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I'm afraid I'd be lost in the signalman's world..... the one thing I remember from many an hour in many a mechanical signalbox is that the levers were colour coded - yellow for a distant, red, for a home, white for a spare, black for a set of points. I can't remember what blue was, and I'm pretty sure the aforementioned were the only colours. I've a dim recollection of seeing a lever somewhere which was white with a red band round it, but I couldn't be sure. Maybe these colour codings had some relevance to colours on a track plan. I don't know....

"I got us a little ornament for the garden, dear"..... BANG!!!!

I wonder if there's any trace of it inside the Guinness complex? There's an "outing" for the IRRS - a walk round remaining railway installations inside Guinness. I love the medieval terms the IRRS has - "outings".... and the best, a talk is called "giving a paper"!

Like yourself, Richrua, I always sit up and take notice when "Nelson's Workbench" pops up among new threads. "What's he up to this time?".... Naturally, same as usual. Just plain old top class innovative, artistic, and technically brilliant modelling.

Excellent idea..... you could always put a ballast "load" on top of the weights, too.....

Excellent, Chevron - the outdoor light gives it a great boost of added realism.

That is unspeakably good! Got to be one of the very best scratchbuilt models of anything I have ever seen. Absolutely superb work in every detail.

Riversuir, do you have any more details on the one which lasted to 1987?

I didn't know one was still about in 1987? Presumably it had long ago been converted to an ordinary coach (and more than likely mistaken for a laminate of some sort?)

Bullied designed a few bodies, but the bulk were standard AEC Park Royal. The few Bullied ones were odd-looking - they had straighter sides and ends and in fact were ugly things. I've yet to see one modelled, though in truth there's not much to go on. You didn't see them that much.

That looks very good! Neat work...

The 1980s survivors were actually ex-CIE; all former GNR stuff had gone. But they were the same as the GNR ones, some of which wen to CIE to join their own, other to UTA / later NIR. The last of the GNR ones on NIR ended their days as railcars after the 80 class were introduced in 1974. A few were temporarily converted to loco hauled parcels vans but following the withdrawal of mail from NIR not long after, they were withdrawn.

Very well done, sir, most interesting.

I can also confirm that Richard is an extremely helpful gentleman. He has been of great assistance to me in my own researches.

That ought to be bookmarked; snapshots in time of formations and liveries are invaluable to historians and modellers alike. While I have to confess to having had too many birthdays to be a fan of "modern" stuff like 80's, I am greatly impressed by the great efforts put in by several modellers on this site into reproducing so well, what isn't the easiest model in the world to replicate. Excellent stuff!

What about the City of Campile?

Sorry, Hunslet, only saw your question now about 6111. With no others, it isn't possible to have an AEC set as such on the DCDR, though in theory 6111 could be paired with a Park Royal done up as a driving trailer, like on the Waterford & Tramore. Laminate brake genny 3223 has already been converted as a push / pull car there and is used as such at times. However, the restoration of 6111 is an extremely major task, unlikely to see the light of day for many, many years. It was acquired as a long term project. It has no engine or control gear, this having been removed a long time before CIE withdrew it. Therefore, once restored, practicalities may dictate that it is used - certainly initially - as a push / pull car or observation coach. Even the bogies would require significant attention, and the bodywork will need little less than a total rebuild. But at least it's saved.

Excellent!

Very impressive, Chevron - excellent stuff! Well done - keep at it!

Looks fantastic already! Plants are never easy to match.

Superb stuff - extremely realistic.

That's a 1956-ish laminate. There's the remains of half of one of the SLNCR clerestorey bogies on a farm close to the former Manorhamilton station in Co Leitrim.

Either is correct spelling; ask my sister and daughter, both of whom have it as a middle name! (Often wondered why....)

Somebody recently asked me why the standard covered vans built by CIE were called "H" vans. They were within the following series of class / type designations. H. "House" wagons (4-wheeled covered vans) I. Coal wagons (wooden bodied, later applied to standard corrugated "beet wagons", which of course weren't built soecifically for beet, but ended up being used for it long after all other uses for 4-wheeled opens had gone) K. Small Cattle Kn. Large Cattle Knv. Large Cattle (vacuum braked) T. Passenger vans known as "tin vans" Anyone know any others?

Welcome to Waterford Halt. Will it be even staffed!!!