Conyngham Road Garage

[Rob]

A short distance from Heuston North is Conyngham Road Garage (Dublin Bus)- a layout loosely based on the 2003 - 2009 era when a good variety of bus types still could be seen.

 

[Mol_PMB]

Very nice, some superbly observed and modelled details there!

Are the drivers on strike today?

[ttc0169]

Superb modelling,well done Rob

[MOGUL]

Nice to see this shared with the public. Like Heuston North it’s an excellent piece of modelling and tbh it’s hard to tell apart from the real deal!

[DJ Dangerous]

Blown away, @Rob! Fabulous modelling and fabulous models, and some great photography.

Have we seen any of these make cameos on Hueston North before?

[Tullygrainey]

Just brilliant! The buses and the buildings are wonderful but so are the road surfaces. Perfectly observed and totally convincing. Lovely work.

[David Holman]

Loads of very subtle detail. An ordinary scene, beautifully observed and not easy to get right like this.

[Dempsey]

Brilliant scene Rob

[mfjoc]

Wow!

I worked there in the 1980's and it brought it all back.

[leslie10646]

On 24/5/2025 at 12:33 PM, Mol_PMB said:

Very nice, some superbly observed and modelled details there!

Are the drivers on strike today?

Surely a typical Sunday view?

I was once entertained in the very early morning watching a garage-full of LT's short-lived "Bendy Buses" being extracted from a similarly packed position. Buses are amazingly manouevrable.

[Rob]

Something like that @leslie10646??

[Bob229]

Superb bus depot Rob, fine fleet of buses, great detail and garages and the road surface excellent 

[DJ Dangerous]

Is that recovery truck from Tiny City?

Any chance we’ll see a VT47 visiting?

[Rob]

Yes (from memory!)

And yes, but some preparatory work may be required in the factory first!!

[DJ Dangerous]

On 7/6/2025 at 11:43 PM, Rob said:

Yes (from memory!)

And yes, but some preparatory work may be required in the factory first!!

Must be a loooot of work going on!

[JasonB]

Each time I look through these photos, I notice more and more details. This is a superb piece of work  @Rob 

[Rob]

A landmark day when VT 47 (07 D 70047) and VT 48 (07 D 70048) arrive in Conyngham Road for the first time ahead of entering service.  

Edited 21 hours ago by Rob

[DJ Dangerous]

2 minutes ago, Rob said:

A landmark day when VT 47 (07 D 70047) and VT 48 (07 D 70048) arrive in Conygham Road for the first time ahead of entering service.  

I think the depot needs an easier to spell name!

[Mayner]

Conyngham Road Depot used to be a regular stop on City/Ballybough bound No 23 bus services in the 60s & 70s while travelling with my Mum as a kid to visit her Aunts in Nth Richmond St and on my own as a teenager on visits to model(railway!) shops and the MRSI Clubroom also in Nth Richmond St!. The Conyngham Road Depot has a long history as a public transport depot, initially the Dublin & Lucan 3' gauge steam tramway Dublin Depot & works, the 3'6" gauge Lucan Electric Tramway absorbed by the DUTC and converted to Broad Gauge and integrated into Dublin's electric tramway system in the 1920s before the Lucan tramway services were replaced by buses in 1940s.

The main concrete/masonry depot buildings likely to date from the DUTC era.

Wasn't interested in the Busses or Conyngham Rd Depot but the top deck of the No 23 Bus most of the way from the Colbert Rd bridge to Conyngham Rd depot was a great for trainspotting (mainly shunting) Islandbridge Junction and Heuston Goods

[David Holman]

15 hours ago, Rob said:

A landmark day when VT 47 (07 D 70047) and VT 48 (07 D 70048) arrive in Conyngham Road for the first time ahead of entering service.  

The yard surface is just sublime - had to look twice before I realised it was photos of a new model.

 Have you ever tried the trick of filing a flat on the tyres of a road vehicle? May not show up in 4mm scale, but it 7mm it gives a subtle touch to make the model 'sit' with tyres looking like they have real weight pressing down on them.