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Nos. 3, 10 & 56 had them - the latter possibly the first to carry it in 1968. No. 4 had it on one side only. It is possible there were others.

No. 4 had one on one side only. I have a note somewhere of the others - I think two had the NIR logo. I will delve and report back.

In answer to a query from a friend, I thought this might be of use to anyone modelling early NIR; information courtesy of Joe Cassells: Loco Last known use Withdrawn for scrapping 4 22.10.70 (Preserved) 5 30.03.70 10/70 6 04.70 09/70 50 01.70 10/70 51 16.10.70 02/71 53 02.05.70 06/71 55 03.70 10/70 Thus, the last three to be actually used are the three in bold - 4, 51 and 53.

I will PM you.

A very interesting concept, flowcoach. What sort of technology are you thinking of? I know people in the track department I could link you up with.

Indeed - plus the fact that once painted and put into traffic, they were never cleaned and rarely repainted, so they ended up a nondescript dirty brown colour as a result of being caked in brake-block dust, like just about everything non-passenger that the UTA possessed. Gave a new meaning to "brown van"!

Indeed - there are three styles of architectural design in Ireland which stand high among all the rest. Mills’ GNR designs must top the list for sheer individuality and good proportion, closely followed by the GSWR’s elegant, almost castle-like stone architecture, and the GNR’s “ecclesiastical” style as seen on stations between Dundalk and Enniskillen, Portadown - Clones, and Belturbet.

Hi Darius Seriously excellent work. They were brown with the NCC, but the UTA did indeed paint them unlined green exactly as you have. In fact, since the later ones were built after 1949, these ones would never have been brown at all, starting life in green. NIR, of course, painted them maroon after 1968. Your weathering is superb too.

Superb stuff, Wayside, that is most impressive! My daughter’s “other half” is a crop farmer too - I’m well aware of the pressures of this occupation which many of the public just don’t see or understand….. And he has a huge unused shed. Once their male heir is born next year, maybe a layout in that shed is in order!

Genuine DSER Pringles!

Yes, I think a couple of days?

Welcome R&L! You’ll find a great community here.

Interesting! Must have been that, indeed, as it becomes 001 even in all the publicity photos….

not in traffic, I believe….?

Correct. When they re-engined them, they were designated with the “R” after this, but no sooner were they all done than the supertrain livery appeared (1972) and a new numbering system brought in as they were repainted into the new livery. This involved dropping not only the “R”, but the class prefix letter too, and on all classes. So what had originally been A1 - A60 became A1R - A60R when they were re-engined, then 001 - 060 only once repainted into supertrain livery. At the same time the B101, B121 and B181 classes became 101, 121 & 181 classes, and so on.

Just like as if this was an old Kevin Murray pic in a 1960 IRRS Journal!

Yes, snails should also be light green - I don’t know why they keep using white ones, they are wrong. I can’t imagine anyone making a model of a BR blue loco and putting light green BR logos on it! The A46 green, as on the IRM model, is exactly right - as is the lighter green on their other “A”. Railcars had both greens at different times, so take your pick. Snails were normal generally, i.e. as in my avatar thing above where you’re reading this. I think, however, I’ve seen at least one pic of one facing the other way round on the OTHER side of a power car.

The ends are curved in on these, or many other British GWR or Midland Railway vehicles. The only Irish company which used curved in ends was the Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway, which had very few bogie coaches. None were clerestory and all were built in the 1890s. Two lasted as late as 1953/4, plus their former directors saloon to about 1960 before it ended up in departmental use. I have one of these, long awaiting a flattish low curved roof - you’ve beaten me to it! Luckily, this model is very reminiscent of one of these WLWR prototypes. That AEC needs a repaint. The green is wrong. It should have pale green lining, not white. No green coaches ever had white lining. The roof should be black, too. You’ve done a superb job of those “WLWR” carriages - you could do a great job on the railcar!

The models you’ve painted yourself are way more accurate than the stuff you’d bought!

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Absolutely brilliant day out with good company, and meeting so many old faces for the first time since the lockdown.... great layouts - I was particularly impressed by Bog Road and TTC's diesel depot. But all were good. Naturally, I came back with yet a few more Provincial Wagons......... Well done Wexford!

An excellent job. Looking forward to Wexford!

Superb job!

Spot on, bufferstop. I'm sure I've a Midland rule book or appendix somewhere - I will delve and report back!