heirflick Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 The 12 ton ex GN van's are from Parkside Dundas. These kits come with two different ends and I use the end with the smaller sprung buffers. The other ends with the larger hydraulic buffers are then used with the Parkside Dundas palvan kit to make the sliding door vans. According to "The Locomotives of CIE and NIR" these wagons were built with three different ends but I dont ever recall seeing ends similar to those supplied with the kit. I dont know for sure but from the photos I'v seen the corrugated ends seemed most common. A little carving on the lower inside of the corrugated ends is needed to make it work. The doors are built from thin plasticard sheet and strip and the vac brake fittings are omitted. I dont have drawings, just consulted photos. The end result is a very distinctive Irish wagon. top marks on them, they really look tghe part! Quote
patrick Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 Here are a few photos of the palvan. Sorry about the quality but I cant get a higher definition to download. Quote
patrick Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 I took a break from constructing Grange goods store which can be seen in this short video. Quote
patrick Posted March 2, 2013 Author Posted March 2, 2013 Recent progress on the layout involved painting the backscene behind the road overbridge at Grange station and building the goods store and loading bank. This is my first effort scratchbuilding a structure. The roof is not yet finished. The model is based on the store at Tallow Road on the Mallow Waterford line, the demensions estimated from photos found online. The model is built from foam core board covered with styren stone sheet. A similar model will be built for Glen More station. I plan to add windows to the ends as soon as I find sutable ones somewhere. Quote
patrick Posted March 9, 2013 Author Posted March 9, 2013 This little beauty arrived in the post today along with a couple of heating vans. I've got a thing about black Metrovics with yellow warning panels. Quote
patrick Posted March 10, 2013 Author Posted March 10, 2013 Im afraid the only work involved was E mailing John at Silver Fox modells and paying him for it! Quote
fishplate7 Posted March 10, 2013 Posted March 10, 2013 Patrick. Excellent work. You have really created an atmosphere! It's the little things that count like the telegraph poles and the banking on the curves which sets it off. And besides, anybody who has a Sandy Denny album in their collection already knows the meaning of quality and good taste! Looking forward to seeing more of this. You are definitely inspiring me to get up off my proverbial and do something! Eamonn Quote
cg-antrim Posted March 25, 2013 Posted March 25, 2013 Patrick, I'm getting real inspiration from your work. Can you tell us more about the viaduct? Thanks! Quote
cg-antrim Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Patrick, I'm getting real inspiration from your work. Can you tell us more about the viaduct? Thanks! Actually, I see that it's the Metcalfe one ... Quote
patrick Posted March 26, 2013 Author Posted March 26, 2013 Actually, I see that it's the Metcalfe one ... Thats correct. Its a nice kit but I have mixed feelings about it. It was chosen to reflect the atmosphere of the Mallow Waterford line. The orignal intention was to use two kits to make a longer viaduct but the space available was too short. The stone colour is also wrong for the region and the arches are about half the lenght of those of the Kilmacthomas viaduct. I decided to use just one kit to represent a smaller bridge rather than on oviously (to me) too small version of a large viaduct. Progress on the layout has been slow in the last few weeks and I havn't posted anything since my digital camera died. The platforms at Grange are under almost finished and an Athearn SD9 underframe has been shortened to fit a SSM Sulzer. I will post some photos as soon as a camera becomes available. Quote
patrick Posted July 21, 2013 Author Posted July 21, 2013 Not much work has been done one the layout in the last few months but it is being operated. A sequence timetable is used where we run two passenger and one goods train each way representing the trains through Grange and Glen More during daylight hours. The whole sequence takes a little over an hour to run. It is mid October and the beet season is just beginning, the crop being sent to the Mallow sugar factory. The following pictures show the progress of the Cork Waterford goods which is distributing empty beet wagons today. One load of beet is picked up at Grange and forwarded to Glen More where it will be picked up along with the other loads by the Waterford Cork train. Along the way it crosses the Waterford Cork railcar at Grange and is passed by the Cork Rosslare train at Glen More. The guy with the beard is my neighbor Bruce, who would prefer to be running B&O articulated steam locos hauling coal hoppers! Quote
josefstadt Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 Fantastic work Patrick. The layout just oozes atmosphere! Quote
Kirley Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 Good to have you back Patrick, you've been gone to long. Quote
patrick Posted July 26, 2013 Author Posted July 26, 2013 Here are a few more photos from the operating session showing the Waterford Cork goods picking up beet at Glen More station and Keily's Cross before proceeding to Grange where it crosses the Cork Waterford passenger train. Keily's Cross was inspired by the photo of Belleville in "Rails Through the West" taken by David Carse. I have always been fascinated by these remote sidings which were scattered throughout the Irish rail system and came to life during the beet season. Since the siding can only be shunted by westbound trains, empty wagons have to be dropped off at Glen More and backhauled by the west bound train for loading. This adds an interesting wrinkle to operation. When enough Open wagons are built a beet special will be run from Cork to Glen More and return to handle the traffic. The layout is mostly operated by myself running trains in sequence but it is more fun with a second or even third operator. With three people available the goods trains have a two person crew, driver and guard/shunter. The third operator runs the passenger trains. Despite the lack of signals the layout takes on a life of its own when operated, the trains become "real" with a purpose instead a collection of models. The height of the layout and walk around design make the railway accessible and easy to operate. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted July 28, 2013 Posted July 28, 2013 Good to see another update Patrick,the layout is looking great.I like the idea of a timetabled operation,something I hope to recreate on my own layout. Quote
patrick Posted July 29, 2013 Author Posted July 29, 2013 I made some changes to the track alignment at Glen More. The curved point at the east end of the station was the source of occasional derailments. It was replaced with a regular point and the problem has been solved. The point for the beet loading siding was also moved west to the end of the passenger platform. The changes can be seen in the video. I'm still trying to figure out the video editing tools so the passenger train is shown twice! Quote
Sulzer201 Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 Lovely stuff Patrick and very smooth running, those derailments are annoying when they happen - is that a SF Gen Van on the passenger train? lovely trains and stock and the goods is very authentic with the A and that wonderful brake van. Quote
patrick Posted July 29, 2013 Author Posted July 29, 2013 - is that a SF Gen Van on the passenger train? Yes it is which I got ready to run. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 Nice video Patrick,like the distance between the stations and each hidden siding,you feel as if you have travelled a real line. Quote
patrick Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 I have finally started building scenery again. This is the station approach road at Grange. Quote
patrick Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 Another photo of the approach road to grange. Quote
Dave Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Nice work Patrick, did you use the Peco platform edging? Quote
patrick Posted September 4, 2013 Author Posted September 4, 2013 Nice work Patrick, did you use the Peco platform edging? Yes it is. When I ordered them I didn't know the brick pattern was paper. Next time I think I will scratch build. Quote
UP6936 Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 The paper brick actually looks really well I think. It would certainly pass the '4 foot' test Quote
patrick Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 Here is another little bit of progress, this time scenery around the goods area at Grange. The goods store is not yet completed, the roof is temporary. Platform fencing is next. Quote
patrick Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 I really enjoy taking photos after building new scenery. Here is a shot from the road bridge at Grange showing a Cork bound goods. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted September 7, 2013 Posted September 7, 2013 A great period scene again Patrick,it really is shaping up into a fantastic realistic Irish rural layout. Quote
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