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Pictures taken in 1977/8 on CIE system
patrick replied to jhb171achill's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Maybe not of publishable quality but invaluable to the historic record and as a resource for modellers of the era. Do please post more. The photo of the brown H van with the grey doors is interesting for another reason. The sliding door palvan next to it has a combination x bracing/corrugated end. They were built with three different ends. From the photos I have seen most were either one or the other. -
I recall reading in Irish Railfan News that A class were tried on the dolomite trains but had difficulty starting loaded trains on grades after stopping at the then unmaned level crossings on the Waterford-Ballinacourty line. Great photo. Is that the line to Dungarvan on the right?
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Wexford-Waterford goods at Bridgetown.
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Wishing everybody a happy Christmas.
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According to the April 1973 working timetable the Wexford -Waterford goods arrived in Waterford at 16:15. It ran Monday to Friday. There is no sign of it in the November 1975 WTT which is the next one in my collection.
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I remember seeing these wagons being unloaded into tanker lorries in the North Kerry yard in Tralee in the early seventies still sporting their Esso logos. I painted a couple of Dapol tank wagon kits to represent them.
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Ran some trains and took some photos this morning.
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Establishing maximum train length and minimum radius were the first steps in the design prosess of my layout. A secondary cross country line theme was chosen because of shorter passenger trains. Most tracks in the fiddle yards (the layout is end to end) will accommodate a locomotive and four bogie coaches or eleven to twelve four wheel wagons. I agree with SteveB's point about using four wheel wagons. Eleven four wheel container flats look much more impressive than five or six 42' bogie flats. Longer freight trains would be nice but overall its an acceptable compromise.
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A track cleaning rubber like this is the best method I have found. http://www.ehattons.com/7537/Peco_Products_PL_41_Rail_Cleaning_Rubber/StockDetail.aspx
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I got this test print of what will probabily be the final design for the Bulleid open body this morning. There are issues with the finish which Bob attributes to his printer but we are hopeful that we can outsource the printing at a cost not much greater than doing it ourselves. The floor has been ommited to save on material and reduce warping. On the model Plastistruct T section will be applied on each side of the doors and to the bottom of the underframe and door stops will be made from brass strip. A steryne floor will be fitted with the idea of covering it with photo shopped weathered planking.
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Here are a few more without the local scenery.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]14697A few weeks ago our friend and neighbor Bruce announced that his friend Bob had a 3D printer and would help producing Bulleid open wagons. My previous method produced good results but was way too time consuming and lacked consistency and since I wanted 25 to 30 wagons for the layout which is set in October at the start of the beet season a better way of producing them was needed. The photo shows the results so far. The clipboard for paper work is on the wrong side and will be corrected.
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I got one from a family friend who worked for CIE in Tralee and later Cork in the mid seventies. Wish I still had it. Thanks for the memory.
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Beautiful work as always Nelson. I'm just hoping you will build a CIE H van and show us how its done.
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Layout Planning North Kerry Fenit the end of the line?
patrick commented on Mayner's blog entry in Mayner's Blog
http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/3378-Fenit-Pier?p=52934#post52934 Thanks for sharing John. Your plan depicts the track layout on the pier before rebuilding. Above is a link showing the layout as I remember it in the 60's and 70's. -
Being unable to post a picture in reply to Mayners Fenit layout plan blog on the site I have opened a new thread to show the track layout on Fenit pier as I remember it. Several plans have been published in recent years in the IRRS journal and Alan O' Rourke's "North Kerry Line" but all show the track arrangement prior to rebuilding in the 1950's. The siding between the warehouses was used to park the steam cranes. All the track was inset on the pier except the curved tracks around the back of the warehouse which was regular ballasted track.
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Cork Waterford Bell liner passing through Glen More.
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I havn't done anything on the layout in weeks but today a portion of the platform at Glen More which had warped was repaired and afterwards a few trains were run and a few photos taken.
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Three trains were run in each direction, a passenger, goods, and Bell liner.
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All the photos in the previous post were taken by my neighoour Bruce, one showing me adding wagons to the goods train to stage for the photos. It gives a good impression of how the layout appears in person.
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October 1969 on the south waterford line.
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Thanks Nelson, they are not presfix. The transfers are tan CIE broken wheels with "CIE" in the center in white. If left in water long enough the tan print will fall off. I have some white broken wheels which are even older and stored in the same place and they work fine.
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I have some Rail Tech decals which are two years old and now wont seperate from the backing sheet when dipped in water. They were stored in a plastic pouch in a drawer and were not in any envoirment with extremes of heat or humidity. I have tried using warm water but that wont work either. Any ideas?
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I notice Abbeydorney station is flipped on your plan. If the design was adapted to a double deck layout with a helix and turn back curve between Abbeyfeale and Listowel both Abbeydorney and Listowel could be viewed from the West with the station buildings and goods stores against the backdrop which would be visually more appealing and the main line run could be increased.
