GSR 800

what if they were built in ireland, to a british design but on the 5,3 gauge.

Politics apart, I used to wonder what way Ireland's railways would have developed if no border had been created in 1921, and (like the GSR) all the railways came under one ownership of an all-Ireland independent Republic.

 

Alternatively, if all of Ireland had remained as a part of the UK under British rule, would Ireland's railways have been included in the 1948 nationalised creation of British Rail?

If the border had never existed would their still be a GSR and GNR? like the big four of britain? as irish railways were heavily influenced by britain and its railways i think this could have been the case. if it was all under one railway (Great Irish Railways?) we would have a very different railway system now, better or worse off who knows. as for if ireland remained part of the empire ireland probably would have been included in the nationalisation and beeching axe would have left us with Dublin cork and belfast mainline and dublin sligo line, some other lines in the south east may have also survived. one can only imagine the locos running. Deltics with some mk3s anyone?

How did he get the rivets like that. Looks so realistic

You could use flexitrack which could give you smooth running.

Well then tell that man he has a great talent.i can't get my head around how he does it!

Absolutely fantastic. Does he have a laser cutter or something.? That 121 is amazing

They said the Phoenix park tunnel was only a temporary solution? . Frankly I think the dart underground is a fantastic idea. It will reduce traffic and therefore co2 emissions and will make Dublin a much more tourist friendly area. I'm sure it would be extremely successful.

Nothing can clear my mind from that image:facepalm:

Heard this on the news. IR haven't a lot of time to get the dart underground project running. Will they bail on this or will we have a underground for Dublin?

Made excellent models though,inevitable I suppose. I think they simply could not compete with other companies

Many thanks David,don't worry I'm clueless about that kind of thing myself:tumbsup:

Will the j15 be saved for posterity?

Are some of those stream liners fitted with lights?

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Thanks blarney. You could scan it or "furnish" me, whatever you think is easier:)

Hi everyone. Just wondering does anyone have a time table for the Dublin Cork mainline anywhere between 1950 1954? Managed to get some scheduled trains from some Tom ferris videos and books,but cannot find any real schedule along with a big gap from noon to about 5. Any info greatly appreciated

A class bo bo?

Excellent work. So good it brought shivers down my spine

Plus there is relatively no freight due to the amount of imports

In my opinion we would have to look at a place with roughly the same population in the northern hemisphere to sort this out, an island would be ideal. But that's the problem there really isn't anything like that, Ireland is unique. The only way to save our railways is to have more towns with larger populations. This could happen in the next 20,30 years,but it might already be to late..

The SLNCR did indeed run an extremely tight ship, but it's gone; reason - it was an example of an industry which, given conditions in Ireland (low population density outside Dublin, and very little bulk goods e.g. coal), cannot stand on its own commercial feet without state funding.

 

In other words, it was private as in privatised as such, a commercial business. The LLSR was the same and so was the CDRJC.

 

If we look at the receipts of all Irish railway lines, or even just stick to the amount of commercially viable traffic likely to offer, even theoretically, we can see that had the state never become involved through the admittedly inefficient and anti-rail UTA and to a lesser extent CIE, there wouldn't be a yard of railway open for fifty years or more.

 

I agree with Derailed that CIE has hardly had a good track record, though lack of government funding to CIE is the major problem.

 

If some portion of whatever state money there is, becomes diverted towards company directors and their inevitably obscenely high salaries, and related regulatory quangos, then whatever chance the Nenagh and Waterford-Limerick lines have had will evaporate overnight.

It seems very strange that there is really only 2-3 real "hubs" of business: Dublin,Belfast and Cork. This is the reason that IE is under such pressure, there is very little profit except for Dublin and the eastern region of Ireland.

Well mate I would love to help you,but having never built a Lego loco before it would probably look like a plane. You have a lot on the boil, take your time! No one is trying to rush you. Please don't take this as criticism to your fantastic work.

Not the class 57s by any chance? They have EMD engines in them

The maps on the MK IVs don't go any further than Dublin-Cork, remember!

I meant that new non stop express with no business class from Dublin to cork, I can understand where you were going. I agree the mk4s should have a larger amount of outage as well as the 201s

I wonder what work the additional locos will be doing considering there's no work for them at the moment?

Some to be

used for the new express?