Glenderg

Do, the kits contain waaaay more than a single kit, if you're willing to make some homemade posts. Have a look at Kirley's layout, he's used them to superb effect. and +1 to Old Blarney's post, do as you please, it's your railway.

Possibly my fault. I beg forgiveness. Anyway, after trawling all my books and the ENTIRE digital photo library here at glenderg towers, the date issue of bauxite/yellow was in front of me all the time, and JHB has the answer. He posted this recently. JB might just have a look at the back and see if there's a date, I can't locate the thread.

They appear identical.

http://www.dartcastings.co.uk/mjt/2261A.php They'll do rightly

JM, Page 67 of Hirsch and Doyle first edition has a black and white of 8452, with the same vertical white stripe as the bauxite mullingar photo. Since it's 1979, one can assume the photo was taken no later than that. So 1979 = Bauxite After that? well, time to trawl the books now, I've exhausted the internet.

Rescued by the ESB in 1996 from lisduff but had been idle for some time in

Cheers JB, that means a lot No idea of the running number and that's as high res as they get. There were only four 8452 - 8456. No idea when the change happened. Early seventies? NLI have photos of tampers in 1966 in yellow. I have a colour Joe St. Leger one showing it in brown, but the collection has been taken off Flickr so I can't tell what date it is The sheet metal was between 6 - 8mm thick as it the same thickness as the stanchions. Cheer's Des - no excuse now but there's no donor chassis unfortunately I had a feeling they came from your goodself. They are a remarkable record of those wagons, as rare as hen's teeth. Many thanks. R.

First off, if anyone would like any of their photos removed, please contact me or a mod. Reverse searches on the images has proved fruitless, but I believe Enniscorthyman, TTC, Aidan Kehoe, and RedRich may have taken the modern ones. The text is also cobbled together from various sources. Built in 1906, Great Southern and Western Railway procured several of these wagons. They share a very similar outline to the GWR AA3 pattern brake van, it's possible they are related. This is the earliest photo I can find of one behind 355. The small lettering of GSWR can be seen, along with the letters PWD to the right hand side. These were steel framed from the beginning, even though sister companies like the GNR(I) were knocking out wooden bodied wagons up until the 1940's. The O'Dea Collection has quite a few shots of ballast activity, but not always labelled as such! Ballybrophy with decorative curved canopy on the central platform, similar to that in Mallow. What looks like a mixed rake of GNR and GSWR hoppers, all together in a higgledypiggledy formation. At Lisduff is 8452, loading up with ballast. Note the faded flying snail freight stencil on the left hand side. Into broken circle territory, and what looks like the scrap line in Mullingar, is 8452 again, this time in faded bauxite, and the timber panelling to the sides having been plated over by sheet metal. Panelling on the veranda end still present. Unsure of location but somewhere on the DART network, here she is again in yellow. What is mighty about this photos is that the buffers have been upgraded as have dampers and brake gear, but it reveals the original grey livery which they would have worn in the B&W photos above. The last batch of photos show how it was like Triggers sweeping brush, as window openings have been altered, the sides having been padded out so that the vertical stanchions are now hidden, but the timber panelling from beneath is still visible. [ATTACH=CONFIG]23247[/ATTACH] 8456 was the last survivor and is believed to have been cut up after 106 years of service (heretics) in 2012. However, 8452 is restored in Downpatrick wearing, as is customary, a fictitious livery and inaccurate stencilling. I've attached a drawing I did of the profile based on photos, which should help anyone scratchbuilding one. 8452.pdf R.

impressive use of mawla for the track. I think No. 01 Boffin is safe

Fantastic piece of work, top drawer stuff. The rivet work on the cabside Is sublime. Serious clap clap territory.

Glendora is a new one on me! Might register the princess as that here! Ping me a pm, I have some goodies on the older CIE version that might assist.

Well holy god! Nice work indeed, veranda strips, vaac pipe, torpedo roof vent, and whitemetal parts - top stuff. Big ol buffer plates on top of the buffers and it's close to perfect! Lastly, loads of photos dave. I love to see the process no matter the outcome. R.

There's a bad dent on the tender which is from using the wrong glue. It has warped the side. And the tank where the coal should be isn't exactly "finescale"

Sigh, yet another model to try and convince my colleages to engage with....

Spot on JS. Wouldn't be that difficult to acquire a few 40 foot containers and repeat the butchery of 10 years ago to make bogie beet wagons. I'll check me photos tomorrow, but I'm sure most of them (aside from the older ones with continental bogies) are still rolling around.

Oh Des, shur don't ya know that politics is a no-no here. (Twas the fella out on the Ballysimon road that had the banner "last free corner of Ireland" I voted for Anyhoo, I've found a resource of photos that I thought worth sharing with you lads. The copyright is a bit dodge as I've seen many of these tagged on Flickr pages and such, but nonetheless, if you like your Class 80's NIR and CIE, supertrain, B&T, this should tickle your fancy. Click on the photos to get a large decent res version. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Ireland-/149337/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=ukbusphotos-ukrailphotos and for the steam enthusiast, narrow gauger, tramway fan, and everything in between, here's the global search link. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Ireland-/149337/i.html Not all photos expand in detail, but it's just another resource for anyone searching for obscure topics that rarely shows up on traditional searches, like the big foot of Irish Railways, the E Classes.......Rich.

Nice shot Neil! Is it possible to get access at all to the weedspray crew van/ex-TPO and Fuel Oil wagons on the siding to the right of your photo, or does that require a Ministerial Order? Brake gear in particular? *hint* R

StevieB is right. 0.38 seconds in. Second coach has a 6" band at the top, 3" band beneath the window. Trick of the light my eye, it's an overcast day!

Great to see more lads bashing, hacking, and bending stock to their will! The clapboard will end up black, you'll be lucky to see the grooves in either brass or styrene, so I wouldn't stress. Good stuff Daryl. Richie

That's the spirit!!!

A worthwhile milestone Harry, well done. That's not a mess either. This is (or was) rather. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11639&d=1391078012

It would appear to be much larger than the prototype he's using, particularly at ground floor level. The ladder angle is loolah. The lower portion could be clad in Wills plasticard or brick paper to make the lower windows a bit smaller?

There is only one vacuum chamber, 600mm in diameter, either behind where the "0" is on the solebar number or on the mirrored opposite side. There is quite a complex pipe system from one end to the other, also linking into the chamber. R

A is Departmental, X for scrapping, perhaps?