Rob R

It is a while since I have been in the shed and I genuinely thought it was 8mm. Just goes to show that if the rest of the layout is up to scratch then the actual gauge is irrelevant - hence so many people using 16.5mm gauge here. Rob

Pete Wilson followed up the 8mm gauge slate quarry with a large of WW1 Belgium/France complete with the requisite 8mm gauge WD Light Railway. This has been out on the exhibition circuit (here and France) but not for a few years.

At £100 a piece I would expect the footboard on the full brake to be fitted properly............

That will keep you busy for a couple of hours. If it had been a Sligo tank I would of nabbed it myself despite it being the wrong scale. Enjoy.

Well done. A good home where it will be appreciated.

Someone did hit the BIN about an hour ago (wasn't me). Hopefully it was someone from here who can give it a good home. There again, if they were just after the Cannon motor/gearbox (way more than £100 new) and the wheels then the remains may be listed again very soon.

I am surprised that no one has hit the "Buy it Now" button at that price (and no, I don't need yet another project in the wrong scale....)

Thanks Killian, I had that one but it didn't fit into my neat and tidy 1901 "box". The only other Avonside view I have is a "long shot" from the NLI and as it is at Waterford it could equally be 10 or 11 from the "Central". I need to get a spreadsheet together with photos and sources, when I get a run of 26 hour days......

I have been trying to collect pre 1901 photos of all the WLWR locos that were passed to the GSWR in 1901. By trawling the web and searching through the few books on the subject I have in the "library" I have got 38 out of 58 using the list from the loco Magazine (attached). Does anyone know of pre 1901 photos of the following locos? 4 Sharp Stewart 042 5 Bee SS 042 rebuilt to 060 6 Ant SS 042 rebuilt to 060 17 Faugh-a-Ballagh Kitson 442t 18 Geraldine Kitson 442t 19 Kincora Avonside 042 22 Era Dubs 240 23 Slieve-na-Mon Dubs 240 25 Verbina Vulcan 240 26 Avonside 042 27 Thomond Avonside 042 rebuilt to 044t 32 Dahlia Vulcan 240 33 Avonside 042 35 Duncannon Vulcan 240 39 Shamrock Vulcan 240 40 Vulcan Vulcan 060 43 Knockma Dubs 240 46 Erin-go-Bragh Dubs 060 48 Granston Dubs 240 50 Hercules Dubs 060 The books I have looked in are:- CEJ Fryer The waterford & Limerick Railway (Oakwood), Ernie Sheperd Waterford,Limerick & Western Railway (Ian Allen), JE Kite 1850-1925 Vintage Album (Roundhouse), JE Kite, Vintage Stean (ian Allan), Clements McMahon O'Rourke Locomotives of the GSWR, Ahrons Locomotive and Train Working in the Latter part of the Nineteenth Century Vol 6. I am not asking anyone to post or send photos, just a pointer as to where they can be found. Thanks Rob

It has been sorted. Thank you. Rob

Have reported my post in Resources. Wait and see now. R

Hmmm. I can see it in the Resources section but it is still highlighted in red which I presume is still awaiting approval? When I look for it "logged out" it's not there. I don't remember my other posts in resources needing approval so I will flag it up with the mods. If all else fails I will repost later in the week. Rob

I have added to the Resources section (subject to moderators approval) a drawing of Dublin and Blessington No 10 and the associated text, reworked so it fits neatly on the page. The drawing is to 1:64 scale, ie S Gauge - go on give it go, you know it makes SenSe Rob Edit. I should add that this is from the Locomotive Magazine Feb 1912

Just to add a little more. From the National Library of Ireland here :- Larne Rob