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Given we seem to be prepared to pay 50 euros for a single wagon , 100 for a single coach, I think the pricing seems inexpensive in comparison !

came off on the bridge , looking at the scene , it's a miracle most of the test crew survived

My great grand mother was French and my grand uncles took part in the liberation of Paris , the French are resilient and strong. They may be buffeted by such terror but they will not break My condolences to all those families involved.

when did the green arrive

can anyone fill me in on the corporate colours on stations from 1970 onwards.???

that be claremorris how the chimney pot got bent over, Id love to hear that story !

I know , its the march of time , but its kind of sad to see this And here it is in pristine times ( c ) Ernies railway archive

excellant, what adhesive can be used to glue easy flow plastic? where do you get your supplies regards dave

NOTE, That the IAA continues to fudge the distinction between RPAS, drones and model aircraft A quadcopter without first person viewing , is NOT a RPAS , nor is it a drone if only used for recreational flying , hence its a model aircraft and that does not require registering in my view ( and I have written to the IAA twice and both times they fudge the issue ) To address the issue, the Iaa need to seek an amendment of the Rockets and Small aircraft act, in the absence of that, they have no legislative basis to seek registration of recreational drones , not using first person viewing

you have to laugh at the rules, I was at the ideal homes exhibition and the guy was flying one inside over the crowds in front of his stand

Thanks , I googled Lantrin, and see what you mean. thanks for that

I ve used AnyRail , but dont rate it I used both Trax3 and SCRAM , Trax3 , only comes when you buy the associated book I found it the best SCRAM , I could get to grips with quickly and its " OK" in my view All of them have funnies and odd ways of doing things, not found a simple but powerful layout design tool yet dave

Does anyone know of any similar structure existing Thanks

I'd thought of glass But the framing seems odd for glass, is there any similar existing

I always thought they were the diesel tanks for the steam boiler , water would have typically been carried inside

As I can make out the building around 1965 had a gabled extension and that the " scar" you see in my 2nd photo , I believe ( do from the third phot it looks completely missing !) Then the roof was removed at replaced by a right angles structure as seen in the subsequent pics, I suspect it made of wood and eventually decayed and was then replaced later with a flat roof Its that 2nd wooden ( ?) roof I, trying to work out, was it skylights , is has the look of a dirty conservatory style roof , but hard to tell

Hi guys , My research into claremorris has borne much fruit and I can now quite accurately chart all the details of almost every structure, signals etc in the period 70-80 in that regard I must thank Alan O'Rourke or NewIrisLines who has provided me with an incredible record of the station and in particular details of the signals One issue remains and that relates to the roof detail on the Northern end of the station building, This end wasn't commonly photographed as the other end facilitated ohotograpghy from the over bridge first the current state of play , The area of interest is the roof of the current gents, ( it wasn't always the gents , it was also at the northern end ) The roof is now a flat roof, with a sky light and substantial stone walls A close up from my own survey , as you can see there is a shadow under the main eves that was indication of a gabled roof that was there in the 60s-70s This in the rather poor resolution can be seen here , note the main building lost a chimney along the way ( around 2000) and all of the three existing ones were rebuilt previously which suggests substantial mods were done to the main buildings , my understanding is the gents roof was gabled at that point , though its hard to see see, the 2nd attachment shows in it 1965 ( not long after the station was extensively remodelled ) In the first one below it looks as if there no roof, but I think its the camera angle A poor res closeup shows a gabled extension around 1965 However for my period this is the relevant one ( © Alan o ROurke ) Note the right angled roof, is that glass ??? heres another shot with it peeping out , again its hard to make out what this roof was made off , Anyone remember, it may have been the gents loos by then, The buildings beyond it were used as " booking on" offices for the drivers as Ive been told anyone have any idea what the middle corrugated building is, ( with the largest single chimney )

love the early part of this thread about the track I wonder is there anything out that that approximates the flat plate style chair and fang bolt used to lay light FB rail in sidings etc, lots of claremorris was laid in this

its funny that the orange always looks better on the prototype then on the models

yes and no, my worst memory of them was a trip " inside the iron curtain, many years ago " on a sleeper train, I was over the bogie and the racket from ail joints and braking kept me awake for the whole 10 hour trip. The primary reason I used to sleep on Limerick to Waterford trips as a student in the 70s , was the massive temperatures from the steam heating , I often woke up in campile or wellington bridge !!!!, especially on old laminates with dynamos ,and the lights wouldn't be working.! darkness and heat ……...

if you do the tests , with current models you tend to find that anything below B7 is getting close to train set curves. in fact my tests suggest that even B7 makes it impossible to propel across crossovers and avoid buffer lock, particularly with non tension lock coupling that rely on the buffers, like Digham couplings. ( and I suspect is also true for Spratt and Winkle and AJ couplings too. There is definitely a space advantage in hand built turnouts over PECO, in that entry and exit track can be shortened to the min possible, so that a B7 can fit in the space of an equivalent PECO , but with better radius It exacerbated on bogies vehicles with excessive end throw. theres no easy answer unless you have oodles of space and therefore money

My memory of the gates on that line ( from the 70s) was they were of that peculiar Cie double heavy beam on top with bits hanging down ( sorry about the description ) rather then a conventional gate design

Perhaps I did not explain myself well. What I meant was. To me , their are scratch builders at the top of the gsme, that will always produce exquisite stuff. Below that we have rtr enthusiasts , kit bashes, and ordinary mortals. Hence we benefit from ALL models released , whether high quality , medium quality or whatever. Because we can choose to purchase or not and we set the standards for our layouts. If we want we can detail and improve rtr model too. So wether a model s injection moulded, resin, 3D , it's up to us to decide what's acceptable for us. Critism of models is misplaced, simply let your wallet do the talking. If we were all to wait for top class rtr Injection moulded, we'd have little stock on our layouts. Yes MM set the bar quite high , but in reality it's up to each of us to decide what our " bar " is.

OP you might find this useful http://www.clag.org.uk/protodata-bullhead.html. It refers to uk practice , but everyone except the GWR followed REA standards. GSWR/GSR Cie , would have been no different I expect Note these are for bullhead track This is a good read too http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_realtrack.htm

The point is, that good scratch builders can out perform rtr. Rtr is a compromise , that's it's nature