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Not sure if anybody is interested but this is the operating scenario I am developing for the D&WJR. The freight workings are mixed in with the passenger trains throughout the day. As Paul will testify its great fun actually running trains and time just flies while you are doing it. I might try and put it into timetable form later. Operating Sequence Daily Passenger Operations CIE mk2 set and NIR mk2set and Hunslet on loan prior to delivery of Mk3’s. Third set is two cravens and a Park royal waiting for a CSV. Up early passenger departs Belview PS crosses branch passenger at junction and into north staging. Branch passenger departs , crosses up train at junction and then goes to Belview PS. After arrival train reverses out, runs around and reverses back into arrival platform. Up express departs Belview PS and runs nonstop into north staging Branch passenger departs Belview PS crosses down passenger at junction and then heads to Branch Terminus and runs around. Down morning passenger leaves north staging crosses branch passenger at junction and heads into arrival platform at Belview PS. If necessary can run around Up early afternoon train departs Belview PS crosses both down passenger and branch at junction and then heads to north staging. Down midday passenger leaves staging an crosses both trains at junction , heads into Belview PS and after runs around Branch passenger departs branch terminus and head into bay platform at junction. Branch passenger runs around and departs back to branch terminus where it runs around. Down evening passenger leaves staging and crosses both trains at junction , heads into Belview PS and after runs around Up evening train departs Belview PS crosses both down passenger and branch at junction and then heads to north staging. Branch passenger departs branch terminus and head into bay platform at junction. Branch passenger runs around and departs back to branch terminus where it runs around. Down late evening passenger train leaves north staging crosses branch passenger at junction and heads into arrival platform at Belview PS. Branch passenger departs branch terminus and head into bay platform at junction. Branch passenger runs around and departs back to branch terminus. Freight workings Empty magnesite leaves south staging and heads to branch and exchanges for laden wagons also picks up empty oil wagons and heads back to south staging. Empty beet leaves south staging leaves 4 empties in siding at junction and leaves remaining in siding at terminus and break van in headshunt. Loco used for Dolomite Empty dolomite leaves Branch terminus and heads to quarry where it leaves empties and picks up laden and heads into yard where it runs around. After clearing passenger departs for branch and shunts laden wagons into siding. Bulk cement leaves south staging and heads for junction and shunts into silo siding and return Empty oil train leaves siding at yard and heads to north staging or vise versa. Container train leaves yard and heads to north staging or vise versa PW train heads from south staging to north staging or vise versa Ballast train heads from south staging to north staging or vise versa Lisheen heads from south staging to north staging or vise versa Tara heads from south staging to north staging or vise versa Bogie ferts head from north staging to Junction drop off 2 for unloading and on to yard where it drops off 2 and heads to south staging

Thanks for calling in Paul. It was great fun to trial a proper operating session with a real enthusiast. We got about two thirds of the way through a days simulation before he had to depart to catch his flight.

I loved your old layout and was very sad when you had to dismantle it. Really looking forward to seeing how your new one will progress.

Thought I would bump this thread. I still have the ballast wagons and the H vans for sale and could arrange to meet at either Bray this weekend or the MRSI show on the bank holiday weekend.

My understanding is that most of the traffic of asylum seekers is in the opposite direction

The photo of Woodenbridge was taken on the RPSI special to Arklow. The loco has just been turned and will work tender first to Arklow before heading back to Dublin. I was on that trip as a young 13 year old schoolboy. Not a high vis in sight! We just wandered around wherever we could. Most of the track was still in place even though the branch was long closed. The special also called into Wicklow Murrough. I don't think it called into Shelton Abbey which was a pity.

During the 80's and early 90's Richard produced a photocopied newsletter called Faugh a Ballagh He used it to keep in contact with the group that helped him operate the layout and others who were interested in Irish Railways at the time. He used to send it out once or twice a year. I was lucky enough to be included so I still have copies from 1981 to 1992 It included information on the layout, riviews of model railway exhibitions, drawings of Irish railway interest and sometimes a polemic from Richard on the state of the hobby or his job with BR. I loved it, though at the time I had three young kids, a large mortgage and a stressful job so had no time for modelling. I still treasure them.

Pallet vans sold others still available

Castlerackrent featured as the railway of the month in February 1978 Railway modeller. At the time he worked as a civil engineer for BR in Scotland hence the availability of the storage area in Waverly station. I went over the one of the Ceiledh's around 1981 where the whole layout had been set up and the inspiration has stayed with me to this day. Another Inspiration that I never saw was The Yaxbury branch with some beautiful black and white photos in MRJ.

I have the following wagon Packs for sale €100.00 per pack plus postage. All are as new. The hoppers were run for a short while on the layout, the others were hardly removed form the packaging. I am based in the Dublin area so can arrange pickup if that suits better IRM1003 Ballast Hopper wagons - The origionals , for some reason I have two of these sets so happy to let one go IRM1270 H Vans CIE Brown - I ordered two sets but can only justify one on the layout IRM 1292 Pallet vans CIE Brown - Again I ordered two sets but the advantage here is that I have replaced one of the wagons with no. 26070 with the different end pressing. These are now sold Please PM if interested.

I really think you are on the right track here (forgive the pun) Get some track down and run some trains. You don't need much scenery just a few buildings and maybe a platform. For years I didn't have even a basic layout. I have had so much fun running trains on the bare baseboards of my own layout in the last few months.

@GSR800 where did you get the frames for the station overall roof?

Thanks for the advice David, I will certainly take it on board

The D&WJR is primarly designed for operation using hand held trottles and manually operated points. 1270mm height was chosen for this reason. What I am actually thinking about is building a completely seperate layout above the D&WJR using the "air rights" so to speak. I have lots of american rolling stock sitting in boxes in my daughters attic and am under pressure to use them or loose them. Operationally it would be very simple but there would be the space to run some decent length trains.

Keep us posted Paul Even I might be interested to try and build an unpowered pair or four to run as a push pull set behind the new IRM re-engined C class