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On 15/3/2024 at 1:23 PM, Patrick Davey said:

A few clips from the view of the driver and the passenger!

First the driver:

 

 

Then the passenger:

 

 

Now two trains:

 

 

And now three:

 

 

 

Great work by the IRRS in digitising this old early colour footage......

1 hour ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

Any disruption likely for 25 May??

I believe there’s a whole array of bustitutions planned.

Time for a “last fling” into Uncentral Station soon, methinks!

IRM - will it be possible to get these singly?

30 minutes ago, Andy Cundick said:

The bulkhead would be steel bear in mind the bodies were built by coachbuilders so the same as on a period bus or lorry. the main visual change is that the luggage rack was cut back on No8 and the exhausts were redirected up the cab front. Colourwise i have always thought that original red was the same as Precision CDR Geranium red but post war it seems to take on a lighter hue possibly more like signal red.As for lettering in 4mm i use LTSR  crests and no ones noticed yet (same as on the Castlederg).Andy.

They did use a somewhat darker red initially - not a great deal darker, but a bit. A cherry red rather than British letter box red. The early railcars were a very dark purply-plum colour, later repainted red and cream, but this yoke was red and cream from new., as was its sister.

47 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

Oct 1960 I think……

There's a pencilled date of that on the underneath, but I am unsure if Fry wrote that or not. Generall he put his dates as painted-on "makers plates", with something like "C L F 11.42" on them ("11.42" meaning, for example, November 1942). Naturally, these cars didn't have such plates, of course, so the above is not an exact science!

5 hours ago, David Holman said:

Thanks folks - useful to see how the pony truck connects to the front end, plus the lumps of lead there too. Square section fuel tank on the left, I see.

 There are anomalies in both the 0n16.5 drawings and the large scale set. The former has a much steeper ridge to the bonnet too (clearly not the case in photos), while the latter has the windscreen with a V profile.

 Fry's model looks like 'original' condition, with the big front overhang of the roof and no front coupler, or the sheeted/plated between body and bonnet front. What a stunning model though, especially for its day.

I’ll actually have a look at the model today to check what year he made it, out of interest.

2 hours ago, murrayec said:

Here are a few photos of Fry's No.7

Eoin.

Good stuff! That's saved me doing that tomorrow!

However - David - if there is any angle you WANT me to take a pic of, let me know as i will be in there anyway at some stage tomorrow.

2 hours ago, David Holman said:

 Followers of my Workshop thread will have seen I'm starting to build one of these railcars in 7mm scale.

 I've got some drawings and several photos, both in books and last year's Donegal Society calendar - as per the fine model above. One or two questions have arisen since I started making the basic shell of the model and any help with these will be most welcome:

• The area around the engine/bonnet always seems very dark in photos, so any info on both the front end and the lower edge of the bonnet will be useful
• Likewise the front pony truck and front coupling
• What colour were the seats?
• The fuel tank, which I think should be on the right hand side: is it round or square?
• The top picture shows an interesting cowl/cover linking the front of the body with the bonnet. Guess I'm probably going to represent this with filler, filed to shape, but what was it on the prototype? Tarpaulin, beaten metal, or something else?
• Precision Paints do the correct Donegal colours, but does anyone know of a good match car rattle can by any chance?
• What colours should I paint the driver?
• Are there any commercial transfers available for the Donegal in 7mm scale?

 Many thanks.

Upholstery in those was either a very dark navy blue or black. Driver's uniforms were also a very dark colour - probably black or very dark grey.

I'll have a look at the model tomorrow to see what shape the fuel tank is, and post pics.

25 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

And therein lies the problem. The Canary Islands are not part of the EU for customs nor tax.

They're an autonomous region of Spain with their own rules on taxation and customs.

Any online purchases that come from outside the islands, be it Ireland, Spain, Germany, the UK or wherever, have to be "imported" and a valid customs declaration is required.

An Post seem to have a massive massive problem understanding this, and it's exhausting dealing with them, never mind the frustration of having parcels re-sent over and over until An Post get it right.

The jobsworths up in Madrid don't help. Forget to cross a "t" or dot an "i" on your CN23 and they'll reject your parcel up there, it won't get within 1,792km of the islands.

It does teach you patience, though...

I'll receive my NIR coach packs when everybody else is receiving their IR packs!

Still, at least there's something to look at while being patient.

