist in me is having a second thoughts.....

God that's a lovely little loco....

Am setting up a New thread in order to keep on assembling this Motley crew of 2ft rule rolling stock. First up, a slaters brake van kit I picked up for €5 at the MRSI show. Not at all Irish, however, a cut and shut method was utilised here, and behold, a decent imposter for a MGWR 1877 brake. The prototype in question. Anyone have any idea what liveries these wore or how long they lasted? The kit, unfortunately lacked a balcony. An extensive rebuild was required. The end result, not too shabby, but I'm just after realizing the steps are still on the side. Bit late . I won't tell anyone though.... A guard and paint should distract. Handrails and fine details still to be added.

Twas my layout actually! The annoying codes are all my idea! Thanks for the chats Leslie.

Belongs to Nathan, a man from Wesht Cork, I sort of stole it for the weekend.

Just finished an exhausting, yet amazing weekend up in Mount Temple. Apologies to everyone I annoyed with my ding ding! (We were operating bell codes) Picked up a few kits that I can do up nicely in my prototypical-ish fashion! VID_20261025_163135.mp4 Many thanks to @leslie10646 for the generously priced GN van (they made it to cork!) and for good conversation over the weekend. And to @jhb171achill for good conversation, and introducing me to some very useful people. To @MikeO and the other Mike, for putting up with my shenanigans once more. To @Killian Keane for great company on Saturday and for producing such a fabulous W&T loco!! And who can forget my second man @LNERW1. Without him I wouldn't have been able to get up to nearly as many shenanigans throughout the weekend! Finally, just thanks to the MRSI for having me and to any other Forum member or reader I met over the weekend. This really is a social hobby, at least on this side of the pond!

Can't wait to see em!

I really hope they're actually steaming if you do decide to go now! All I can say is they were when I rocked up!

Made by a very skilled gentleman!

Kildare steam museum, fabulous place with 6 working stationary steam engines if I remember correctly. Nice cafe there too. They do steam ups on Sundays and Bank holidays. The only thing is I'm not sure how accessible it is by public transport.

Surprised no manufacturer has done anything like this in the past, given how much time they spend recording DCC sound files. The only thing I can suggest is using sound recorder on your phone and recording them yourself? That is a lot of work though in fairness.

Cie: Waterford and Tramore section will also be appearing in it's 2nd exhibition in completed form. Please pop by and say hi if you're attending the exhibition!

I see that every time im near there. Wouldn't be surprised if it was a daily driver.

Thank god, thought I'd broken it!

Didn't get many photos of the weekend, however the ones I did get were of @dropshort105s fabulous C class which I was ever so kindly able to commandeer for a while! Great weekend all round. Many thanks to those involved especially @LNERW1 for his help as usual.

It looks like it, especially considering the growth from last year!

You'll have to excuse the mess, but the 2ND module of the newly named CIE, Waterford and Tramore section, is now nearly complete. With the Dunshaughlin exhibition just around the corner, I had to get the finger out here! It's a very small module and nothing breathtaking but it certainly adds to operations. Somehow it's up to nearly 10ft by now. Dunno is it a micro-layout anymore!

Just a reminder to anybody in the area that a model railway exhibition will be operating on the 26th and 27th from 12 to 6 and 12 to 5. If anyone is in the area please do pop by. Admission is free and there is plenty more to see around the town during the weekend.

You've managed to make OO gauge look like 5'3. Bravo!

Think it's the weekend after this. 26th & 27th of September.

Fabulous work. Looking forward to meeting again!

With the Dunshaughlin harvest festival right around the corner on the weekend after next, I felt I needed to assemble a more prototypical(ish) band of rolling stock. Nothing here is accurate whatsoever, but I think it all captures the feel quite nicely. Figure 1. Tramore on an unidentified date in circa early 1960s. Here can be observed the variety of liveries of Irish coaching stock at that time. In the center foreground can be seen an unusually clean Bullied full break "Tin-Van" a prototype vehicle of which only one made. (or at least thats the excuse I'm running with.) Unfortunately, the colour film used to take this shot has deteriorated. Tramore again, circa 1962. In the background the 5.00pm service from Manor street pulls into the station comprised of an AEC railcar DMU and a park royal coach, specially modified for use on the line. The middleground see's an unidentified j26 shunting some of the lines few goods vehicles in the yard. Resigned to freight work since the advent of the AEC sets, these steam engines formed the backbone of services on the line for over 20 years. Another J26 hauls the 15:30 service from Tramore to Manor street on the 15th August 1936. Following takeover of the W&T by the GSR, these engines were transfered from former MGWR teritory by being driven down the street in steam using temporary track moved using a "leapfrog" system. As I said, none of this is historically or prototypically accurate but its good fun and captures the feel.

Many thanks again lads, things have been a bit hectic as of late so please excuse my late response. Very much appreciated!

Many thanks for your help gents, very much appreciated.