GSR 800

These trains are small but those trains..(071 charges past) are far away..

Brilliant!

And the Biccies John,..and the Biccies..(leans back into shadowy chair)

Although to me, they looked like a bunch of belpaires put together, they were extremely powerful and reliable and they were built on the "austerity" period so it was "form follows function"

Congrats Richie! Nappies, long nights, and closet modelling galore! ( guessing I'll be under mentally unstable at times then?)

If Ireland had joined the war in let's say..1942-3?

Anyone hear about transport for Ireland or the TFI proposal advert?

This is your fault Pat!, with your diesels and your fancy super train livery..(grumbles nonsensically )

You've turned to the dark side John, with a hint of tan.....

I am deeply hurt Pat...

Aye!

Just been edited..

I need somewhere to show off MY 800.. Plus my name is below my signature!

Pat, have you mixed me with a certain JH Beumont?

Great find Pat, a great insight how locomotives were built, I loved the part where he lit his cigarette before lighting up the fire!

That is what Watson based the 400 class on, obviously, as you said major modifications would have to be made ( walshearts valve gear, split footplate etc..) times like these a Mr. C Flanagan would be very helpful...

I have been reading through this thread a couple of times, one thing that interests me, from the Milne Report, to scrap the 800 500s and 400s and build 50 mixed traffic locomotives. This really was a bit surprising, considering the 800s were only a few years old along with the 400s having only been rebuilt, both had massive investment from the rail companies and also the reliability of the 500s to simply scrap them after so much money being poured in seems a bit pointless. And 50? There was already a surplus of reasonably modern mixed traffic engines, the woolwiches, the j15a's and B's also the more modern D's and the cattle engines It had already become clear that rail traffic was decreasing by the 1930s so I can't really see how 50 locomotives could be justified. 20-30 at the most, but then you would also have the problem of the glanmire road tunnel, which double or even triple heading was sometimes required. This was one of the reasons the 800s were built by being able to climb it unassisted.

Could you post pics of the GSR stuff and the track?

Imagine it on the curves of the Sligo line!

I have some of the same problems with mine, although the jerkyniss was solved by a bit of lubrication on the bearings and on the crank pins. I will probably need to add a bit of weight to the tender. My layout has some tight bends and it doesn't always agree with them.

John, does the livery on mine look alright?

I suppose mocking is catching....

I'm turning into John! Upside down photos! If you can see her , it's not finished, and nothing compared to johns

if I don't have a cup of tea every hour I go a bit crazy...good for modelling though.. I'm going to put the kettle on..

I went to see the railways of the Guinness factory a while back..must have got lost...