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  1. jhb171achill
    Looking great!
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    Mayner, I understand that the one goods train on reaching Ballyhaise, ran up to Belturbet and back, before going on to Cavan. Right at the very end, it was just Cavan, the Belturbet branch having just closed. Josefstadt and others; a GAA special from Monaghan headed by an "A" passed through just before the line closed. Coaching stock was of CIE rather than GN origin. Symphony in green, deep in GN land.
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    I saw a very satisfactory job done a few years back by a certain member here, which involved using a type of corrugated cardboard which was just the right "look". I'd say light plastic would do the job well.
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    Afterthought: artistic licence plays an interesting part on many layouts. Had the Dundalk - Clones - Cavan - Mullingar section remained in use until the 1967 closures, old ex GNR stuff, now mostly re liveried in green or occasional new black'n'tan, would have mingled with classes A, C, and AEC railcars of both GN and CIE parentage....
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    Quiz question: what resulted in the visitation of a green "A" class + train to Ballyhaise? (It didn't stop, just passed through...)
  6. jhb171achill
    Excellent job!
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    That first pic shows it in pre closure state with platform road on right lifted; ie in CIE days.
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    I have seen one somewhere, must delve. One of the Colourpoint "Irish Railways in Pictures" had enough pics of the place to provide a wealth of detail for a modeller. It would indeed make a fascinating subject for a model. Towards the end, in the 1957-9 period when it lost its passenger service and came under CIE ownership, the track was lifted at the main platform and the daily parcels / goods workings both used just the island platform, though with state ownership being so short-lived, it very much retained its GNR atmosphere to the end.
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    That is one beauty of a layout. Takes me right back to the 70s!
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    Interesting to see them in their original " duck egg light blue"... But for sure the most accurate way to model them is after a lengthy soak in the great weathering / mud-adding factory in Newry!
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    Indeed, also he did articles in the RPSI's Five Foot Three. Quite a character, I first met him in the mid 70s...
  12. jhb171achill
    Absolutely stunning model, great to follow its progress from inception.
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    Good thinking, sir! And having touched it, we then say there's nothing as boring as watching it dry.....
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    I did have it mind that they weren't connected, but obviously a transfer could have been effected, albeit awkwardly, using rollers and adjacent tracks! Nothing as awkward as the Waterford and Tramore, though, where a wall had to be knocked down and rebuilt for stock transfer purposes...
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    It's the entire staff of the nations public transport queuing for their pay, post recession year 2030..... One burger a week, whether they are hungry or not......
  16. jhb171achill
    Minister correct, Mayner's answer an interesting one too. Another short lived one was the Northern Railway, in between the Ulster Railway / INW and the GNR (I)....
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    Now that's one I didn't know, Minister....
  18. jhb171achill
    Shortest lived Irish railway company or administrative body?
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    They weren't used for a very long time, but would make a very interesting addition to a layout. Don't forget the weathering... any time I saw them they seemed very tatty!
  20. jhb171achill
    Excellent work! Keep us updated!
  21. jhb171achill
    Yes, it was used with hat wicks but was of Mk 2 enterprise origin.
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    I think those whit lines came in about 1986.
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    Ah, UP, it's a terrible terrible condition to have to endure...... worse than listening to "wonderwall" played by a Temple Bar "musician" on board an MED bound for Larne on a wet Tuesday morning in February.......
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    I've seen that artist's work on the Internet before and he does some fantastic and realistic re-liveries of all sorts of things by photoshop! Excellent stuff.... Though a 201 in that livery in reality would give me a dose of the conniptions and the screaming fits.......
  25. jhb171achill
    Best places for station modelling inspiration are (from north to south), Coleraine, Ballymoney, Ballymena, Antrim, Carrickfergus and Lisburn. Not sure if the ticket takes you to Dundalk, but if it does go there too. For modern image, graffiti included, any of the rest! For tasteful(ish) modern image, Bangor or Newry.
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