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Interesting! One of the very last wooden GN coaches in traffic...

Looks nice, but the green is nothing like the right shade, unfortunately......! Easy re painted though.

At a guess, about 1910 vintage; and unlikely to have remained in traffic much beyond 1964, therefore a real gem of a picture.

Carriage no. 434.... Will look it up next time I'm in the north where most of my archive stuff is. Standard enough type of beast, probably built for Dublin to Belfast mails / guard. Maybe Derry Road, or both.

Jhb171Senior still refers to Kingsbridge and Amiens Street....

I remember it well.... Creosote smell from sleepers too......

This is SERIOUSLY good quality stuff......

That bus driver actually looks like the sort of gentleman who is best not allowed near those children...

A 201 in grey would be an interesting concept all right! Anyone here good with photo shopping? I have to say I always wondered what an 071, 201 or above all an ICR would look like in black'n'tan!

With the new logo in place now, but units in all different liveries, maybe they are experimenting with an overall corporate livery for everything? Except, presumably, the 071s; having returned to CIE loco grey, could this be the second dawn of CIE green!

Interesting shots in black'n'tan days... Where did those pics come from? Couldn't find them on flickr....

I would well believe it, Sulzer! Excellent to see them on the beet...

That's got to be one of the "atmospheric" layouts I've ever seen. Truly excellent stuff. Even railway content apart (which, in itself is absolutely top class), the scenery and setting is a real work of art. Love the weathering on everything, very realistic.

There were indeed examples, like Dundalk Barrack St, almost to the end of their operation, but exceptionally rare and over short stretches only. And yes, the noise out of a heavily-laden pair was something to be remembered! Mind you, so was the sound of a pair of "jeeps" on a spoil train! Personally I would love to see one of the two survivors in steam as it were. Like RedRich, cab jaunts stick in my memory; I had a lovely trip one summer evening from Sligo to Dromod in the 135 which was leading either 131 or 133, on the up evening passenger / mail..... Trailing us was a motley selection of laminates and Park Royals, with several bogie mail vans.

At one stage the DCDR was considering taking one, having had the offer made by IE. It was eventually declined in favour of 146, the reason being visibility at certain key points. Operation of one nose-first would have required a second man; something a voluntary operated railway does not always have the luxury of having on the day! Either on the DCDR or on the main lines, double heading with a 141 would be needed. Double heading with an 071 would be unlikely.

Hope it calls at adavoyle, sion mills and rockcorry...... :-)

Happy birthday !

The A class were certainly regulars. I don't recall "pairs" on them but there may have been.

Nothing to be ashamed of there, Sulzer - looks great!

me too

Yes, a blue 4.4.0 out and about again will be superb! Congrats to all at Whitehead.

Cork, Blackrock and Passage was very early, as were the first section of the West Cork system, and the Waterford & Tramore. However, are we talking about the first public railway, or the very first instance of anything in this country running on rails? There was an extremely early mineral tramway in Co Sligo.

Wish I'd known when I was over there! Must delve in the IRRS, though I doubt it would be there. I have the details of GSR and CIE stuff; earlier would be very interesting, though.

I would be interested in a later one. Absolutely stunning kit. Would there be an option to buy a fully assembled one? Neither my modelling skills nor eyesight would do justice to a model like that!

I see this as the same as the damager-of-property known as "banksy"; the vandal who did this loco, the idiot banksy, the other one grifter, and the lot of those brainless hoody-clad morons should be chained to the rails to be run over by the vehicles they deface. All but one. Whichever one's last can clean up the tracks..... Just my contribution to the graffiti artistry debate!