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I'll have a look tonight in the IRRS premises.

Very interesting - congratulations to Morgan. A perspective rarely seen.

With all the 141 and A class models about, I would think that a standard CIE "H" van would be an obvious one. They could gone in 4 variations - grey and brown, and some of each with wooden doors. The sliding-door 4 wheeled van would be an obvious companion.

They arrived in light green undercoat and were painted properly in Inchicore.

The leading loco would indeed have done most of the work.

Each loco was independently driven. This wasn't only in steam days - multiple railcars in the same train were separately driven on the County Donegal narrow gauge. Triple heading out of that siding at Portrush was not at all unusual, and double heading was common, both in the siding itself and often on things like bank holiday excursions. A layout with UTA coaches and half a dozen absolutely filthy Jeeps would make a fine, evocative sight. Add in a few MPD sets and a brand new 70 class set.....

Maybe I'll just call it Newbridge, then! :-)

An excellent clip, brings back memories! The Jeeps were capable of a good turn of speed even with a heavy load.

It might also be Droichead Nua........ (Runs and hides.....)

Hopefully. I'd like to say I think it will happen, and I hope it does.....

Let's hope Nidge does not turn up on the RPSI santa specials.....

The station building is. The goods shed is empty - re roofed but stripped inside. The goods office same; loco shed (heavily and unrecognisably rebuilt) and attached Locomen's dorm are derelict. The water tower and coaling stage still stand. The paint samples are from inside the door frame of a door on the seaward side of the goods shed.

Hahaha!!

UTA stock did begin to look very drab when the paintwork wasn't fresh! I remember it well......

A recent examination of the remains of Achill station revealed that some original paintwork has showed up, illustrating the brown, later Indian Red used by the MGWR on station woodwork, and the later GSR green. I'll try to upload a picture here.... Does that work? It's from an iPad....

Sure you're our friend already, Glenderg. And I managed to say that without paying a cent.....! Thanks, folks, that's given me a few thing to investigate.

Just wondering who might be out there who undertakes commissions for making up intricate models like quality steam loco brass kits? My own skills would fall very far short of what's necessary. I have a J15 and a B1a (800) and for me to even contemplate assembling either would be wanton vandalism! PM me privately - or, perhaps, someone might like to formally advertise their services, as I know there are those who carry out such work.

Ahhhhh.... Pringles and meths..... the modeller's banquet! Must try it when I'm writing things over the winter.....

Indeed it was, Craven. It was really a steam-era railway, but with diesels at the head of trains!

Flet roofs, man? You cawnt criticoize us Saath Effrikaans..... and you must trevel in the coach mawked eithah "blankes" or "nie-blankes"....

When was that Summerhill stub finally lifted?

It's quite possible, 201bhoy.... Presumably the H & S Taliban can't object to night time working because when there were goods and mail trains they often operated during nocturnal hours.... Mind you, it wouldn't surprise me.

NIR was truly fascinating in the early 70s. The NCC and GN sections still retained a real sense of their former identity - even the (Edmondson) tickets on each were different, being printed to former UTA designs on the NCC, and GN-style on different coloured card on GVS to Portadown. As late as 1977, a Lisburn to Connolly day return was headed "UTA", as old stocks of tickets were being used up. York Road had what was by then a somewhat dilapidated and random selection of MPD cars in various states, a few MEDs, with other MEDs on the isolated Bangor line, which still retained some BCDR signalling. The GNR section had an equally random lot of AEC and BUT cars. NCC and GN had steam too..... for a short while....

True, Dive..... scumbags like that deserve to be run over. Their future absence cleanses the world......

Possibly, Snapper. One might surmise that the preferred overnight places would be Westport, Galway, Limerick or Ennis, Killarney, Waterford, Cork, somewhere in or about Belfast, as well as (obviously) somewhere in Dublin. I don't think the Dardanelles would cut it! The serious question remains - which of these locations would be able to accommodate an overnight train with water supply, passenger access and so on; without contravening our excessive H & S regulations or compromising security?