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Superb detail & weathering A4.

Looking good so far Roxy, You did a great job on the baseboards.

Nice one Noel. Tidy looking layout.

Great Shot Broithe.

Thanks lads, Noel I kinda have my mind set on the oil depot but as you suggested I’m thinking of changing the loco shed to a goods shed or bagged cement store. I am going for a rural town scene so don’t think there will be to many towns with double loco sheds. With this I would need to bring the watertower to the right a bit which would allow me to join the spur between it and the loco shed back to the main line. I have no plans for the area at the top but most likely a station after i get the foreground scenery completed. Lads thanks for your comments I nearly there with the plan, next up is spending the cash...

Its coming along nicely, Well done.

Nice work lads, the detail is top drawer.

Jonathan, the track goes around behind the scene in a loop. i have updated the drawing to show this and added a loop into the siding. Again comments are welcome.

Peter, Check out the thread Connolly Station in N http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2403-Connolly-Station-in-quot-N-quot

Nice one Noel, 071 looks great.

Jonathan I found the Anyrail software fairly easy to use. Just set the size of the board and start dropping the lengths of track onto it and moving them around.

I see what you mean. The loco and wagons can move almost out of the scene and then perform the headshunt, or I could add another line to the fuel unloading area to allow the loco to runaround. I think these are my options?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]25899[/ATTACH]Thanks Broithe, that's exactly what i was looking for. I spent some time today on Anyrail and moved the track around a bit. I have increased the board size to 2400mm x 600mm with the single main line running around in loop to a fiddle yard. Also going to go with Peco Finescale Code 75. I plan to use the Roco Z21 controller for both loco & point control. Any comments or problems you see are appreciated.

Thanks for you comments and photos. I have decided not to use the concrete sleepered track for the main scenic part of this project, its just not right for the period I'm modelling. I also sat down last night reading over past conversations on the forum and I'm swayed towards using Peco Code 75 track. Here's comes the daft question, can i use the the Code 100 track for the fiddle yard at the back or will i have to use 75 there also? If possible how should I join the different codes? Has anyone a photo of code 100 & 75 face-to-face so i can see the differences? Thanks

Excellent work Kirley, shes a beauty. The phrase 'a silk purse out of a sow's ear' comes to mind.

Good man Richie, I'm looking forward to the scratch building on this one, especially the bridge.

Thanks for that Jonathan. You say sidings wouldn't have been concrete until recently, would the main line have been concrete in the 80s-90s? As for the UTA MPDs unfortunately I had to Google them. They're a rare breed especially the double cab.

Your spot on Dive its set around the 80's/90's. I'm hope to try scratch build the water tower and shed. I'm thinking of going for a wider board and maybe Continuing the main line around behind the rafters to allow me to run trains on a loop. Maybe add a fiddle yard. Im a bit of a novice so when you say the components of the MPD should connect to each other, should I add a line from the refuelling siding to the first line into the shed or both?

Thanks Dave. When did concrete sleepers come into use in Ireland? Should I be doing all my trackwork in timber?

Lads starting my first layout and I'm after a bit of advise. The board is 2400mm x 400mm. The scene is fictions and set somewhere in the west of Ireland. I have a single mainline running through the board with a line into the fueling area (paint tins) and a water tower (white box). There is a double line into a maintenance shed ( black box). There is also a line to the right of the mainline as a fuel discharge point and maybe Shell/Esso oil depot. Bearing in mind that it's Irish and I want it as realistic as possible your comments & advise on the layout are welcome. Slagging is optional... Karl PS i will be changing the points to Peko to match the flexitrack 100

Excellent bit of modelling, can wait to see the TMD when complete.

Well done looks great so far.

I have seen the original operators manual for this loco which was dated February 1962. On the front cover and in the book it shows pictures of the loco with the handrails installed. Do you know if the hand handrails were delivered with the locos and never installed?

Amazing work and such realism, The last photo looks like a shot from Google maps.