GSR 800

Looks like Olympic's and later Britannic's slipway. Titanic's had the same ofc. AFAIK there were small carts and flatbed wagons used (unsure of motive power) to bring material, steel beams, etc wherever they need to go, to be picked up by the gantry crane and lifted into position. You can just see them far left under the hull right next to the ramp.

Wonderful work as always, Killian!

I've little sympathy for their plight. Disused railways that are very unlikely to ever see service again, fair enough. Achill, Clifden, etc. Significant link lines and main lines turned into greenways is just absolute madness.

Daft idea anyway, Irish Rail has even said they'll be happy to accommodate the cycleway if it doesn't impede the ability to run trains. Can't wait until they set their eyes upon the Mullingar-Athlone stretch for reopening.

Would certainly be cheaper. Often they've an edge knocked off them, are broken in two, with the odd one dislodged or even missing!

Another win for border parcel motel..

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AFAIK plan is indeed for Drogheda to become the depot for the Dart + and for Connolly to take its place with the 29s. Maybe Limerick will get some of them too.

the white band on the coaches looks thick as all hell

almost certainly in the two inner holes yes, though they should be sprung.

motor wont work without them, they carry current through

They're the motor's brushes. They should be sprung, though idk if pancake motors achieved it via regular springs or a type of plate?

What's to become of Plunkett once the new station opens? Hopefully not left to rot like half of Mullingar?

It would certainly explain pretty newly painted coaches of similar looking various shades against each other in the early 1950s, and the various shades often seen. Harty has had a shocking time of it all, Bredin getting all the spotlight!

I considered commissioning it; indeed, I may do so if there's enough interest. However, if I were to do so, it'd be after the A class. Slight update while I'm at it, smokebox door detail painted.

A parcel arrived this morning, got to work once I got home! Woolwich parked next to Maedbh with Killian's new 3d printed smokebox door and wheel. Brass handrail and dogs fitted also. No doubt the dogs will blend in when painted.

They must've been drunk.

Many thanks for the info Mol. I think I'll just go with a lower stripe on her then. This raises the question as to whether the PRs were ever in the dark green with the single stripe! Certainly looks like the PR is in the same dark green as the AEC in the last photo. Some detailing and glazing added to the open coach. I'll need a corridor and a buffet coach overlays from @Mayner to help complete to set! Train so far. Bredin mail van, steel side and the open, hauled by Maedbh. The Mail van will get the full lining at some point.

Many Thanks Jb. Interesting that Fry painted both frames and wheels black rather than CIE green. Would've only been accurate for Tailte's experimental green livery!

MGWR bogie 96M at Alberts Quay https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/54252116022/in/photolist-2pBRTa7-2qE5gYJ-2pww8wY-2pwD4FU-2pww8fq-2pwBypu-2pwByrP-2pwCkH1-2pwCkH6-2pwCkHr-2pwCVpk-2py2ycK-2pww8xp-2pww8xQ-2pwAH9y-2pwByrd-2pwCkpa-2pwCVo8-2pwCVoP-2pwCVqC-2pwDywX-2pvwHKa-2pwjsTY-2pwByqG-2pwDm6y-2pwCcq8-2qEc2KN-2qEb3U6

I've had similar thoughts re the clerestory, the flat 'main' roof is quite tempting! as for MGWR, any specific coaches? It's not entirely unlike 163M prior to ambulance coach conversion

Two arrivals this morning... Hope to be able to make a start on these tomorrow, and do more work on the laminate. The far coach to my eye will make a passable early GSR corridor coach. Quite like the clerestory, has a nice character to it.

Anyone travelling via the Sligo line to the airport (I'll use Mullingar as my example) can get the train to Drumcondra and from there to the airport or city centre. Tara Street is a pretty good connection, a 5 minute DART to either Connolly or Pearse. Of course this is beside the point. Getting a metro going means there's the expertise and infrastructure to continue with other metro projects down the road. As to costs, the longer we wait the more it costs. I'd be more concerned with getting in a good contractor for the job so it stays to budget.

I'll be very tempted indeed if IRM are going to release maroon mk2bs, that and a Hunslet.

A humble question for our livery scholars. I am wondering about the specific livery for the modelled coach above. I have seen photos of these coaches, brand new, unlined in what should be dark green given the date, with their window frames in unpainted steel. No lining, no eau de nil to be seen! One of these photos is ex works, so possible lining simply hadn't been applied, but regardless others do not show the full, double-banded eau de nil lining and numbering.https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53508722781/in/album-72157662268090968 https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53507832507/in/album-72157662268090968 I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that these coaches were intended to run with the new AEC coaches, perhaps explaining their lack of an upper band? Interestingly, seemingly without lining in 1947 apparently? https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53508888343/in/album-72157662268090968 And a pretty interesting picture in 1954, apparently Claremorris. Two different liveries, the far laminate appears to be in the lighter green with silver chassis and bogie! Closest coach, again appears to be in unlined dark green, though it could be dirt/poor exposure?