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There is nothing in the 1967 handbook. Looks like the actually revised the book after steam ended c. 1963. I don't have an older copy

Nice, shot, Noel!

They were not let rot away. They ensured they were scrapped rather than dong things by halves. If only the enthusiasm could be refocussed

Some nice videos on the site albeit a little grainy from the cameraphone or whatever

Survey completed

I don't understand this response. It doesn't do anything for the reputation of this site. It certainly wouldn't do any harm to have the reviews on the IRM website I would have thought. I get my New Irish Lines electronically as it serves me better in e-form and keeps their costs down

Excellent, Noel!

Maybe something newer coming onto the market and the older stuff belonging to those in the know is being dumped?

Might be worthwhile putting the method up here or a link to it, so the site doesn't not lose all these photos

Crazy!

That's really really well done, David! Superb!

Nice thing, Dave. Should clean up nicely. Where did you acquire it?

It would not pay (nor would the passengers) to have passenger traffic on the line. Most rail in the US is freight as that is what is profitable given the geography of the country (seemingly even at those speeds, no perishables, mind)

'Dutch' GSV. How will you restore it? Strip the (lead?) paint and redo or preserve the existing finish?

There being an exception to every rule, now there's another... I noticed in this film by Joe St. Leger, C/201 Class No. 207 bearing an all white roundel on the front (about 2m 38sec) (and I suppose the 071 retro livery, though obviously not from the era of this thread)

I have been running my UG class on my test track as a passenger. It certainly has the ability to pull. I loaded several RPSI bogies as s substitute for UTA green and then added some orange. I believe that I had 7-8 on there before the top speed was noticeably limited but probably still above scale top speed of 60mph for the UG. The problem: Reversing. The tender derails even with a single bogies when starting on a 2nd radius Code 100 curve probably because it is too light. I was wondering about others members experience with the UG. Perhaps it may do better with Leslie's GNR 4w wagons.

I think you're correct as John alludes to this above also. I had also forgotten that the tender had brake which is the only other braking mechanism that the crew effectively had any access to.

I was prompted to start a new thread arising from a comment on another thread regarding how effective a brake van might be in stopping a runaway train Hopefully the brake van slowed it enough to limit the damage. How effective was a van in stopping a goods train? Most locos would be 80-100 tons? So less weight on the brake van be it 10T, 20T or 30T. Did they work effectively on the flat and what was the stopping distance for a branch line goods versus a maximally loaded train, either in absolute terms or as some percentage of the stopping distance if stopped by the locomotive? Gradients; I suspect that even a slight gradient would probably have increased the stopping distance significantly. So could the van stop the train at all beyond a certain gradient? Were there gradients such as the gullet and longer gradients such as on the Derry road where a train would not have stopped at all with the brake van brakes fully applied until it hit the flat sections again?

Instead, perhaps a moderator could move most of the thread to a new thread entitled Irish K Class Locomotives or similar to preserve the interesting information and allow it to be referenced more easily going forward

Best I can do for now So they were driven from the right for left hand running? I believe there was a later batch that was left hand drive also?

Yours was the first thread that came to mind when Noel started this thread as I know you use PukeBucket :puke:to host your images Sorry!

The SR version

Oh dear! that's medicine in Ireland for you. Best wishes for a speedy recovery

My comments above were not intended to be a criticism but I would urge users to upload a local copy to preserve the threads intact and relevant over time. Thanks for your efforts as you have had a lot of interesting posts in recent months, and to others like Swissernie for uploading all those photos again (I HATE duplicated and 'busy' work)

For those who may not have access to the MGWR book to hand, the loco in question is a MDWR 2-4-0 'D' Class No 33 Arrow at Clifton. https://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/tag/mgwr-ireland/ As Jon says, JD designs (Mayner) is intending a full brass kit late 2017 if on schedule. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5658-CIE-GSR-650-Class-2-4-0-MGWR-Ks The caption refers to a 12 wheel diner No. 3 as the fourth vehicle in the train behind the Cusack