StevieB

I attended my first Dublin meeting of IRRS last Thursday, albeit via Zoom. It was a film show of the work of the late Joe St Leger, a guy who went all over Ireland recording the mundane for the benefit of others. Two pieces were of particular interests, the lengths gone to to run round a magnesite train at Limerick Junction in order to go from Cork to Ballinacourty, and the working of trains between Limerick and Dublin. A train from Limerick ran via Nenagh to Ballybrophy, where it was attached to the rear of a train from Limerick via the junction. Fascinating. Stephen

My local model shop said exactly that the other day, demand is outstripping supply. It won’t be long before prices rise, if they haven’t already. Stephen

PM sent. Stephen

Patrick Lovely video of your South Waterford line. Stephen

The first five years have been wonderful for those modelling the Irish rail scene. Here’s to the next five years. Stephen

David Very enjoyable, many thanks. Stephen

Stunning, absolutely stunning. Stephen

Could the shunt at Glen More be recorded on video? I think this is the best way of showing the intricacies of shunting, what railwaymen did to make their life as simple as possible and also the length of time it took. Nowhere as long as the real thing but but more than just a few minutes if you build in the time for coupling/uncoupling, etc. Stephen

Uniload containers were meant to be the modern way of dealing with sundries traffic, ie less than wagonload, in the final days before this traffic was lost for good to road transport. Stephen

Wow, very convincing. Stephen

It just gets better. Stephen

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All very nice. Stephen

You’ll have to take account of the fact that turnouts in 21mm will be longer than their 16.5mm equivalents. Other than that, it is the way to go if you’re unable to go 21mm from the start. Stephen

It’s owned by RPSI at Whitehead. Stephen

Patrick A very enjoyable 27 seconds. Because you’ve been able to model a reasonable length of railway with two stations, plus a siding, there’s the potential with your layout to demonstrate how railways used to operate. Stephen

I see that the new Murphy Models 121’s are already appearing on eBay. There’s a surprise. Stephen

Glen More is beginning to look a lot like Dungarvan. Stephen

The correct size wheelsets do make the Cravens sit higher but it’s easy enough to lower the ride of the body on the bogies. Stephen

It just gets better with every posting. Stephen

Says it’s withdrawn. Stephen

The October issue of HORNBY magazine has a review of the new 00 Works 0-6-0ST in its Southern format. It will be out in its Great Southern format later this year. It looks all very nice. Stephen

What a state to get into, just like in the UK. Stephen

Yup, BELL liner trains between Cork and Waterford were timetabled to run from Limerick Junction to Waterford on the former WLWR main line. Stephen

I’ve never directly answered the question ‘is the glass half full or half empty?’, preferring the engineering answer ‘it’s twice as big as it needs to be’. Stephen