Clogherhead - A GNR(I) Seaside Terminus

[Galteemore]

Just now, Patrick Davey said:

Cue the age-old bodge of weathering to cover it!

And a little touch of a red fine-liner would do the trick …

[Patrick Davey]

15 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

And a little touch of a red fine-liner would do the trick …

Um......

[Patrick Davey]

Great Northern steam superpower.  Aesthetically pleasing from any angle.
 

[Patrick Davey]

The buses wanted to get in on the fun as well.

Edited September 25 by Patrick Davey

[Patrick Davey]

My first ever locomotive renumbering!  OO Works UG previously in UTA livery as No. 49, is now GNR 147 in plain black. 
 

Edited September 26 by Patrick Davey

[Galteemore]

Excellent work Patrick, and I think actually shows off lines of loco better

[Patrick Davey]

Black beauties at Clogherhead this afternoon

 

[Galteemore]

Fab work Patrick. Have you thought of putting a few slivers of red painted plastic bar between the frames of the UG? Would be a nice little hint at valve gear…..

[Patrick Davey]

32 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

Fab work Patrick. Have you thought of putting a few slivers of red painted plastic bar between the frames of the UG? Would be a nice little hint at valve gear…..

Actually yes.....there are a few small tweaks which could be made:

* Open out the top of the chimney (these are solid on both my OO Works locos)

* Coal in the bunker

* Crew in the cab

* Valve gear underneath (access easier from the fireman's side)

* Subtle weathering

This could become obsessive!

[Patrick Davey]

Very much enjoying having these two locomotives running on Clogherhead

[Patrick Davey]

Real coal added as well.  Big improvement.  Or at least it will be, once the PVA dries......

 

Edited Monday at 14:21 by Patrick Davey

[Patrick Davey]

Ok just a couple more……

[Galteemore]

Fabulous - UG really looks good in plain black. 

[Patrick Davey]

A BUSY MOMENT AT CLOGHERHEAD 

Had this station ever actually existed, I don’t believe that this level of activity would have been too commonplace……

It was at times like this that the top brass at Amiens Street must have regretted closing the signal box at Clogherhead in 1950.  It’s a summer Saturday in June 1955, and there are three steam locomotives creating a lot of noise on the county Louth coast.  No. 205 ‘Down’ will be the first to depart, with the empty stock of an excursion that she has just brought across from Castleblayney and other stations to Dundalk: the carriages are going to Drogheda for cleaning before returning to bring their excursionists back to the Irish North.  No. 147 will follow with an unusually heavy morning goods train for Dublin before number 64 will round off the trio of departures with a train of (mostly) empty coal wagons headed to Dundalk.

It’s not often that the continuous cackle of the Clogherhead seagulls is surpassed, but it certainly was on this occasion.

 

[jhb171achill]

Beautiful!!