Patricks Layout

[Noel]

Stunning. Pure nostalgia gold in photo realism.

[patrick]

Yes Leslie, we need a palvan!

[patrick]

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

[patrick]

Cork Waterford goods passes Grang 1975.

[patrick]

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.

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[StevieB]

It’s nice to see a reasonable length freight train running on a model railway.

Stephen

[patrick]

Goods train passing Grange October 1972.

[David Holman]

A joy, as ever.

[patrick]

141 passes Keilys Cross with a Cork bound Bell liner. The presence of two PWD flats In the beet siding suggests some permanent way work in the area.

[patrick]

Due to issues with my phone the video cut off before the brake van passed but I thought it too nice not to post. 

 

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[patrick]

165 prepares to leave Glen More with the Cork  Waterford goods after completing its shunting there. This is the same train shown in the last video. The opens were dropped at the loading bank in preperation for the upcoming sugar beet season and three loads of fertilizer from Gouldings in Cork and a load of timber left in the goods yard. Picked up were three loaded cattle wagons for Clover Meats in Waterford, an insulated van from Glen More Co op and an empty bitumen tank both of which will be on the overnight goods to Dublin tonight. 

Conversion to Kadee couplers has made such operations so much more enjoyable. 

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[David Holman]

Love how rock steady all the stock is on that video - possibly even better than the real thing!

[patrick]

Latest addition to the library. Sadly Allen passed away last November shortly before this book was published.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Fascinating looking book

[patrick]

5 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Fascinating looking book

Allen McClelland's own book, The Virginian & Ohio Story published in the eighties is also well worth checking out. His influence is all over the South Waterford Line.

[Mayner]

The Virginian and Ohio and Tony Koesters "Allegheny Midland" were inspirations when I took up American outline modelling in N gauge during the 90s though I never had the space to go beyond a folded 8 in the attic of our house in Dublin. 

Hopefully I will get to see the coal hauling railroads that inspired the V&O when we visit friends in the Appalachian  Mountains in June

[patrick]

It's October 1968 and Cork Waterford goods crosses its counterpart at Glen More.

[patrick]

Waterford bound goods passes through Kelly's Cross in the evening light Autumn 1969.

[patrick]

A55 passes Glen More on the Waterford goods October 1970 while a Cork bound train shunts the yard.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Lovely setting 

[patrick]

Overview of Glen More station 1968. 

[Noel]

Just gorgeous. My favourite layout ever on here. The Epoch era of Irish railway transport. Beautifully and artistically authentic.

[Bob229]

Excellent layout and scenery,  A55 goes very well with grey wagons

[DJ Dangerous]

In case anybody has problems viewing @patrick's videos, as I do, if you hold your finger on the video on a mobile device, the option to download should appear, and once downloaded, you can then view it.

Not sure why, it only happens sometimes with some videos, where only the audio plays while trying to view via the forum.

Lovely stuff, Patrick!

[patrick]

Waterford Cork passenger train at Kelly's Cross 1968

[Robert Shrives]

Still looking good and inspiring many!  Thanks for update photos!

Robert  

[patrick]

A few images from a short running session this morning.

 

 

[patrick]

Here are a few JM Design wagons straight out of the paint shop. Tomorrow I hope to do three more vans and a grain hopper, also from JM Design and hopefully all will receive decals over the weekend. 

The open wagon with the timber load is a white metal kit from SSM and a different prototype than the JM Design model. Does anyone have any information on these?

 

 

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[Mayner]

42 minutes ago, patrick said:

Here are a few JM Design wagons straight out of the paint shop. Tomorrow I hope to do three more vans and a grain hopper, also from JM Design and hopefully all will receive decals over the weekend. 

The open wagon with the timber load is a white metal kit from SSM and a different prototype than the JM Design model. Does anyone have any information on these?

 

 

The oval plate and label clip details are reproduced nicely on the current (Chinese) prints of the open wagons.

The SSM open wagon is a model of the wooden underframed version of the IRCH Open, both the GSWR/GSR and GNR appear to have built both types of these wagons possibly using timber when steel was in short supply, there is a photo in the Inchacore 150 book of wooden underframe wagons under construction for beet traffic during the 1930s.

The wooden underframe wagons appear to have been a favourite for carrying old style BR containers, but the Bachmann Type A container is too big to fit in the SSM wagon

 

[patrick]

Thanks John. I'm very pleased with these models and encourage anyone looking for accurate goods stock to run with their A class Crossley diesels to check them out. The solid grey paint scheme makes them a very easy paint job with a spray can. Together with Leslie's Provincial wagon kits it's never been easier to assemble an accurate loose coupled goods train.

[patrick]

Having converted to kadee couplers I have a large number of these tension locks surplus to requirements which nobody needs over here. I will gladly send them to anyone who can use them rather than throw them out.

[jhb171achill]

On 17/7/2023 at 5:47 PM, patrick said:

A few images from a short running session this morning.

 

 

This is just outstanding.

[patrick]

My recreation of the train depicted on the cover of the 1967 book Irish Railways Today. A perfect passenger train for a secondary line like the South Waterford. 

[patrick]

While on the subject of books I recently found this. During the 1970's the Tralee library's copy spent more time in my hands than on their shelves!

[patrick]

I finally got to apply decals to the JM Designs open wagons. Kadee couplers are on order.