GSR 800

I'm on my way!

Some interesting stuff there JH,Westport has many ghosts. When my grandfather was young,he went down to an elderly lady's house,near the railway. He couldn't find her and walked around to see if he could find her. It was the middle of winter . He went to the shed, which had its door open.when he turned around he saw a white ghost. the wind howled, and the " ghost" moved towards him. To his horror the arms broke off. He ran straight home.turned out the old woman had some clothes out on the line.over night the clothes froze. When my grandfather came it was pitch dark and he was supersticous ( as many people were). When he turned he saw the jumper which was frozen and stiff it looked like a ghost . As the wind howled the ice broke off the arms.

Indeed,this is not prototipical. They probably looked at a picture in the 50s( when they were filthy ) and thought the boiler and dome were black. Cultra has done this before an example is Meadbh in CIE green with the GSR lettering on her tender

jeez BTB not sure the mods will like it......cant understand why she would do such a thing though

This doesn't happen on my laptop or computer, only on the smaller devices like my iPad or phone

Thanks JH. Hard to tell if 401 was green or grey as she looks black, probably due to the fact that it had not been cleaned for 6 years! The first time I looked at the book, with little knowledge of anything Irish, I believed that the woolwiches had been painted a light blue! It seems the must have got sun bleached( in Ireland ?) as the green had gone this colour over the years. I knew there was something strange about 461s livery. Looks a bit too light

Indeed JH 400 is pure filthy. Would she have been grey or green at this stage? Also does anyone know if humbrol do a CIE green paint or what sort of mixture you would need to match CIE green. Thanks in advance

Bos I can't seem to click into resources. It just seems to refresh the forum page

The photo is of macha, in July 1947. It's in Irish railways in colour a second glance.

Bit of a misunderstanding there JH.were the 800s repainted (within a year) of CIEs takeover in CIE green or were they left in the GSR livery for a while With the snail?

Great look Bos! An excellent upgrade of the site.

JH,the picture I'm looking at is far from perfect! Was the snail ever put on the GSR livery before they were repainted. The lining on the tender does look gold

It seems after the 800s were repainted in the darker CIE green the were originally given Gold lining before given black and white lining.

Cork Kent station had one, don't know if it's still around.carraige sheds were not very common in Ireland and only termini would really have them.

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/4475-Bridge

That blue looks good on it ..is the rest of the train painted?

When I saw that first pic showing the whole layout there..WOW!

Mate that Link isnt working

Probably both of those factors

Or something like this?http://www.steamlocomotive.com/colored/sp4449-inline.jpg

maybe for steamers black with orange lining?

bit of blackntan heaven there Noel. the fueling point is a lovely addition to the layout.just keeps getting better

Brilliant work Anto! Love the AEC,always had a bit of a soft spot for them

it seems you cant get to the site unless your a member here

Looking great Stephen. Can't wait for Mini whitehead!