Aussie Phil

Layout looking good mate. Love that signal gantry

welcome phil - i have great affection for the little bog railway - so i am looking forward to seeing your progress. every success with it. have loads of pics of the Hobarts if they are of use to you. seamus

Would love to see your photos. If you can just send a low res to sipphotography@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance mate. Looking forward to the challenge of replicating the feel of this little railway

Cheers guys. Have just finished building a abondoned workshop and have started building one of the railcars. Will post photos when can reconnect to the wifi network at home.

G'day Phil.

 

New Irish Lines Vol.2 No.4 - November 2000 - page 104

New Irish Lines Vol.3 No.2 - November 2002 - page 60

 

and best of all

 

Irish Lines Issue 3 - Spring 1993. More peat based rail info than you can shake a turf spade at. You can thank Garfield for uploading the scans

http://newirishlines.org/archive-2/

 

Richie.

Thanks so much for that. They are brilliant. Has a quick read today and will help me a lot

Great looking model have read this post from start to finish and it was some journey you've had. Must be rewarding to have such a stunning unit on the market after it all.

Never worked in brass and rarely solder so very jealous of your talent. Looking great. Cant wait to see finished model

Here are the layout plans for the layout. As I said it is 9 foot by 3 foot in On16. It is loosely based on the derrinlough area with a bit of shannonbridge thrown in. Trains will be about half length with 7 wagons behind the loco. Have started a bit of work and will post then soon

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This definitely needs a garden railway to finish it off

Amazing. Cant believe this is you first effort. Keep the photos coming and thanks for sharing mate.

Gday all,

Live in Australia and fell in love with the bord na mona peat bog railways on a visit to my girlfriends home in Waterford last year. I have started modelling a layout 9 foot by 3 foot in On16 and need some help in getting a sense of scale for the models. If anyone has any plans or the ability to do simple measurements it would really be appreciated, specifically the wagons and locos such as the simplex and railmotors. I will keep all updated with the building process and thank all for the inspiration I have gained of your threads.

Glad to be able to share with like minded people and will pick your brains for tips and tricks as I go if thats ok.

Phil

This layout is inspirational. I hae already started to scratchbuild a farm after seeing what you have done and cant wait to see more of your layout. Thanks for sharing so many great photos and videos.