"Voiding the Warranty" - Mol's experiments in 21mm gauge

[Mol_PMB]

Just now, Westcorkrailway said:

Is it Blackwater? I was only there yesterday 

Correct! I'll have to think of a prize...

[derek]

1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said:

PS if you can guess that one correctly, this one is a bit harder but should still be possible to work out if you look closely. I was a bit older by now:

Reminiscent of Tommy Tiernan at the back of the bus in Father Ted 

[Mol_PMB]

2 minutes ago, derek said:

Reminiscent of Tommy Tiernan at the back of the bus in Father Ted 

The old railcar was going nowhere but I couldn’t resist sitting in it. 
It was built for the same railway as the steam loco that the toddler me was standing on in the other photo. 

[jhb171achill]

3 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

Just back from a stressful long weekend with elderly parents. There is no let up.

One tiny ray of sunshine was finding some old family photos, including this one:

Who's going to be the first to identify where this was?

 

Ennis

 

1 hour ago, derek said:

Reminiscent of Tommy Tiernan at the back of the bus in Father Ted 

Never saw a colour pic inside one of those.  Standard CIE bus upholstery in plastic "mock-leather", of the time. Some had a lighter brown shade, and others a grey-ish blue colour. The Loughrea coach, 1904, had the lighter brown shade. On the day I travelled on that line, somebody had added, in black biro, written right across one of the seats, 

"FAREWELL TO THE DUNSANDLE EXPRESS"!

(Which is the title of my forthcoming book....)

[Mol_PMB]

I have succumbed to retail therapy and bought another loco. I must confess that I'm not a big fan of the BnT livery on the GM locos, preferring the later supertrain. But for my 1960s modelling period I can't really avoid having a 141 in the BnT scheme and seeing that the remaining stocks of MM locos at Rails are dwindling I have made a purchase of B147. 

Of course, this will be regauged, renumbered and weathered in due course. B153 was photographed at Quartertown Mill, and also at Fenit, so is my preferred candidate. My childhood memories of a later era are of the 15x series which seemed ever-present around Limerick, so this will make a good companion to 156 which I have done already. 

I fully expect to realise in a few weeks time that I have missed out on a Black Friday deal...

Meanwhile, my rake of grain wagons is gradually being weathered. Photos in a few days time!