 

 

Never knew it was autonomous customs-wise etc..... bit like the Isle of Man, which is neither part of the UK, nor part of Britain, and when Britain WAS in the EU, they still never were................

On 16/3/2024 at 1:12 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

 

I'm picking Punjanaaaa...

That's picking the finest tea!

There's the clue. What steam loco hauled Punjana containers?

(Gotta be a jeep or a midland something)

On 17/3/2024 at 5:18 PM, Patrick Davey said:

The miniature film makers arrived to Brookhall this afternoon, their sound equipment wasn't working however and they only had a cheap camera with poor colour balance capabilities.  Looking forward to bringing the layout to Bangor next weekend.

 

Looks like one of the digitised IRRS archive films! Can we say that Tony Price or Joe St Leger took it in 1964 on an IRRS "outing" as they are (quaintly!) called.............

33 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

The item is small, the price is small or the run quantity is small?

Like a bus would be small, or a Dutch Van would be small...

This one is small, but Bangor is far away............

1 hour ago, Patrick Davey said:

Pensive Jinty.

That's the week in 1957 that they borrowed one from the UTA to assist with a busy time...........

22 minutes ago, popeye said:

Beautiful work they look great.

Looking forward to getting my Hattons 6 wheelers, they will go well with my 00 Works J15.

They - plus the SSM kits shown above - are a perfect match for the J15!

Outstanding as always! Love the scruffy looking roof - the upholstery in those compartments will have a very musty smell (I remember this in old UTA steam-era coaches!)

3 hours ago, exciecoachbuilder said:

Incredible stuff altogether, the grey streaks on the black paint at the bonnet end are exactly the way they looked, when the paint started to fade. Some serious weathering skills there Chris, well done sir. Paul

That really is absolutely top class!

I spent all of yesterday with friend Barry Carse going through severl thousand pictures with a view to organising our next book. many of these were taken in the 1970s and 80s - locomotives usually clean, but some absolutely filthy. By the 1990s, those facing retirement - first the "A"'s, then the 121 / 141 / 181s - were to be seen in an absolutely atrocious state of filth, and with badly faded paintwork and rust too. Plenty of prototypical scope for a "weatherer"!

5 minutes ago, Broithe said:

It may be more of a heater than a light.

https://picclick.de/Vintage-Red-Nestill-Paraffin-Heizung-in-Lampe-umgewandelt-186114764036.html

Good spot. Yes, I'd say that's what it is.

On 18/3/2024 at 9:56 AM, IrishTrainScenes said:

I am planning a trip to Cork over the summer,  is it possible to get from Belfast - Connolly - Heuston - Cork?

I know the Enterprise is Belfast - Connolly and LUAS to Heuston but  how much is first class for those two trips (Belfast - Connolly & Heuston - Cork)?

No. Book the Belfast-Dublin one on www.translink.co.uk, and get the tram to Heuston. Book the Dublin-Cork bit separately at www.irishrail.ie.

On 1/3/2024 at 1:21 AM, WRENNEIRE said:

Any idea if this is Railway related?

Never seen anything like that….. not sure. Given the gauze on it, I suspect that if it is railway-related, it’s off some sort of comparatively recent machinery….?

8 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

 

They must have been fascinating to see

The tram had some new boarding over it, but was very recognisable, but the BCDR coach was externally perfect! Original door handles and all, but internally stripped.

This is a superb post. I’ve no room in a small suburban garden for a thing like this but I wish I had.

When I was a small person, I remember we visited a long-deceased elderly family friend in Co Wicklow who had an old Dublin tram on their farm. They had got it as a summerhouse but one of their farm workers was living in it.

Another long gone acquaintance some fifty years ago had a pristine BCDR 6-wheel third class coach, still in faded UTA green. They used it as a workshop. It had tools, vices, small lathes and a whole range of work benches in it.

Some time prior to the establishment of the DCDR, it was sadly bulldozed….

All long gone now, but I always wished I had an old railway vehicle and room to keep it.

On 4/2/2024 at 2:54 PM, Paul 34F said:

 

JHB, if you have any details, I would greatly appreciate them.  I have also received information from Seagoebox, with some more promised.  

I’ll have a poke about, Paul, and PM you. I’m away for a few days in Galway so will delve when I get home.

Congrats on an absolutely invaluable project!

1 hour ago, Wexford70 said:

Happened to me also.

Seems par for the course from what I’ve heard…….

Gotta be a Jeep