Some of C L Fry’s models of early railways

[jhb171achill]

I took these for a friend the other day,

Dublin & Drogheda Railway, Dublin & Kingstown, and Ulster Railway.

7mm scale, of course.

[Niles]

Super stuff! 

Is that a Grendon's built engine I wonder?

[Galteemore]

1 hour ago, Niles said:

Super stuff! 

Is that a Grendon's built engine I wonder?

Neilson, apparently. Much more attractive than some of their catalogue ….

Edited February 12, 2022 by Galteemore

[David Holman]

Impressive! When were these models built?

[jhb171achill]

Most of those particular ones in 1940s.

[David Holman]

All the more remarkable!

[jhb171achill]

5 hours ago, David Holman said:

All the more remarkable!

Indeed!

Fry put his initials and a date on most (though not all) of his models. Look at the ones above - on the ends of some of those carriages, and the locomotive “makers plate”. On the Dublin & Drogheda one, for example, you’ll see “C L F 5.44” (May 1944) and dome of the carriages are 1947.

[Killian Keane]

Magnificent stuff, I believe Francis Wishaw, writing of the Dublin and Kingstown in 1841 described those yellow second class coaches as being 'superior to any in use in the United Kingdom', lovely stuff