Wexford70

On 6/6/2019 at 5:36 PM, ttc0169 said:

From my notes, Cravens coaches 1511,1516,1522,1544 and 1557 received the large IR logos on the sides.

Is there anything this forum does not know??? Thanks ttc0169 and Ironroad

Hi guys,

2 questions:

1) Saw this on a video and at the very start you can see an unusual Craven livery with two IR logos. Would this have been a test design?

2) What year was the walk way taken down in Connolly?

Also, nice to see the clip of the train in Rosslare when those crazy people in management actually had the trains terminating at the port building itself.  Now since corrected and passengers have to walk 1/2 a mile to a halt past the car park. just in case any visitor decided to take the train.

Thanks guys.

Very useful info.

Thanks for this. 

I saw the Marks Models coach but thought the quality was not great.

Any body else offering something similar even in kit form?

Hi all,

I have little familiarity with pre craven coaches. Can anyone identify the carriages in this screen grab?

I think the first one is a heating van (right of shot), no idea what the passenger coach is and the last might be a 2 axle parcel van?

Any way of modelling these?

Interesting to see what looks like a 141 black and tan and then a Class 121 in original livery pulling what loos like the same rake. The passenger carriage might be different.

Found another photo showing the rail link to the ferry. Slightly earlier, believed 1910 ish.

This a photo courtesy of the Martine Heritage Centre in Rosslare. A car being loaded onto the Saint David in the 1950s. From the Ron O'Rourke collection. 

You can also see the rail link over the water from the same period in the following link:

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/rosslare-harbour-wexford-04-09-53-photograph-by-alexander-news-photo/533285922

I have used https://www.elriwa.de/

Also https://www.aandhmodels.co.uk/

and https://www.scograil.co.uk/

Could anyone help me identify these wagons that were used on the beet trains towards the end of the sugar production in Ireland?

The videos I have seen always show them running in rakes of 13.

Then can be seen towards the end this video on youtube.

1 minute ago, BosKonay said:

Always a chance

it was a risk to do the grey, so further runs (as always) will be based on sales

How are sales currently going???? :-)

The models look great in grey, have stretched the overdraft and ordered the 2 packs. Would love a third pack in new numbers to complete a longer rake. Any chance guys?

Would be great if there enough numbered variants to make a full rake. The accuracy on these is excellent.

A couple of questions before I empty my account of spare cash 

Can any one tell me what years the bell liners operated and the years of operation for the B&I liners?

Also, did the Bell liners operate with a mixture of 20ft and 40ft?

Thanks

I'd definitely be interested in standards (non genny)

I'd love four of them. From what I have seen online and when in Wexford station, it's 6 standard to two generators.

When I asked in Mark's models some time back they said initially they hoped to produce more standard wagons to complete the sets but it was dependant on the manufacturer inviting them to place an order as part of a larger run they were planning.

Be nice to have a few with the newer logo as well.

Hi folks,

I am working to put together educational information for the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway. I'm looking for any photos of locos, rolling stock, infrastructure etc that you might have access to. I have been able to find some online but knowing the expertise on here I hope there may by some gems hidden in your photos archives or history books you can direct me to.

As part of our function as a heritage charity we hope to develop the history available on the website and create a fuller exhibition to host in different locations.

Any help would be really appreciated.

I'd like to see both bogie & bubble cement wagons but would love to see some Cu na Mara Mark 3's even though they wouldn't be the most popular model i would think!

I would love to see bubble cement vans and beet vans done in sets of five or more, perhaps including a guards van appropriate to era / livery.

A set of prototypical log wagons would also be great.

Would anyone be interested in trying to commission these from Hattons or directly from Bachmann or has this been tried?

Enjoy Eoin. They look fine models.

 

 

 

So which colour is correct? I know this is a mk3 but the darker colour seems more correct through the distant haze of my memory. I thought only the later IR/IE livery mk3/mk2 coaches used the brighter orange.

 

The new ST coaches look an almost identical shade of orange to the earlier MM mk2d's.

The photograph elsewhere on this site suggests the lighter version is more accurate than the darker one shown on the mk3s

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16042&d=1417187940

Does seem a very big difference between the Orange of the locos and that of the mk2 super train but hard to judge until seen side by side.

For an example of the Galway livery, I came across this nice little video on youtube. May be of use.

Is there any news of whether the standard will be released?

The lads like Marks and Murphy Models can only go on current sales to try and predict demand for future releases.

I see your point Dave but if I knew the standards would be available to complete the sets I would invest in two twin packs but without them I would not make sense. As funds are ( very ) tight I would sooner save for a set I can complete.

Thanks for all the info guys.

Can anyone advise me on the standard composition of the auto ballast wagons?

From what I have seen they seem to be either :

1 powered unit and 5 standard units or

2 powered units (one each end) and 6 standard units.

Is this the case?

Also I believe Marksmodels are hoping to release the standard units separately to complete the sets.

Thanks Scahalane and Dave.

Have also seen a class 201 pulling a set with no logos. Hard to know what to try and model.

Great models!

Can anyone advise on when the different logos were used on the tankers?

Would prefer ready to run. Am keen to get a long rake of cement bubbles in weathered grey to run behind the 121s that are in the pipeline.

Any chance of a decent guard van?