GSR 800

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Could have made a good few bob from that Kev! If you look up the Irish Sea railway tunnel the gauge problem is seen as a very large one.They did not mention multi gauge tracks instead multi gauge trains.Not sure which would be cheaper but I would say the tracks.

The rail tunnel between ireland and england. Been proposed many times but ovious problems (gauge) prevented this. Could they just have a track inside a track(if this is a good idea im putting copyrite on it!)

Yes i think on the cork mainline they should put down the heavier track. not to many 201s going though, if you take a look at inchicore on google maps...

Mine are DVDs! Have you seen the one where they filmed kildare for the day. 800s,400s,might have been a 500 all kinds of express locos. a great piece of film

But dont the 201s still overtime damage the track due to their axel load

Why do they use lighter track/gauge?

If you have not already seen them tom ferris produced multiple railway videos,including Macha roaring out of glanmire rd. tunnel.That pension sounds nice now!

100mph! that must have been a great site 800 roaring past .You would think track maintinance would be better now.Does that mean the tracks now cant hold as much axel load?

Do you know the fastest an 800 was recorded at?

an engine shed

Sorry i meant a railway yard:rolleyes:

In my opinion i partly agree with you.I believe the 800s were useful engines but deprived of their chance to truly be recondnised as this.The Woolwiches were brilliant locos and were well known for their reliability.As for the 400s i think when the 500s were designed 5-6 of the 400s should have been scrapped to make more 500s because when they were 4 cylinder machines they were notoriosly unrealiable.Yes, their rebuilding hugely improved them,but cost the GSR alot.The steel sided coaches were actually a step forward in irish coach building but the GSR did not have to make such a big deal about them.The purple/maroon livery of the BRs mk1s.

Patrick this layout is just brilliant.in every possible way you could you made this a wonderful irish layout in a very interesting era. fantastic in every way.

Hi John.In my opinion,as my goods yard is serving a terminus it would be large and would possibly need a depot crane.

as i was lifting my old layouts track which had been done in the time honoured painstaking way.All other track had come off with little or no damage..but then it came to the flexitrack........looked like no40014and all the other americans had run over it!

Certainly in my choice Peco 75 or 100.hornby doesnt seem that bad, Although there flexitrack is a bit of a nightmare as for points im at a loss. If you see track in a magazine is probably a dud,no electrical charge whatsoever! Really peco is the best track,worth the extra few bob:D

Thanks Nelson the bachmann hoist crane will be on my to buy list!

Thanks all for your contribution.does any stockists have sheer legs or hand cranes.For the PW hut would the yellow huts in hornbys trackside pack be one with a bit of paint?

would you like it before it was modernised?

No fun for literally hours guaranteed! (straight jacket and hall for being dragged away not included)Also availbile FREE wailing child sound affects

Kedleston work on hold until i fully figure out everything with this new plan:(

I dont remember it being to hard to get to.you might need permission.When i asked they said it was fine,but just be on the safe side if you want to get up close.Freight very rarely if ever comes to mullingar.I only found out about the ballast train when i saw it standing on the railway bridge,to my joy hauled by an 071 class which hadnt been seen in mullingar for a long time.Otherwise mullingar is a few DMUs passing par the RPSI tours and the odd timetable mix up ending up in two angry drivers and one of them having to bring their train back to the station to one of the other tracks.everything seems to happen on mullingars railway bridges!

Although it is a good idea the downside is irish rail would not put money into the storage sidings. Many points are broken and most sidings would have to be ripped up.They might upgrade the line to the turntable and engine shed,or if the luxury train company invested in Mullingar(which would make me mullingars happiest young man)However they are going to have to pay some sort of attention to the disused station as it seems ready to collapse.As for freight im not sure but the pw yard did not dissapoint me!You might(all though unlikely)see a PW or ballast train at mullingar.last time i saw a ballast train was about 5 months ago so not sure if they will be around any time soon!

Thanks Broithe.Do you have any pics of it back in the day? Also if anyone has old pics of mullingar yard/westport yard