GSR 800

8208 SOLD

Class 201 no. 8208 River Lagan is up for sale again, for 180 euros. It has a good box, it's a good runner, and an open detail bag.

Multiple locos and railcars for sale. If anyone's interested will provide videos of them running. Bachmann Spectrum N&W J class no. 610, 300 euro. Good box, good runner. Bachmann A1 Tornado: 150 euro. Poor box. Good runner Hornby weathered flying scotsman in br green. Smokebox detail picked out, dart missing. Good box, good runner. 175 euro Hornby K1 mogul. Missing lamp bracket. Good box, good runner. 120 euro Hornby weathered Q1. Good box, good runner. I've removed part of the linkage (lubricator?), as it was loose when I bought it. 140 euro Hornby 2 Bil EMU. Good box, good runner. 140 euro

20241225_110402.mp4 Testing to see if this video works. I'll try to have more variety in future!

stunning work, gorgeous.

Christmas at Mullingar comes with a Special from Abbey Street. Happy Christmas to one and all!

Galway too, though it fans out rapidly with the mpd on one side and the good yard on the other. Broadstone, minus the large depot, could be a good basis.

David this is absolutely fabulous. Phoenix coming out between the buildings is a wonderful shot on a brilliant layout.

Interestingly it seems negotiations for a larger merger with the LNWR, MGWR and GNR (along with, apparently, the DSER) was at least in part scuttled by objections of the DSER over the loans it had been given by the LNWR that you've mentioned. Merging, according to Shepherd, would have meant repayment of this loan which the DSER was unwilling to do! When I am home I will take a photo of the paragraph I'm referring to for further clarification. The point regarding the baronial lines is an interesting one indeed, gives a lot of space for various alternate history scenarios. One wonders whether the likes of the Achill or Clifden lines could have survived longer in such a scenario. If so, I'd imagine passenger services would end up powered by 'Railcar B' clones.

Might be worth looking at the comments lads, an offer was accepted yesterday from what I can see

Wonderful, can't wait to see the quayside develop!

Reading through Ernie Shepherd's history of the MGWR, I noticed he refers to possible talks in the early 20s that the LNWR was considering purchasing the MGWR. There are several different possibilities mentioned, including a merger of the MGWR and the GNR. This is certainly an interesting 'what if' scenario. The LNWR would soon become part of the LMS, meaning the latter would have a considerable stake in Ireland with both the NCC and MGWR. Anyone know any more about these talks? One can only begin to wonder the possible impact on locomotive and rolling stock policy, nevermind trains themselves...

Looks great Darius, glad to see someone restoring workbench thread photos on RMweb. Countless great locos and layouts and I can't see them! I always find it strange that when they are doubled up into 6 car sets (2x3) NIR seemingly throw the wipers across to the couple gap, makes them look very bizarre!

Hi Jim, wonderful story, many thanks for sharing. I believe the refreshment room was the 'Newbrook refreshment room'. There were photos in the O'Dea collection on platform 2 that showed the advertisement for the Newbrook refreshment room, but alas, I cannot find them now.

Thanks Galteemore, hopefully I'll have a MGWR 4-4-0 at Mullingar in the future!

Aha! That makes a lot of sense. Back in the day, Mullingar Station had quite an array of bushes, trees, flowers, and the like, all of which kept looking very trim and proper. I wonder if they used this manure as fertiliser for it?

What a mighty beast! The detail is fabulous, excellent work.

Hi Darius, You won't believe, I only caught that earlier myself! One can only imagine some of the lads must have had a bit of revolutionary zeal going on...maybe the painting was of Boston Harbour... Also, LAGGING was what I was trying to think of!

MGWR erasure strikes again. On somewhat of a tangent, I don't think a single railway in the country as large as the Midland has been as effectively vanquished. Broadstone was shut, the Galway main line was cut and diverted to the GSWR line, and not a single MGWR loco survives. The lads at Maam Cross are doing good work to return some Midland glory!

A wee bit more has been done... I've mainly focused on detailing work on the station model itself. I have a new baseboard cut and ready for assembly, so Mullingar will be relocated and linked up to Abbey Street. Truly a glacial pace...

Just to add, actual loco + tender shell would cost around 55 euro

John, Your plans and advice have been invaluable, I'm happy to have one of your 650s, and my plans would stay plans without Killian's wizardry! The talent lies with him, and he puts up with my mad ideas! I'm hoping my 650 will be complete shortly. Markits seem to be on hiatus. Other sources seem to be drying up also, quite difficult getting wheels for the 650. D16/3 is indeed Hornby. The B1 drivers slot straight in, and have the same bearings and gear. The only thing that needs to be changed out is the crankpin, the geared set on the B1s has crankpins for walschearts, so Killian had the idea to pop them out and the ones from the old wheels were popped in. Pickups were persuaded into place easily, was just a matter of trimming length off the brake shoes and the sand pipe. Will have to change out that C for an A!

And then the 2-4-0s outlasted a lot of the 4-4-0s...Atock would have been delighted.

Evening all, I've been considering commissioning an MGWR design from Killian following the completion of the 800 project. The 'flagship' locos of the MGWR were the class A 4-4-0s, the largest express passenger locomotives in Ireland when built. They've a long lifespan, interesting variations and liveries to boot! To my eye the locos in their CIE guise were some of the most handsome engines on the system. Aesthetics aside, we come to our first major hurdle. Almost every rtr 4-4-0 on the market has 6'8 or 6'9 driving wheels, compared to the MGWRs big 4-4-0s with 6'3 drivers. Here I began some experimentation. I purchased a D16/3 alongside some B1 driving wheels and black five bogie wheels off peters spares. Out went one wheelset, the crankpins were swapped, and in went the new set. Ditto with the bogie wheels. Drawbar was adjusted slightly to accommodate. Brake shoes and sand pipe were cut back slightly to avoid fouling the track. Pickups were gently persauded to align with the smaller wheels. The patient is at full health following her operation, runs smoothly. Quote for designing the loco and tender is roughly 400-500 euros, which I believe is more than fair for the time and effort Killian puts into it, and the attention to detail. If there are other customers I am told the design price could be brought down. This is a gauge of interest. Obviously a bit more work in terms of the chassis compared to the 800s. New wheelsets have to be bought, etc. Took under an hour to swap everything out and make the necessary adjustments. If anyone is interested let us know.