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Thanks for posting that @DERAILED. Maybe so but we should applaud some efforts at remembrance/restoration all the same. All too soon, few will remember the line first hand at all. From another source, I understand that there were some questions about reopening the line (maybe as far as Bandon, I'm not entirely sure) in recent years. The are about 130 land/property owner that now partially occupy some of the former trackbed and even viaducts. Monetarily this would have been a nightmare to agree on anything let alone the 'compensation' required to facilitate something like that. Then there would the problem of the City South Link Road having been built on the trackbed of the former CBSCR. It would have been interesting to see a LUAS style tramway on the initial section to Albert Quay!

I already counted on this being in next year's budget 6-9 months will be a year before it's done realistically. PM sent @Mayner

Very interesting thread indeed. Thanks @heirflick. So regarding the color of the signal themselves does this sound correct? Initially home signals were Red-White Red (RWR) (from post outwards). Distants were chevroned Yellow-Black-Yellow (YBY). When paint was replaced by reflective surfaces, was this a paint or plastic and was the red replaced by Orange at that point (OWO) or did it remain RWR? Was the Orange a replacement color or did the original red paint or reflective material fade (sorry to revive memories of debates on shades of orange and weathering again) ? At what point did the signal become 'tipped' in Red (OWR) Apologies in advance for the alphabet soup

Such an oddity so different from the standard BR version in all these respects would surely be an essential component for anyone modeling 60s and 70s era especially if there an array of appropriate traction about to be released ....

Not ideal as you'd have to add the solid portions by hand but just in case you don't find an alternative? Bachmann 44-562 - 5 x Model Plastic Metal Fencing Grey 00 Gauge

I don't 'need' them (but that doesn't mean I wouldn't be buying one of each especially BnT )

Actually I need the bonnet end for the shed so if you need the cab that'll work out ... The grey livery frequently ran singly as did the BnT. In later years with more need for faster acceleration and train speeds or on freight they were equipped for multiple running and paired to each other or the 141s which always looked odd because of the height mismatch (love it!)...... and I'lll still be getting both of course

I'm not sure if it would be Alphagrafix which I believe does a lot of Irish outline in card and does not have a website but has a catalogue. They advertise in Railway Magazine. Contact address: 23 Darris Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7QY, UK

I believe that these are probably 638A &639A converted from 2962-2971 4w TPOs/sorting vans. Spray control coach would probably still be at the back. At times there seem to have been 2 tool vans and (more recently?) just one. Open to correction as weedsprayer not my particular forte

I'll have the Greys followed by the CIE Black livery for Christmas, please! Not available yet? .... Just a curry chips from the Garda station, Wrenn

Lovely F-14. Probably the heaviest 'fixed'-wing to land on a carrier

Sorry, I was looking at IRM wagons and freight sneaked in there. Close enough to get you to show your wares though! lovely little thing in N really.

You finally found a CIE Fowler Freight in N? Probably no-one else has one (now)

Deleted (read question twice, answer once.... like the leaving cert advice, I suppose) EDIT: I presume that the underbody of the DVT would be very similar to other MK3s which would be available in BR colors from a number of manufacturers, Hornby, Bachmann?, Oxford etc, possibly all slightly different lengths etc. I think the Oxford one is lit etc and could be adapted for a DVT?

OMG! Some of the morons tweet-arguing with IE about a time stamp on the video. I do think there should be substantial penalties for this behavior

There's no other model of the cattle wagon. I'll take some, Leslie (but I don't want any dead cows .....)

Better the bluebottle .....

I don't know... a few LEDS, some of the modern red and yellow stuff and crews, an RPSI J15 on hand to save the day, a diesel and who should we ask to be the fat controller?

You can see why you'd need the 6-wheel bogies on the end where the gantry overhangs, significant axle loading there

Very interesting! I keep saying that older stuff has so much variety. I never envisaged that there would be something like this in use just permanent ways gangs, I suppose. Was it actually used to lay track or more for replacement of sections after a derailment, accident, or for maintenance? Was it used on the MGWR as minister suggests and did they other companies have them? I assumed that war meant WW2 but they ages Mayner linked are from the 1920s so this was cobbled together after WW1? Things did tend to hand around for quite a while on irish rails like that GSWR brake that Richie detailed a couple of years ago. Thanks for posting and for the replies. Link to original http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000303853, Mullingar 1958 Another reference here in the O' Dea collection to the Bretland re-laying on GNR in 1960 but appears to be rails being loaded onto flats to support the operations http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000148456

Always sad to lose members of the modeling community. RIP

If I understood correctly it seems like they have found a significant amount of funding from various sources. The station itself (being the 'newer' CBSCR station) is situated not 100 yards south of the R586. This is the main Bandon-Bantry road which is the main street of the town but the station house is scarcely visible form the intersection. I believe that I read there were originally separate stations for Ballineen & Enniskeane not a mile from each other impractical as this sounds. After seeking the usual planning permission had been received they've erected the following freight train on the roadside proximate to a pedestrian crossing to highlight the turnoff. I'd guess that this is a 1:3 representation of a 'Bandon tank', a term I'm assured was never used in that area. The remainder of the model (The Sod) may not be entirely prototypical but I think serves as a reminder of the railway all the same. The beets are modeled from the prototype (fodder beet, I believe as they were pretty large), cleaved prior to making any moulds of the beets. Churns, flour and bags of mushrooms representative of the goods that would have been carried on the original line. They're on Facebook I understand but I don't have that. If anyone has a link. I'd be grateful if it could be posted here

On Saturday June 8th '19 some inhabitants of Enniskeane/ Ballineen Co. Cork unveiled a large model of a 4-6-0T Bandon tank engine hauling a brace of freight wagons carrying some typical goods of yesteryear. The roadside model is maybe 20' long by 3' high and is positioned on the roadside on the western end of Inis Cein to mark the intended restoration of the Enniskeane & Ballineen station of the former Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway. A group of about 22 locals with a dozen of those quite active within the group have plans to renovate the station house with the intent of preserving it and converting it to a rollaway museum. The station house itself is probably the best preserved example of a former CBSCR and in a relatively good state almost 70 years after closure although much work remains to be done. I understand that RTE and local news media were to cover the vent which I was unable to attend. The model itself was assembled by some enthusiasts from the Clonakilty Model Railway Village to withstand the humid climatic elements in West Cork. I'll post some photos when I get a chance tomorrow but here's an older photo from Fred Deane, the station house itself hasn't changed much since

Do you know what the prototypical font @jhb171achillwas or what is being used now as nearest to that?

They should do the same number of hours of something harder than community service as it takes the modellers to recreate everything (Lord, I hate redoing work, don’t know if I’d have the patience, God bless then). The morons are 15-16 so slap on the wrist, no... hang on, corporal punishment is out. Drinking BEFORE GCSEs, they were obviously on the path to been productive members of society as it was. As for underage drinking etc.... what a cluster #%¥€!!