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Exactly! Tis a case of "And here we go"..................... Typical finnagayl.

Talk on Irish railways history in Malahide Model Railway Museum tomorrow, 6pm. See ye there!

Good stuff, Derek, looking forward to seeing it develop! Good luck!

I’m aware of one committed “timer” who wouldn’t let his companions time diesels in the 1950s - only steam - such was the contempt in which he held ALL diesel railway vehicles…. As recently as the 1980s, most enthusiasts believed that despite IRRS days out, actual diesel preservation would never catch on. Now there’s more diesel than steam action at Downpatrick…..

Many thanks, ttc! Should have the Loughrea one out by the end of the year......

I've an idea it was in the very late 1890s?

Saw an NIR yoke on it yesterday - plus, today, blue Belmond 216! I was unaware that loco could do the "Enterprise" - never saw it on it before, though one or other of the zebra / raccoon / badgers has been on it lately.

Very much so; and I will stake whatever's left of any reputation I ever had by saying that if 10% of this ever sees the light of day, that'll be a good result........!

Correct. Sorry, I’m just seeing I misread it. A handful - single individual vehicles - here were 4-wheeled in departmental use but I only ever saw evidence if z as single vehicle like that in traffic - and it was a completely non-standard design. 6 wheels was the rule here long before in Britain, so we never had the generic type of long wheelbase 4-wheelers like the Hattons ones or the Ration kits. While we got rid of our earlier generation 4-wheelers largely by 1890, we kept six wheelers in traffic until as late as 1963 with passenger-carrying ones, and 1968 with a couple of full brakes (which, though seemingly out of use) were actually still on the books as late as 1970.

A 30ft with four wheels?

Amazing as always, Noel! Just discovered a nice trick. Switch on several of the Tara Junction videos together, and just listen to the background noise! Absolutely amazing..........

Looking at the pic above, the platform to the right of the class 37 could be extended a little simply by moving the signal cabin to the left of the running line (in the field, immediately be4side the track. The branch platform in the background to the right of the train of 4-wheel coaches could also be extended at both ends by almost the length of another 4-wheeler at each end. That would make a difference without causing any major hassles?

A very big stretch - probably unlikely but theoretically possible. But it’s your layout, so Rule 1 applies!

Yes, to both questions. Park Royals would have run with the FULL range of gennies - original 4-wheel tin vans, then the (few) 6-wheel ones, then the above 32XX series, BR vans & Dutch vans.

Could be wrong, but I don’t remember ever seeing anything here made by Dodge.

That 1898 photo….. I was unaware of the end windows in any of them….

The GSWR had first class 5-wheelers of very similar design to that, though they were 30ft.

See below;

The GNR, like the BCDR and CBSCR, seems to have had a liking for non-standard* lengths for six-wheelers, though 27ft wasn't among them. All but the third vehicle shown appear to be of types which were either 31ft or 32ft - though the GNR also had a few of 34 & 35ft length. I would suggest that the 3rd vehicle here is 30 or 31ft; they didn't have anythging shorter, though several pre-1876 constituent companies did - but these aren't of this type. The ones either side are maybe 32 or 34ft. The "Doncaster" design you have above is a 29ft body - nothing on the GNR(I) was this dimension, though in 00 scale it would barely be discernible. (* Standard length for six-wheel coaches in most cases was 30ft - virtually universal on GSWR, MGWR, BNCR (MR / LMS NCC) & WLWR; not universal but common on CBSCR & DSER)/.

Ah! Got ya........... NIR set on the Enterprise today - just a 3-car 3K!

3-car NIR railcar on the Enterprise this morning, zebra on it yesterday and the day before….. Nothing new there. But here in Malahide, the daily sounds of the Tara 071s has fallen silent, so one notices that sound when it appears. And it did - the night before last - at 01:40. What was an 071 doing out and about on the GNR at that hour? Hauling some sort of yellow thing about?

Absolutely superb stuff, Leslie!

This, indeed, is the harsh reality.

The little Peckett is close enough to 00 scale compatible itself!

Now THAT would be something. But the good folks of Barnesmore don't speak Swiss................