Patrick Davey

Enjoyed a short running session at Clogherhead this afternoon. Black & tanning I was

Yes thankfully I have covered it extensively in the past at least

Lovely!!! Very personal.

Good question!

Yesterday I enjoyed a day exploring the remains of the Scarva to Castlewellan GNR(I) line, in the company of Alan @Tullygrainey - thanks Alan! Locations visited: Scarva, including the impressive remains of the nearby Banbridge line bridge, which crosses the River Cusher Drumhorc crossing - the original crossing keeper’s cottage remains and has been recently renovated Lawrencetown - the bridge and part of the platform remain, along with the unusual stationmaster’s house, which is currently being renovated Lenaderg - the stationmaster’s house remains and we were also told the platform survives in the undergrowth nearby, the owner is a descendant of the last stationmaster, and he was very interesting to talk to Banbridge - the only substantial remnant is the former 2-road engine shed, although a nearby house on the road above the station site looks very much like it was the stationmaster’s house Corbet - erased, although the bridge survives, along with a commemorative plaque Ballyroney - a wonderful survivor, and currently being impressively renovated Ballyward - we were politely informed that exploration is no longer possible, so we respected this and moved on Castlewellan - nothing remains of the station, although the nearby bridge abutments remain along with the classic GNR(I) stationmaster’s house An excellent day out, despite the weather ️

Best wishes Ernie. Come back stronger!

So much of interest in this one - shots of the disused BCDR Tullymurry station and one of the Derry-Strabane NG stations (Cullion I think) as well as a nice sequence at Trew & Moy with a young soldier presumably coming home on leave. Pure gold!

Lovely scenes!!!

Lovely!

@DJ Dangerous yip it was me - then JB reminded me that they were actually much smaller in real life so I'm feeling better about them now. They are gorgeous models, and fantastic runners, as long as you make sure the middle axle is actually on the rails (speaking from experience!)

Excellent!

As my interest is gradually moving away from the 'flying snail' era towards the 'black & tan' era, I would be interested in swapping my silver-liveried IRM A30 for either of the above locos. Thanks for any interest!

A good few folk Larne-bound today!

Lovely wagons!

Great stuff Alan!!!

I was pretty sure it was based on a previous condition: excellent research and superb recreation as always!

Perfection - am guessing this is the inspiration behind this superb build:

Lovely!

Yes I've been only running them together but they even look dwarfed by the locos pulling them, and running them together means not enjoying a key feature of 1950s & 1960s CIE, namely the running of trains with an insane variety of passenger and goods stock. I tried assembling such a train and the Genesis coaches just looked too small to me. It's a pity, because they are lovely models and very high quality. Admittedly I only have CIE diesel locos so am guessing the size issue wouldn't be as prominent if they were being pulled by a J15 for example.

Gulp

I've gone off my Hatton's Genesis coaches - beautifully finished etc. but they just look too small to me. Can't imagine what they are going to look like next to a Park Royal

Lovely crisp modelling which captures the flavour of the prototype. This one is definitely in the bag!

Yip - and I think I recognise the inspiration too! Awesome work @Darius43

Nnnnnnice.........

Fabulous - looking forward to seeing what your plans are for the raised area surrounded by the low stone wall!