Noel

Some very interesting pics, especially Banagher which once upon a time was on the rail network. Silverline are IMHO the best boat hire company on the Shannon by a country mile. 5 star service and 5 star spec vessels. Smyth family run a tight ship delivering quality.

Wow - look at the state of that track by 1991. Sleepers half rotten.

Good old Benny

Spotted this link elsewhere on this forum: http://railwaymoviedatabase.com/darling-lili/ Very interesting

What's the rush? It'll be worth waiting for

Ah now, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the A's and Deltics in the not too distant future.

I usually phone him in the evenings. No on the web site.

Looks fabulous Gerry. How do you find working with O gauge track? Your GWR pannier will look great shunting this layout.

Lot 760 here has some MM stock https://www.matthewsauctionrooms.com/catalogue/af0822878c7b38c789762009b0762483/40021f23c2c490eab40964f2d5668c6f/four-day-auction-estate-of-graham-ford-deceased-2020-c/?maxResults=120&currentPageNo=7

Ditto

Razor saw and hot wire cutter makes working with this stuff easier

After my question earlier asking about how Tara ore wagons are unloaded I spotted this little gem unloading typical BR 20ton mineral wagons. It seems O gauge so scaled well in operation.

How are the Tara wagons unloaded, do they drop their load through wagon floor hoppers into conveyor bunkers under the track, or are the wagons picked up and tipped over into a storage pit or belt?

The messy bit has started

Scary thing is during the suspension a risk they discover it might cost less to transport by road point to point than by rail. Didn't something like this happen to cement traffic after a rail strike many years ago?

If your interest is in British outline, USA or continental, great for N, but as regards Irish stock, my only observation is that effectively there is no Irish Rail nor CIE RTR stock available in N gauge, so you would have to convert, kit bash, build your own stock using BR RTR donors possibly with the aid of some of the 3D bodies available (shapeways) that might fit on Graham Farish loco chassis. Not inexpensive and not an easy path.

Hats off. First class job done with patience, care and precision. Result. Very crisp, sharper than a nuns starched habit. Excellent.

Hi Stephen, any photos of the blue versions in traffic (ie weathered)?

Good to hear. Still holding out hope for CIE era laminates, some 2 axle vans and open wagons somewhere in the future.

Great pic of a classic Irish train scene.

Yummie. I'll send a 141 light engine straight away to collect some of those. Gorgeous and great to see this golden era of Irish railways finally catered for in terms of RTR wagons.

Signal box diagram for the virtual signal box lever frame set. Points are in red, signals in purple. Will add a few manual ground signals on for fun too (ie track side levers).

Gort had 6

Its interesting, we are a small island with short distances and only one major population centre so no legacy of mass rail transport unlike our neighbours with their many dispersed large cities, longer distances and larger population where mass movement of people has been going on for the past 150 years. Comparatively we moved mainly cattle and agricultural produce by rail, but few people. Also the UK has had a long tradition of railway preservation and railway heritage due in part to population density. Per square mile practically nobody lives on island of Ireland compared to our EU neighbours. UK also has a long tradition of old trains in period dramas and movies. We only had Sean Connery balancing precariously on the roofs of six wheelers running through the curragh for the 'great train robbery', and perhaps John Wayne getting directions at Ballyglunin. There seems a similar issue with heritage canals here.