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……and therein lies the problem. Such an argument is 100% right - but a large critical mass of people at all levels have no interest whatever, and couldn’t care less! Sad….

Very interested in this project! The very best of luck with it, Broadstone! As an MGWR fan myself, I have calmed myself with double smelling salts for tonight. I think I'm psychologically now, with mug of cocoa in hand, even if i'll always be a bit scarred.... What GSWR stock do you already have?

Fingal Council is currently discussing ways of increasing the broad appeal of the museum to not just the public at large, but interest groups as well - in particular those interested in railway models. I have been asked to seek suggestions from modellers and modellers’ groups. I am thus interested in suggestions of any sort in terms of basic content, special events or on-site facilities. Since this is the “go-to” place for those interested in Irish railway modelling, I would be pleased to hear any suggestions either by PM to be here, or to jhb171@gmail.com.

Out of my era but having seen them close up, the detail is amazing - they are certainly akin to the underparts of a canine........

Gonna have to be a combination of (2) & (3) - nowhere to expand to! There's barely enough room in the Malahide Casino for THEIR stuff; and they wouldn't take kindly to me rolling up with a bed, a settee, and boxes and boxes of books, cutlery and bedside lamps.......... an exercise bike, rocking chair and whatever else oul junk is up there festering away...........

Bit of an offbeat one here; my layout room has been invaded by half a house full of stuff - long story - unrelated to the railway. I need to find a semi-long-term storage facility, dry & insulated, somewhere broadly near Malahide to put stuff in for maybe a year or two. Looking up websites, it is clear that storage facilities run a cartel. None publish their prices - you have to ring them, which as a separate issue means you get bombarded with junk email and endless marketing calls for weeks afterwards; plus the prices they all quote are several light years above ridiculous. Anyone know of somewhere sensible in the area? Until or unless I can get a whole pile of stuff out of the house, there will be no more Dugort Harbour progress for a long time to come!!

I'd be happy enough with the Guinness............

A dog barking

I’d say they are, yes! Never knew there were equivalents in Wales!! Where and when?

Yes, they were very far from picturesque! One of the most ungainly looking steam locomotives I’ve ever seen….

"Lough Erne" is arriving, along with Railcar B, on low loaders at the weekend........... Given the space (which I don't have), i would very certainly buy one like that!

A very interesting prototype!

Going back to the very original post on this, about the Dapol Sentinel. I note the model is black. Since it was ordered by the GSR, it will certainly have been grey if THEY painted it, unless it was delivered by Sentinel in black and left that way for a while. However, there is another possibility. Often, on other railways, contraptions like this copuld end up with a carriage livery, or something similar. At least one old picture of one of these quite new - or clean - appears to chow a shiny black chassis, but a slightly greyer colour above, though no lining. I just wonder if it could have been the dark purple lake colour above (as on Downpatrick's coach 836)? Certainly, the number was applied in carriage-like shaded style.

Just checked up on a few details; A Clayton was trialled for a short period on the Macroom branch, and (probably the same one) on the Clonakilty branch - so dey did go down to Wisht Caark, boy!

When they say "Cork", that triggers something in the back of my mind to the effect that it was not IN Cork, as such, that one of these things was tried out, but on the Fermoy - Mitchelstown branch in COUNTY Cork. Must check that. Never heard of a Clayton going onto the CBSCR - I wouln't have thought that it would be seen as remotely suitable.

I think they did little in Cork, prob only shunting in Glanmire Road. But Albert Quay transfers are certainly a possibility, as might be shunting within the CBSCR terminus.

Then a team of Lycra cyclists would appear to push it……

Good point. I’d forgotten about that.

A fleet of twenty Maedbs, replacing the 29s on Drogheda - Dublin locals, and a wholesale return to steam across the system…. But we’d build one new Drumm train for Eamonn Ryan to travel about in.

Yes, I’d say so!

With literally "all the money in the world", that could work - but perhaps also building a brand new railway line Whitehead to Cork would be easier..........

It WAS technically open until the last regular passenger service stopped, but as you say there wouldn’t have been much business. The several times I travelled on night mail trains (once as the only passenger) I don’t remember much activity at Moate….

These fellas are waaaay down in “de Kingdom”, boy! Wisht Kerry!

. Meanwhile our friends discuss tomorrow’s cattle fair alongside the empty cattle wagons which came in today….. ”Has anyone heard from the Dalys, how many beasts they’ll have?” ”Depends how many they sell! That dealer fella from Athlone was in O’Donoghues last night. He bought about twenty milch cows the last time he was here!”