GSR 800

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!

Noel I think the postage,for me anyway is €4.00. But the actual cost of the mk2 was originally €30. Once when ebaying I saw a lovely old Dublo tank for €15 then when I checked the postage it was €18!

Would their have been any talk of large 4-4-0s in Ichicore in the 30's to respond to the GNRs compounds?

That's a monster Wrenn!

I hope she(or it) gets better! It's happened to me with a duchess a few years ago except much further! Still works ok though

You have a B2a?

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Well well, a model of 461! I can't believe This thread isn't a sticky thread

Achill would be a lovely tourist railway. Halts at the famine village, keel and the a climb to reach Keem beach loop. Terminus at Achill sound

What if the GSR HAD built Pacifics? Named after saints methinks? No. 1000 St Patrick?

And preservation? I can think of a roundhouse of 800s....

Your first one looks a bit like my grandparents house in Mayo. Great model of an Irish cottage:)

Thanks John,my god they made a right mess of poor auld 356, and then left her at inchicore in a hidden siding to rot

What on earth are yez on about!?

The thought of a ready to run 800 or A made me run around the house 10 times! Boy I hope their the 50s and 60s era. It about time that happened!

I'm just thinking. In that scenario would we end up with Black and Tan Bandons? Or would steamers be kept in green for passenger locos and grey for freight.

Maybe he just mistyped?

If this happened and diesel was more expensive than coal for some reason and governments of Ireland were pro rail and if we had a larger population it would mean a lot more locos and rolling stock. It's 1946 and CIE have decided to continue the GSR's renual of the steam fleet. plans are drawn up for new moguls or medium sized 4-6-0s to replace some of the older D's still on mainline duty. The 400s and 500s are given some minor improvments and 2 or 3 more 800s are built. diesel is experimented with and the result are are some light diesels to share suburban services with some Bandons and 2-4-2s. The turf burning project is still a failure but CC1 actually gets to do some proper runs. By 1950 the 2-6-0s have entered service and the older D's are either put on branch lines or scrapped. The J15as and bs have been completely rebuilt with the j15as giving superheated boilers and multiple other improvements. The original j15s are still in service but their numbers are reduced. In 1968 diesel arrives with the 141s? and some steamers are taken out of traffic. 181s would not have ever be needed but in 1982 the 071s would come about. In the 90s with the steam age ending it does so in spectacular fashion. the 800s are given their last chance to run and pound the mainline with all their might. the 201s enter service a year later. And forget DMUs they might have been inevitable everywhere else but not in my mind!

But you know the way the GNR got a new livery, a named express and modernised their steam fleet