Rob R

Not Ebay and no connection to the seller but:- https://www.elaines-trains.co.uk/index.php?pg=bg

Not been approved by the mods yet............ I think they are a bit busy chasing Class 66's across the North Sea

"The best laid plans of mice and men" Class 66's (or any 4mm for that matter) are not my thing but it is good to see a manufacturer being so upfront about the realities of life. Anyway, as you have a couple of weeks to kick your heels before the 66's arrive could you take a look at the resourses section and approve my posts please?

Westcorkrailway, "if anyone wants". Yes please, I have a new printer in the post and it needs testing.......... Rob

Another view of "Lough Derg" here:-https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/19607-interesting-early-irish-railway-photos/page/2/#comments

Another source is - sorry- Facebook. There are many local history groups on FB and, whilst it takes half a lifetime to trawl through their photos it can sometimes bring up a real gem. From a Newcastle West Group (I think - didn't note it at the time). No doubt someone will now correct me and say that view is in book xyz. C'est la vie

This seems as good a place as any. I have just added to the Resources section (subject to moderation) some C&MDR rolling stock drawings from the Capwell drawing office via the late Richard Chown. Please excuse the phone snaps, one day they will be scanned properly.

Portrush The harbour line was mixed gauged at one time. https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000328013 With the stone loading platform visible here. https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336458 Another view https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336433 Portrush as a search term brings forth many views of the Harbour Branch and Giants Causeway tramway. The BNCR is probably the best covered company in the early views, search for "Coleraine" "Larne" and "Whitehead".

The tipping wagons are on the higher level 3ft siding that was used to unload stone into 5ft 3in wagons. A bit clearer once zoomed in.

One of my favourites. Once again, the railway is not the focus of the photo but... It has been seen before but the NLI scan is fantastic, the more you zoom in the better it gets. Croagh Patrick, Westport Edit. The M&GWR lettered their wagon door sheets as well.

There was an earlier comment about the sheets covering the centre hatch on the "irish" style open vans having company lettering. Both the GS&WR and the WL&WR did it. The GS&WR also put the wagon number on the inside of the doors. Caherciveen

Another Album with a fair bit of railway, mostly during the "troubles". J J Greene Album Page 15 is for MOL. Other railway bits pages 56/7/8 61/2/3/5/6/7 73

There is a non-digitised collection as well... "The Lawrence New Series is a sub-section within the Lawrence Collection that consists of images considered imperfect by Lawrence. " Makes you wonder what else there is. I need a week (or two) in Dublin...........

While we are on Killaloe, I can only find a couple of indifferent views of the old station, only showing the old loco shed (I think). Edit:- I think the first one is actually the old goods shed. Killaloe 02 Killaloe 03

Loo Bridge again but with train. There are a couple of other views as well. https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000058711 Most of the best/most interesting railway views have very little railway in them which is why the search terms don't work on them. For example:- Lake Hotel, Killaloe, Co Clare But in the backgound we have :- The new loco shed, the wharf and goods shed on Loch Derg. Not sure if this is dated after the GS&WR take over so they may not be WL&WR open cattle trucks.

I know Irish wagons are a bit wider than uk wagons but the peaked roof wagon seems a bit low for lime wagon, unless it's only a 6 tonner. I have seen similar (welsh) wagons for lead ore. This may or may not help to pin it down. It also looks a bit clean for a lime wagon. I am not too hot on Irish geology, are there/were there many rail connected limestone quarries?

Last post on this subject for a bit (SWMBO is home soon......) Another aspect of the NLI colection is a quantity of Photograph Albums. For the most part the only way to find any railway photos is to trawl through the hard way. Unfortunately, railway views are few and far between but there is so much more in there, the whole spectrum of Irish life from 1880's to 1940's. Here are some that I have managed to re-find - I had just copied for my own use and didn't note the exact source, doh! The links go to the albums so you will have to click through to the pages noted. Haffield Harbour Album page 20 and 22 Haffeild Drogheda Album pages 86,87,88 When you are in the NLI page, click on the photo and zoom in to the level you want, then shift+print screen and paste it into good old MS paint and save - unless you are using a Mac, then you are on your own. Happy Browsing. PS. Does anyone have a GSWR freight diagram book? With 4 running numbers for those single plank wagons it would be worth drawing and printing some......

You sometimes need to be a bit creative with the search terms at the NLI. I usually search by location as the usual "train" "station" "railway" only brings up a limited selection. One of the best early photos I have found on the NLI is this one of Portrush:- Portrush Station At the other end of the BNCR is Larne:- Larne or just a bit different:- Enniskillen

I suppose we can now add this one, Brian Boru, posted just now by Flying Snail - thank you. Brian Boru - Nunn Collection

A bin full of swarf can be recycled. One of my college projects was costing a simple brass turning and it was cheaper to buy solid round bar and drill it out, selling on the extra swarf, than it was to buy thick walled round tube. A full bin in the 3dp/modelling room is a good incentive to get it right (next time). Paul (PMB), track bases going into the snail mail this afternoon. R

Here are 3 MGWR opens, resin printed on my Elegoo Mars 2 pro, using a water washable resin (can't remember which), assembled and painted by Paul Greene and sat on the slowly progressing Broomebridge Junction.

First thing to buy when you start printing is a MUCH bigger bin.

The Midland mainline on Chitern Green was N gauge, the GNR branch underneath was 2mm finescale. The Manchester guys did something similar with Gransmoor, the 2mm fs bit (Gransmoor Town) was detached and did a few shows on it's own whilst Chee Tor was in the early stages of planning and construction. Happy days but a flippin' long time ago......

Start with components, (planks, end posts, nuts and bolts) to build up a library of bits. For a simple open wagon, just draw a quarter of it and save some time. Feel free to ask, no such thing as a dumb question. Loads of youtube tutorials for all the cad programs. Watch, learn, play. If you can, watch on one screen, pause and play cad on another. It is very time consuming, very frustrating but very rewarding. Printing on the other hand is a black art........ Rob

The way I look at is that if anyone started to print my files and flogging the prints as their own:- a, it would be good for the Irish modelling scene as a whole B. they are very unlikely to get rich from it