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Somehow I had forgotten that the Galway liveried MkIIs had grey roofs. Few other MkIIs seem to have had this applied. There is a lovely photo of 5230 with the grey roof in IE livery in Michael McMahon's Railway Rambler on p90. This is a standard class vehicle. The only others that I have seen with the grey roof are IE MkIII first class or composite vehicles so I'm uncertain as to the intended significant of the grey roof was/would have been or whether this was an aborted intended livery change? It seems that the windows on the Cravens were deeper than the MKIIs leaving very little room for the IR set of points logo. These look odd as they are set too close to the bottom of the windows and maybe equally odd if set any lower. JB, do you happen to know the numbers of the Cravens and diner? The coach behind 95 is in suburban livery with NIR logo to the front and Suburban logo to the rear. Not sure which routes this livery was intended for though

It would seem to make sense that they might travel early morning or late afternoon depending on location and seasonal lighting conditions so that the passengers might enjoy the countryside and views over dinner or breakfast, at dawn or about dusk as appropriate. This would maximize time out and about during the day or facilitate an evening excursion for dinner while avoiding some rock 'n' roll during your morning shower.

What font is it, or are these semi-cursive/Irish numerals? There are several suppliers of transfers for Irish stock. What have they been using?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]22939[/ATTACH] The original grey colour scheme on the cement bubbles also had the orange and white CIE roundel iirc, a very attractive color scheme it is IMO Nice job, Flange, like that a lot

Were they ever purchased? Initially they were leased from STS in London

Nice shot, John. The advantage of the Instanter coupling would be to allow tighter coupling thus higher running speeds. Good on the mainline and slackened on tight curves in the yard

Any reason for the casing being so long? The excursion of the buffer itself doesn't seem to be that long. Was there a reason to space the flats? Couplings?

Girel, FR if I remember correctly. Not in US at the moment so I don't have any books in front of me

Good luck with it, JB. Looking forward to it!

Nice shots, JB and thanks for posting. I love these little oddities. Would make a great rake:tumbsup:

Presidential red tape? Is it still sitting there unused and unpreserved?

Does anybody have a copy of this that they would be willing to part with? Locomotives & Rolling Stock of Coras Iompair Eireann and Northern Irish Railways, Doyle & Hirsch, 1st Edition (1979) Please PM Thanks Kevin

Nice job, Kieran! Look fantastic. Wish I had the skills:facepalm:

by other than the owner…..? I think they were copyrighted and locked on that site so you'd have to hack them, I think. You could alway click on report listing in eBay but eBay does not appear to be riding the moral high ground where sales fees are in the equation:facepalm:

I have just come across this thread after 2 years. This is an amazing collection of photos and great quality especially the B&Ws. Very interesting stuff from before my time. Great collection by Paul Johnson and well worth bookmarking for reference if you're not already aware of it.

It's a little stiff but does offer an insight into steam workings for those with not enough silver hairs

=))=)) Nice one, roxy

I can't open the attachments, not sure why

Hi MJ, Layout has matured magnificently since it began, and although present day is not my most loved era, this layout has grown on me a lot! Can I ask how most of the vehicles are powered and how you managed to wire the lights and beacons etc? thanks, K

Just in from work and just happened across this now. Well Done, Dave for posting this and Jim for the PDF. JB, I think this would be a great solution for any layout with gradients, especially a smaller layout where space may not be readily available to allow a long enough gradient even to get one track to climb over another even though this only requires a few inches. Great if this is done at the planning stage as you'd have to tear up sections of gradient to cure wheel slip otherwise. Tedious additional step to do this on a larger layout though if your were to do it, certainly would allow smaller engines to shunt longer trains

Hehe, slow and steady………….. waiting to see something going up that slope though:dig:

Welcome to the forum, Randall. If you can manage to digitize any of your dad's photos, these would be a great resource for modelers of late steam/early diesel which is an era somewhat less recorded prior to the explosion of AV recording devices.

Wow! That's a nice thing. Wasn't really aware of any many other steam kits from Des, certainly not this one. What chassis is under there? Also supplied by SSM? Some recent discussion on here about the length of time it takes a brass kit steamer to bed in, maybe 100 hours. Is there much mileage on the clock or it was sequestered in the attic before that occurred?

What does the locomotive have to accrue, depends on what has been refurbished/replaced? Presume this has to be done light engine or goods (if they existed) are allowed?

Milage accumulation? Mandatory number of test miles before passenger services after a major refit??