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A12 on a beet special at Keilys Cross in October 1969. The two H vans are returning empty to Mallow from Glen More where they delivered beet pulp, a byproduct of the sugar refining process which was sold to farmers for cattle feed.

141 continues its journey on the Waterford goods and is seen here passing Kielys Cross. 

2 hours ago, TimO said:

Hi Patrick, lovely photos, particularly A42 on the beets. Can I ask you what’s the secret behind your painting on these Bulleid wagons?  Is your base colour a silver or a grey colour and what have you used for the ‘rusting’. 
 

I presume your grey on the wooden opens and vans comes from a range of rattle cans?

 

All my grey wagons, including the Bulleid opens are painted with grey primer from rattle cans. The Bulleids then recieve washes of very diluted black poster paint with a few drops of dish washing detergen sprayed on with a spray bottle. The wash should look like very dirty water. A paint brush is used work the wash into corners and crevices. This process is repeated allowing wash to dry between applications. I have found that it is best to place the wagon upside-down while drying  to avoid unrealistic water marks in the interior caused by water pooling.

Once the desired effect is achieved and the wagon is totally dry it is dry brushed with white paint. Using prototype photos as a guide the axel boxes get a wash of black paint to represent oil stains and rust applied using weathering chalk, again consult prototype photos as a guide. 

The Cork passenger train crossing the Waterford goods which has finished its shunting at Grange.

B135 shunting at Grange where it will wait for the Cork passenger train before proceeding to waterford.

The Waterford goods pulls into the loop at Grange. After the beet special leaves the goods will engage in some shunting while waiting for the Cork passenger train before proceeding to Waterford. 

A42 on a sugar beet train waits for the Waterford goods at Grange.

My locomotive fleet really needs weathering however while I have no problem mucking up anything I have painted myself I have  a mortal fear of touching anything else.

The Velvet Underground and Nico on vinyl. 

C226 on a goods at Glen More and on a representation of a Loughrea mixed train on the South Waterford Line. The locomotive is a Silver Fox model. The coach is from Irish Freight Models. 

A42 shunts a beet special at Keilys Cross during today's running session. 

Sad news. I always got great service from them and their postage rates to the US were unbeatable. 

My money is on a 30 ton van.

Any plans to do the grain hopper again John?

I appreciate everyone who is trying to sort this issue out. I am extremely bad at tech issues and the best I can offer is that I'm using a Samsung android phone to record and post the videos. Maybe there is something I can do at this end to help.

A42 leads a beet special passing  Kelly's Cross in the setting sun December 1965.

A42 shunts Kielys cross beet siding as the sun starts to set on Christmas eve 1965. The train will continue to Youghal where it will pick up more loads before continuing on to Cork, arriving hopefully before closing time!

Wishing all forum members and their loved ones a happy Christmas.

A42 with a beet special to Youghal takes the loop at Grange to wait for the midday passenger train from Cork.

Crossley power on the South Waterford Line. A42 leads an empty beet special through Grange and meets A55 shunting the pick up goods at Glen More, 

3 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

The cream interior is an RPSI invention!

Thanks John. The interior looks grey in the O'Dea photo. 

3 hours ago, flange lubricator said:

This is one with flying snail from the O’Dea collection 

https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000304367 
 

Thanks guys for all that great information. I believe I will go with the paint scheme shown in the O'Dea photo.

The latest addition to the fleet is this Provincial Wagons GN brake van. After the dissolution of the GN in 1958 CIE acquired several of these vans. They didn't last long on CIE however I recall seeing one arrive in Tralee on an afternoon goods about 1966. I plan  to run it occasionally during mid sixties operating sessions on the South Waterford Line. 

Does anyone know if any of these vans were repainted by CIE or if they retained their GN lettering till the end?

 It seems that there was no shortage of auto traffic on the Midland in the mid sixties.

CIE also built flat wagons using the triangulated underframe . Provincial Wagons did a kit.

On 1/11/2023 at 11:45 AM, BosKonay said:

You never know  At least one of the new tools underway at irm towers is steamy. 

A steam heating van maybe?

Special train of empty wagons bound for Waterford passes a goods train shunting in Glen More.