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  1. jhb171achill
    Very many thanks, Leslie, yes, his books were an absolute masterpiece.
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    About 10:30! See you rhen!
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    Talking of which; if anyone here is in a position to put me in touch with the author of this excellent work, one Patrick O'Sullivan, please do so; I would appreciate it. I am anxious to contact him as I have some information he may find useful. I believe he lives in Brexitstan........
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    Probably an "8".
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    This thing was a purpose-built "Ballast Van", used only on PW trains and the like. Possibly used an old 6-wheeled chassis, as long-wheelbase four-wheelers simply didn't exist here. Unusually, it was painted bauxite brown - other PW stock, just like other non-passenger stock, was inevitably standard wagon grey. No such things as yellow machines until the 1960s - even the first automatied tampers and liners were grey. I have a notion that there was a second one of these vans, used for the same purpose, but not perhaps exactly the same. Will post details if ever I find them! This particular one, as you say, was used in West Cork after closure - but probably also the Newmarket and Kenmare branches when lifting was in progress too. As such, it is likely to have been based in Cork or possibly Tralee. That has to be the late Johnny O'Meara (with black cap) on the left in the coach!
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    It is - a highly unusual visitor to those parts.
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    Absolutely outstanding stuff! Can't wait to see it in the flesh.... I'm trying to persuade Barry to get more into modelling, though he does have a layout........!
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    Is it DC or DCC?
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    Very many thanks, Wanderer!
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    Yes, this plan exists. There wasn't much there - after all, it's in the middle of nowhere - there was just the passing loop, which wasn't used much in latter days, and a siding to the goods shed. The cabin was demolished after the line closed. The replacement has a somewhat wide base, for some reason. The main station building lasted intact into the 1960s but was levelled then, and an unsightly shed put in its place. Due to disabled access issues, unfortunately it won't be possible to replicate this exactly, but the goods shed survives in original, if very derelict condition. It would be possible to restore that. At least the signal cabin is painted in a close colour to the latterly used GSR green and cream! (The MGWR had red and cream on stations, which must have looked nice with green locomotives and brown carriages....).
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    It has, unfortunately. Rails through the West is now down to about a dozen copies, which we will have at the launch this Friday. Once they are gone, it will also be out of print. The publishers advise Barry and I that Tipperary and Wexford are both selling very briskly. We will have a special offer on them all this Friday, €20 each instead of €22. We will also have some of Rails to Achill (3rd edition) and Rails Through Connemara.
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    Think I'll order a steak hauled by an 800............
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    Certainly is. Another ridiculous dud. Sure dont you know that's the Jenn-you-wine Bombay, Calcutta & Enniskillen Railway?
  14. jhb171achill
    That is OUTSTANDINGLY good!
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    Regarding livery, the one with the soldiers beside it will be carriage brown, as it has coach transfer shaded lettering. The one pictured on the SLNCR will be plain wagon grey as it has standard wagon lettering.
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    I doubt very much if the circular structure on the ground relates to a turntable - more likelky a base for a rotating defensive gun.
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    I believe it was some sort of short-lived tramway put there by the British Admiralty. I don't think there were any locomotives, let along passenger stock. Often thought it would make a great little tourist attraction, provided it could be very cheaply worked!
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    It’s summer 1954, and a rare early colour photo, probably the first colour view of any train in West Kerry. Gleaming Kenmare regular 170 has just returned from a major exam and its last ever repaint in Inchicore (or should that be 00) Works. It’s on the Dugort goods today to run it in, and is seen ambling away, back towards Castletown West, with the morning departure. In other news, a combination of babysitting duties and daughter’s entire life of luggage stuffed into the layout room now, means more photoshoot and less progress on the layout, unfortunately. And I’m not getting younger…
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    Superb stuff, Ken, absolutely brilliant. Great to see attention given to the more historic aspects of the railways here. With growing interest in the grey'n'green era before the black'n'tan one, maybe the GSR and pre-1925 eras are yet to have their day!
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    I see one is black’n’tan 147. In the normal course I’d be probably buy it, but I bought three 141s originally to renumbered one to 145, and another to 147, as I remember them crossing at Tuam!
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    I've two of the first batch, which despite having less space, I got DCC installed in them OK.
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    Me too!
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    I’d say WSVR put it there.
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    As well as Polloxfen's Mill siding!
  25. jhb171achill
    Correct - that's exactly what it is.
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