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What traffic is expected on the line and do Irish Rail have rolling stock to handle it?

Lyons Tea had a small store in the North Kerry yard in Tralee on a bank between the gantry crane and county council tar depot. Prior to the introduction of the 20 foot containers I remember seeing 10 foot containers with Lyons Tea markings in open wagons in use for this traffic.

As these models DCC ready?

I never thought anyone would produce the mags so anything is possible. Something based on a 20 foot flat could open the door to all sorts of wagons Including oil tanks, container flats, bagged cement and ore wagons in the future.

Regarding the AEC railcars, Were they ever used on the Mallow Waterford line?

A15 leads a Waterford bound goods in 1970. By this time some wagons were appearing in brown and vac braked flats Lancashire flats and containers were being introduced. The A class re-engining  programme had begun but A15 still retains its Crossley engine.

Cork Waterford goods passes Grang 1975.

1969 By this time some A and C class have received yellow panels.

Yes Leslie, we need a palvan!

Passenger and goods trains around Glen More 1966. These images were inspired by Tony Prices films of the Mallow Waterford line in its last year.

A comparison between a 1974 Cork Waterford goods and its 1967 counterpart which shows some of the recently built grey vans.

A Cork Waterford loose coupled goods passes Keilys Cross in early October 1974.

6 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Love the G S van! Kits of these badly needed - though pretty easy to scratchbuild!

 

6 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Yes! A GS van and a palvan kit would be great.

After a week of rain today is warm and dry so I took the opportunity to do some painting in the garage. Shown are the Dapol Prestwin container flat conversion, an ex GN 12 ton van built from a Parkside kit, a Provincial Wagons ex GN van and scratchbuilt ex GS insulated van.

Almost ready for the paint shop. The IRM and C Rail containers have easily removable floors allowing them to sit on the Dapol floor avoiding the need to remove the base for the silos. The white plasticard was added for stability and strength and thee cent coins were added for weight. The buffers are from Dart Castings. 

Very little modeling was done over the summer months but the arrival of fall weather has led to a resurgence of activity in the wagon shop. Work is progressing on two ex GS wooden bodied vans and Dapol Prestwin underframe is being modified to better represent a CIE container flat for an IRM container. 

Probably a marketing scam by IRM to sell a new three pack!

Cork bound goods leaves Glen More 1968.

The Waterford and Cork staging yards set up for a 1974 operating session. 

Was fertilizer traffic seasonal?

A Cork to Waterford goods passes Grange in September 1974. Today's train has has a block of empty opens which will be dropped off at Glen More in anticipation of the upcoming beet season.

This is lovely. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

On a number of occasions I unintentionally explored the extremities of the Berlin U ban and S ban lines in the early hours of the morning while living there in the 80's and 90's!

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Every detail of that layout represents what we must all aspire to - from concept, to historical accuracy, to technical brilliance, to layout, to scenic splendour...... keep it coming!

All you need to complete it is a small blue mini car with a "VIM" registration on a platform, with a youthful Barry Carse taking pictures for a future book 40 years into the future!

What a great idea!

 A39r on its first run on the layout. Operation on the South Waterford Line has devolved into running the new mags over and back across the layout behind the A class locomotives just so I can admire them!