Andy Cundick

For what its worth i used a 3ft steel rule (used on its side for transition curves) and a pencil,its worked fine for Valencia Arigna and Courtmacsherry.Once you've got one line down the other has to follow.simples.Andy.

It will also be at Mansfield on the 26th of October in the frozen north (already assembling beads and trinkets) Andy

I'll see you there though oddly i got asked to take one of my EM layouts Dinas Mawddwy,still as that nice Mr Brunel regarded 7' as standard gauge it sort of makes sense,Andy

Slight point of order it isn't Railcar 20 its 19 the difference is in the toplights 19 had alternate opening toplights whereas 20 had them all opening.  Andy

The original cars seemed to use the same plum as the coaches (makes sense)i used LNW Plum for both which seems about right.Andy

The bulkhead would be steel bear in mind the bodies were built by coachbuilders so the same as on a period bus or lorry. the main visual change is that the luggage rack was cut back on No8 and the exhausts were redirected up the cab front. Colourwise i have always thought that original red was the same as Precision CDR Geranium red but post war it seems to take on a lighter hue possibly more like signal red.As for lettering in 4mm i use LTSR  crests and no ones noticed yet (same as on the Castlederg).Andy.

well the info on the Fintown forays come from Donegal circulars so i think they can be regarded as accurate as for the Killybegs jaunt that came from ex staff member albeit we had been in the Castle bar in Donegal for a while Andy

There are records of Phoenix operating as far as Fintown on the Glenties branch on various fair days if the demand outstripped the railcars capacityi have been told that she was occasional employed at Killybegs  shunting coal trains when the coal boat arrived but havn't seen any evidence of that.Andy. 

Funnily enough my railway present from the Memsahib was LNW as well a Mallard kit for a North Western Steam railcar is there a theme developing here ? Andy

2 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

A bit of a disaster this week; the Royal Mail managed to mangle a letter containing some CDRJC negatives, JG Dewing slides probably duplicates but there could have been the odd original and also some UK NER area infrastructure slides. Luckily the CDRJC envelope made it but the rest have been lost somewhere on their 300 mile journey.

Here are 2 of the CDRJC negatives, Doorin Road Halt 15 August 1959 and Castlefin probably same date with a Strabane bound Railcars 10 and either 19 or 20 hauling 3 coaches and a van. Railcar 10 being checked over by the Driver.

Lastly NIR 112 stabled at Limerick Junction early 2000's

 

Its Railcar 20she had continuous toplights on the trailer  Andy

To put it in context the Seattle and Carlisle was built in 5 years progress?

Humber Super Snipe Mark IV introduced in 1953,plus rear end view of a Land Rover Series 2 SWB Station wagon Andy

Ah the joys of modern image modelling,Andy.

Hate to say it but the early Swilly liveries are anything but simple being to all intents and purposes the LSWRs salmon and brown with the Burtonport being lake and cream sides with vermillion ends my train of them look like something from a circus  Andy 

Looks like  a Morris/Austin J type,Andy.

Easy one this what you have is one of the tranship wagons the big casting is the fixed end with the smaller casting bottom right being the end wagon crossed over .only thing is it wouldnt have a wooden deck just two lines of rollers,The two wagons above are a couple of the oil tank chassis they acquired which were turned into container flats. Andy.

3 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

This thing was a purpose-built "Ballast Van", used only on PW trains and the like. Possibly used an old 6-wheeled chassis, as long-wheelbase four-wheelers simply didn't exist here. Unusually, it was painted bauxite brown - other PW stock, just like other non-passenger stock, was inevitably standard wagon grey. No such things as yellow machines until the 1960s - even the first automatied tampers and liners were grey.

I have a notion that there was a second one of these vans, used for the same purpose, but not perhaps exactly the same. Will post details if ever I find them!

This particular one, as you say, was used in West Cork after closure - but probably also the Newmarket and Kenmare branches when lifting was in progress too. As such, it is likely to have been based in Cork or possibly Tralee.

That has to be the late Johnny O'Meara (with black cap) on the left in the coach!

Theres a drawing of it in part 2 of the Oakwood Valencia  Railway book,page 234,that one is numbered 8457.Andy.

16 hours ago, airfixfan said:

CDR coach might be 58 need to check when I see the real thing on Saturday

Its coach 57,58 being the shorter one,the other coach is 13 the centre footboard is the give away from when the centre compartment was converted to guards compt.Andy.

Make another Andy.

I must it won't be quite the same living 2 miles from the Everleigh DZ on the plain,they  have been a daily fixture,in our lives,Andy.

Personally i'm waiting for someone to come up with trolleybuses again Andy

So true Leslie so true Andy

Throughly recommend it bought read it reviewed for Narrow Gauge and Industrial Review , even got me digging out my T&D stock,Andy 

00n3 surely Andy

Surely you mean red dome,Andy