Patrick Davey Posted December 13, 2025 Posted December 13, 2025 Not my preferred era but I had to sit down when I saw these photos 2
Darius43 Posted December 14, 2025 Author Posted December 14, 2025 Unboxed the Class 201s and took them for a spin. Cheers Darius 11 2
Darius43 Posted December 15, 2025 Author Posted December 15, 2025 On 17/11/2025 at 10:34 AM, leslie10646 said: The "Inst" one was OK, I think - but, of course, the Fees were more and you get what you pay for! When I was learning to swim, it was Templemore Avenue Baths - and that wasn't very warm! For you younger "Southerners", Templemore Avenue's great claim to fame was its FLUTE Band, where the great James Galway first learnt his trade. Aren't you all amazed that I can remember this stuff in my eightieth year! Somewhere on VHS Tape I have a recording of a documentary called “Steel Chest, Nail in the Boot and the Barking Dog”, which was about the men who worked at Harland & Wolff. It features James Galway and the street in question. Steelchest, Nail in the Boot and the Barking Dog A time that has now disappeared, alas. Cheers Darius 2
Darius43 Posted December 22, 2025 Author Posted December 22, 2025 (edited) Got the card stock out this morning and built one of two bridges… Cheers Darius Edited December 22, 2025 by Darius43 13 1
Galteemore Posted December 22, 2025 Posted December 22, 2025 Wonderful. The original, I think, resulted from an unemployment relief project to double Whitehead-Carrick, a project that was reversed about 70 years later! 1 1
airfixfan Posted December 22, 2025 Posted December 22, 2025 Correct the line was doubled in the same job creation scheme that built the Bleach Green line 1
Darius43 Posted December 24, 2025 Author Posted December 24, 2025 Both bridges now painted and installed. Cheers Darius 16 1
Darius43 Posted December 25, 2025 Author Posted December 25, 2025 Merry Christmas to everyone on and at IRM Cheers Darius 7
Darius43 Posted December 29, 2025 Author Posted December 29, 2025 Beach Road bridges complete. Cheers Darius 18 1
Patrick Davey Posted December 29, 2025 Posted December 29, 2025 As solid looking as the real thing! 4
jhb171achill Posted December 29, 2025 Posted December 29, 2025 Senior transferred from the GSR to the NCC about 1944 for several years, when the latter was going through a phase of concrete engagement syndrome. The coastal erosion on the Larne line, following a period of very bad weather, was critical, and that was his area of expertise, learned the hard way round Bray Head! I always thought the NCC obsession with concrete was unsightly and bland; even ugly - but it wasn’t built to hang in an art gallery. It was efficient and very good at what it was designed for - a bit like a “Jeep”! 3
Darius43 Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Something different on the layout this evening. Cheers Darius 9 1
Mol_PMB Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Well Ireland was well-supplied with Beyer Peacock products, so why not? 1
Galteemore Posted January 5 Posted January 5 The famous Sligo Leitrim Beyer Garratt breaks cover ! Looks good 1 2
Popular Post Darius43 Posted January 6 Author Popular Post Posted January 6 Progress on the headland. Cheers Darius 21 4
Colonel Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Scenery looking great. Also noticeable on quite a few photos, especially low angle ones, of how Code 75 track significantly improves the look of 00 gauge. That final photo a case in point. 1 3 1
Darius43 Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 Headland construction completed. Also created some under scenery storage. Cheers Darius 10 1 1
leslie10646 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Ah, @Darius43, all you need now is to get Modellu to cast you a model of the late Lance King (complete with two Rollifexes on a hand-held clamp) and set him on top of the tunnel taking memorable photographs of Spoil trains here ...... 9 1
leslie10646 Posted January 13 Posted January 13 On 7/1/2026 at 9:53 PM, Patrick Davey said: Cracking photo Leslie! Patrick - NOT mine - it's one of Lance King's - he took some mind-blowing shots of the Spoil Trains, about a dozen in the book "Steam's Last Challenge" by my pal Joe Cassells. 3
Darius43 Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 That’s a fantastic book and has been a great inspiration for this layout. Cheers Darius 2 1 1
Darius43 Posted January 18 Author Posted January 18 (edited) Another “foreigner” out for a run on Whiterock. Class 404 4-GRI EMU built from the MTK kit. Cheers Darius Edited January 18 by Darius43 5
Mol_PMB Posted January 18 Posted January 18 What a super model! Not too far off UTA green either. If only the early experiments with third rail electrification in Northern Ireland had borne fruit on the main line! 1
Darius43 Posted January 19 Author Posted January 19 Silver Fox B Class with a mix of kit built and IRM wagons. Cheers Darius 9 1
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