jhb171achill

That really looks impressive - very realistic and captures atmosphere superbly.

WOW!!!! The Belmond loco too!

Black it is, I think. We would all remember if they had blue chassis like Taras did at first!

It's possible, Warbonnet. I never saw them BRAND new, and if blue (or black) would have got a good coat of both brake dust and cement dust very quickly.

Interesting photo, Noel. It appears to show a blue chassis - memory suggests the 4-wheelers had a black chassis. Once I get photo evidence I'll comment further.

Yes, that was my point, Glenderg, to show that it was simply my assumption rather than a claim of fact - I have mentioned to Pat that I'm delving to find photos which might be more definitive than my assumptions! :-)

That's a "swimming snail", the logo of the Larne & Stranraer Railway.

Part of the problem is that the four wheelers were caked in cement in later years; we might as well assume that their "livery" was simply a coating of it! Indeed, a rake of them on a layout would simply not look realistic if clean, in reality.

The lining isn't right and it's missing numerals..... Question: is the insect actually a flying snail?

I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only one with that logo. I'll delve and see what I can come up with.

Methinks the insect is overscale!

I'll check but I think the lettering was yellow edged with black and gold, or something like that. Pretty sure it wasn't white. No. 3 was the only maroon "Sharpie"; the rest were green. Carriages were maroon, the railcar was brown with a white roof, and the spare power bogie (known as the "Unit" with a wagon body) was all grey with a white roof. Wagons were grey with cream lettering. No black British Rail style chassis! ;-) David - as always, absolutely amazing work on the loco above! Keep 'er lit.....!

Interesting, bsgsv! :-)

Those look fantastic. Full marks to Brian Collins Enterprises.

Fair enough, Dhu Varren, thanks - I wasn't aware that Railtec did them. Excellent job of your own with the lining. That lining was deliberately designed to "look" UTA like, without actually being UTA, as the carriages were never UTA carriages. For the record, and for those who (like me) can't function nowadays without glasses, UTA was straw coloured, lined each side in red, while RPSI is yellow with a separate red line on one side.

Wow! That is absolutely stunning..... outstanding in every way!!!! As a matter of interest how did you do the lining and lettering?

Yes... I think those posts answer it all. My own recollections suggest the second one reappeared after they were re-engined. When running with just one, you could see some sort of fitting indicating the position where the other should be. Gsr800 - just one got the darker green - a late aberration to normal livery practice of the day, as it had the simplified lining applied to things of lighter green. I think it was A46 but I'd need to check. It didn't keep it long, as black'n'tan beckoned!

I'm late coming to this thread as I've been abroad with work, on your views Jbh171achill about ''sharing'' collections, the words ''squirrelled'' is most unfortunate, I don't know of anybody anywhere who ''squirrell'' away collections with bad or selfish intentions, I can't speak for anybody else, only myself, but I'm not ''squirrelling'' away my Dad's collection of 30,000 photographs, I intend to share them in the right way in the future in book form so that my Dad's 50 years of work is properly acknowledged and credited, there are good valid reasons for not sharing photos on today's internet, where work is not credited and gets taken by 3rd parties to appear on twitter, snapchat and facebook, I don't care what Roger Joanes or anybody else does, that's their business and good luck to them, but my Dad's pictures won't be an internet sensation. My uncle (Dad's brother) was a modeller, my Dad was a photographer, they never got on,I wonder why, now both dead, my brother got all the model trains, I got all the pictures, but I'II do the right thing and do my Dad proud, I'm certainly not ''squirrelling'' them away. Nobody's suggesting you're doing anything inappropriate, Randall. And if you feel my description is unfortunate, I would agree that it is unfortunate when, or if, people are selfish about material they have acquired from others - I'm not talking about their own stuff. I note you say you haven't encountered this - unfortunately I have.... Mind you, even if anyone does, I'm not suggesting "bad" intentions either. The course of action that you suggest you are going to follow is a very good and responsible one. I don't think I knew your dad personally, but I am sure that the plan you have is something that would please him. If more people took the approach you have, life would be good, as useful and interesting material would be made public in appropriate ways. Appropriate in terms of accessibility, and appropriate in terms of keeping As for "squirrelling away" stuff, as you suggest yourself everyone has their own way of doing things. My point was simply that when some collections fall into the hands of others, they take it upon themselves to do this. For example, if I somehow came upon your stuff, or your dad's, and decided that no-one would see it but me, that would be unfair to the original owner (unless he had requested me to do so), and possibly to the wider community in general who would have found the material useful for research or otherwise. Your course of action will keep your collection together and will allow the original photographer to be given the credit due to him.

In those days, Harry, they only had the one window wiper. (A point for modellers, perhaps). Operating practices were still very much geared towards "drivers side" and "fireman's side". Same with the "C"'s, and also the B101s. The B121s had two from new, and while I can't remember for sire, I'd be 99% certain the 141 / 181s had two as well.

Hopefully, josefstadt! After two colour albums concentrating on black'n'tan, it's time silver and green and narrow gauge (plus a few quirky things) got an album - along with steam. And when that's done, there'll be a fourth and final in the "album" series; basic outline currently worked out. I've some real oddball stuff for that! Meantime, for reading instead of pictures, "Rails Through Connemara" is almost ready to go to, and is agreed with, the publisher. That'll keep me of the streets for a while.

From a new book now being worked on.

Upon privatisation of all of NIR, IE, Bus Eireann and Ulsterbus, all four entities along with GoBe and Aircoach are taken over by the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway Company, after it found that a legal loophole means it was never would up at all last year. All journey times to be quadrupled in order to save fuel.

And there's ICRs on the Schull & Skib. From tomorrow.

Tis correct, Broithe. It will also mean that those being trained to drive it can use my photos as references.

Its after 12 on the 34th Septober. The story about No. 3 on the Larne line was a spoof. It's actually going for trials on the Isle of Man Railway instead after temporary regauging.... And the cutting up of No. 1 was a spoof as well. It's actually A39, C231 and 146 that are being cut up; the resultant scrap metal will fund a new casino at Inch Abbey, the profits of which will be used to build a new-build replica of A39, which will be painted in an entirely wrong shade of GSR maroon....