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Work progressed on three new new back to back ferts on the kitchen counter under carefully controlled conditions. Maureen was not home.......

The ground cover is Woodland Scenics light green coarse turf scattered over wet tan paint. Further applications roof turf is added as needed to cover bare spots or build up texture. The bushes are Woodland scenics light green Clump Foliage. While it is often recommended to mix different color scatter materials I found it did not work for me at least on this layout. While running a few trains this morning I caught the Cork passenger behind 141 at Grange.

Once the Waterford passenger train left Glen More the beet train completed its shunting and began its return journey shunting Kielys cross on the way. There is no work at Grange so the train rolls straight into the Cork fiddle yard ending the operating session.

As the beet special shunts Glen More the passenger train from Cork to Waterford runs through.

The goods proceeds through Kielys Cross and Grange where there is no work today and on to the fiddle yard.

The beet special drops off an empty and picks up a load at Grange. It then proceeds to Glen More where it meets the Cork goods which waits in the loop after finishing its work there.

Having finally got most of the messy scenery work on the layout out of the way it was finally time to clean up. Tools and materials which were left on the layout were put away, the floor swept and washed and the layout set up for an October 1974 operating session, the first in a while. The photos show the first train run, the Waterford Cork goods. The train dropped off three wagons and picked up two. The train then continued to Grange where it met the Cork Glen More beet special which will be the covered in the next post.

A50 shunts beet wagons as the Cork Waterford passenger leaves Glen More.

134 on a Cork Waterford passenger crosses A50 on a beet special in Glen More.

Here you go John. Prestwin underframe, styrene body Dart Castings buffers. Dimensions guesstimated from the few photos and videos I could find online. Three more are in the works which will make a nice block of wagons for the pick up goods to drop off for Glen More co op.

Waterford to Cork goods train passing Glen More and Kielys Cross October 1974. 20200929_030044.mp4

That has worked well for me also.

Sixties action recently posted on You Tube

134 hasn't turned a wheel on the layout yet, I'm still waiting for the decoder to arrive from IRM. Meanwhile I'm having fun posing her for photos.

Its finally here! A sound decoder is due any day now, a first for the South Waterford Line.

"I would love to have a Sulzer! For a producer, seven options would be there - silver, green, black, black'n'tan with full height tan, and with low band, and a few ended up in "Supertrain" livery, though most assuredly never pulled any "supertrain" - nor, probably any passenger train in that livery, apart from the IRRS special in 1978. Also, of course, with and without tablet snatchers. " 106 remained in servile until 1976 in Supertrain colors often working ballast trains. I wasn't aware that any were fitted with tablet catchers, presumably for the Rosslare express.

Much the same scene as the previous photos but with an A class and signals.

That is a Silver Fox C class. Let's hope IRM will do one, but first hopefully a Birmingham Sulzer!

The immement arrival of a grey 121 inspired the. construction of a grey palvan, this time with different doors and ends. It may be time to build that SSM brake van kit and finish it in grey

Loose coupled goods train runs through Glen More. 20200922_134638.mp4

Yesterday I spent a couple of pleasurable hours tiding up the East side of Glen More which involved touching up some parts of the backscene and valance and adding some scatter material to bare spots of scenery. The offending screw on the backscene proved immovable so it got covered with a tree! Looking back on this thread I was surprised to learn that the rebuild of Glen More goods yard began two and a half years ago and only now is now basically complete although much more detail could be added. A search through my parts boxes did not reveal the SSM ground signals which were removed from the layout for safe keeping prior to the rebuilding! MOGUL's comments regarding the North Kerry line are correct. Not only was there a similar crane in Rathkeale but also in the North Kerry yard in Tralee. The tar depot is also based on the one which was also there.

https://www.iascaled.com/protothrottle/ Have you seen this Noel. There are also some demo videos on You Tube.

My first footplate ride was on a 141 in B & T livery from Tralee station over to the North Kerry yard and back some time around 1970. When the MM models came out I just had to have one. This eventually led to the South Waterford line which has given me so much satisfaction over the last nine years. Thank you PM!

I have often thought that an N scale model of the Ballinacourty line during the Quigley magnasite era would make an interesting model railway. Between the many viaducts and the Quigley plant OO scale would require a huge space. It would still require a large space in N scale but it may even be possible to incorporate the Suit bridge. A double deck railway may be the way to go. A big disadvantage is the limited variety of traffic but one can scheme and dream.

Here is a mockup of the Glen More goods store which I built in order to establish its dimensions. First impressions are that it should be a bit deeper and the roof pitch seems a bit steep.