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I'd definitely be interested in one of those in 00 scale!

Niggly detail on those - the P&T bit should be green writing on a pale yellowy-green background, not red and white.....

And proper Irish carriages...... and the paler green livery! And and and

Bogies silver as well............... Must say I really liked this. I've two grey and yellow 121s. Thinking cap on, activated.....

Totally agree. He also built Seafield House, Donabate, though what is there today was substantially added to in the 1880s. In original style, a perfect example of Palladian symmetry, and a light-filled house as he had windows at the back facing the ornamental gardens when you walked in through the hall door. Would you consider a standard Land Commission / "Gaeltacht" 1920s house in 00 scale? GNR paint scheme on the doors, by the look of it!

One thing you'll note (and as seen on Connafeld already) is that in mainland Europe, actual goods sidings as such were much less common than here or Britain - instead loops rather than sidings were a lot more common. Not an exact science, of course, but certainly in through stations a great deal more common. I think "Connafurt" or possibly better, "Konnafurt", sounds best of the ones you mentioned. I think these days I'd avoid anything ending in "-stein"!

So it travelled 12 minutes back in time? Never knew one of those ventured into Wisht Caark, boy!

Personally I’d concentrate on the trains, unless you might plan an operational crane on the ship…?

That top pic at Cashel is likely to be at the opening of the line, or near enough….

ANYTHING but reopen the railway to there!

That's exactly what it is. They were used on cattle specials and tended to be found lurking in Athlone, Mullingar and Broadstone when not in use. You would think that they also might have seen use on branchlines, especially where cattle was a big thing (e.g. Loughrea) but seemingly not so much. Certainly not in GSR times. Senior took a photo of a similar van but without passenger accommodation at Broadstone in the early 1930s. It was shabby looking and as he said, probably (but not certainly) out of use. It was still in MGWR livery like the above. The full brake versions of these were green, so the above may be too. Failing that, certainly standard dark wagon grey. There is a Cyril Fry model of a yoke of this nature in the Malahide Model Railway Museum. It is a very dark green, not unlike UTA coach green or BCDR loco green. The van that Senior saw in the 1930s was a dulled mid-green, but since anything in Midland livery in 1931 or 1932 hadn't seen a paintbrush for at least seven years, the original colour could have been very much darker indeed. Fry's livery interpretations are generally exceptionally accurate and exceptionally detailed, though there are a few aberrations to the theme; he painted a model of a 500 class 4.6.0, and two other locos, which spent their entire working lives in dark grey, in "Maedb"-style blue-green!

They’ve captioned that wrongly - this was a GSWR 2.4.0…. That lower one is Bishop’s Castle Railway in England rather than Belfast Central. Fior that line, and quite a few others in Britain, vehicles like this were not uncommon. The 3rd class compartments must have been cosy….

The Corkmen have got lost….. a 26 pauses at Malahide this afternoon in the museum…. Meanwhile a Craven set is in Mallow, as the lads down there wonder where their 26 class is… and Dublin, as usual, is choked with buses. Come and visit! . A down Rosslare skirts Bray Head in the museum today.

Not just an exceptionally rare picture, or an exceptionally rare vehicle - but an exceptionally rare TYPE of vehicle in Ireland. A four-wheeled anything of that style is almost unheard of here, though once relatively more common in the Neighbouring Island, but a two-compartment four-wheeled brake third would be little more than unique. Excellent find - and it has lasted into GSR days!

Kingsbridge? 92 spent a large part of its life as the Inchicore "taxi", I believe.