Darius43 Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 9 hours ago, Horsetan said: Ex-Württemberg Class "C" Pacific (DRG 18.1) hauling 1960s DR Doppelstock? Tis a mysterious place, Whiterock… Cheers Darius
Galteemore Posted April 22 Posted April 22 5 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Tis a mysterious place, Whiterock… Cheers Darius Twinned with Weissfelsen, clearly … 1
Horsetan Posted April 22 Posted April 22 3 hours ago, Darius43 said: Tis a mysterious place, Whiterock… Thing is, the Irish loading gauge used to be almost capable of taking European stock, but still needed a bit more height and width.
leslie10646 Posted April 22 Posted April 22 5 hours ago, Darius43 said: Tis a mysterious place, Whiterock… Cheers Darius Yes, Darius, but a Württemberg Pacific - HORRIBLE looking things! If you have to run the DR double deckers, I'll loan you my HO model of 18.201 which actually did haul those coaches. Or an S3/6 would look good - can loan you that too - or even the S2/5 Atlantic. I'll come round ....... 2
Horsetan Posted April 22 Posted April 22 7 minutes ago, leslie10646 said: Yes, Darius, but a Württemberg Pacific - HORRIBLE looking things! If you have to run the DR double deckers, I'll loan you my HO model of 18.201 which actually did haul those coaches. Or an S3/6 would look good...... I can never get enough of the ex-DR Doppelstock. The general design was modernised to some extent towards the end of the DDR era and, after reunification, looked particularly good when refurbished in the new Deutsche Bahn liveries. I've picked up a fair few in DB Regio colours, and also have 18.201 to haul them. They would work equally well behind either the DR 65.10 or DB 65 suburban 2-8-4Ts. Not sure about using the S3/6. It's a touch too old for that type of thing. Doppelstock is much more suited to the post-war Neubauloks and Rekoloks.
Darius43 Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 44 minutes ago, leslie10646 said: Yes, Darius, but a Württemberg Pacific - HORRIBLE looking things! If you have to run the DR double deckers, I'll loan you my HO model of 18.201 which actually did haul those coaches. Or an S3/6 would look good - can loan you that too - or even the S2/5 Atlantic. I'll come round ....... How about a BR 03? Cheers Darius
Horsetan Posted April 22 Posted April 22 32 minutes ago, Darius43 said: How about a BR 03? The DR Reko 03 and 03.10s did haul Doppelstock on occasion
Darius43 Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 (edited) More activity… Cheers Darius Edited April 27 by Darius43 6 1
leslie10646 Posted April 27 Posted April 27 Much better! 18.201 really is the Biz! You will knw that it was built, in part with the frames off a 61 Class tank? Actually 61.002. Now, I can loan you 61.001 with the four coach Henschel Wegmann train - perfect for the Larne Boat train ....... 1
Horsetan Posted April 28 Posted April 28 7 hours ago, leslie10646 said: ....You will knw that it was built, in part with the frames off a 61 Class tank? Actually 61.002........ It's a hybrid of two different engines, - frames and wheels of 61.002 - rear frames, trailing truck and outside cylinders of 45.024 topped by a Reko 39E boiler. I think the tender came from a Br44. 1
leslie10646 Posted April 29 Posted April 29 Yes, Darius - keep to the Day Job! You're not @Old Blarney or I who run whatever we like. I'm planning a "Southern day on Portadown Jct! Nothing wrong with NIR Disease-als! 1
Darius43 Posted April 30 Author Posted April 30 House transplant… A model of the family home in Belfast that I built in the early 1980s. Now to be restored and relocated to Whiterock, minus the front and back gardens that are too far gone. Cheers Darius 12 3
jhb171achill Posted April 30 Posted April 30 On 29/4/2026 at 8:57 AM, Darius43 said: Normality returns… Cheers Darius Absolutely TOP class stuff! 1 1 1
Patrick Davey Posted May 15 Posted May 15 Very nice, and not a million miles away from some GNR(I) locos, including the livery from the early days! 1 1
Darius43 Posted May 29 Author Posted May 29 (edited) Special visitor… Cheers Darius Edited May 29 by Darius43 3 1
Mol_PMB Posted May 29 Posted May 29 Have you got any wall space in the railway room? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/206306989206 1
Darius43 Posted May 29 Author Posted May 29 (edited) Not in the railway room. In the bathroom, however… …and at Whiterock station… Cheers Darius Edited May 29 by Darius43 9 1
Darius43 Posted May 29 Author Posted May 29 And now for something completely different. Cheers Darius 7
derek Posted May 30 Posted May 30 23 hours ago, Darius43 said: And now for something completely different. Cheers Darius Lovely
Darius43 Posted Monday at 07:15 Author Posted Monday at 07:15 Something a little different… Cheers Darius 6
leslie10646 Posted Monday at 07:59 Posted Monday at 07:59 (edited) Hi Darius I presume that the MAK is a Roco V65, seemingly minus Hand rails? Looks the part! Thanks Leslie Edited Monday at 08:17 by leslie10646
Darius43 Posted Monday at 08:10 Author Posted Monday at 08:10 (edited) Hi Leslie, I spotted the MaK on eBay a few years ago. It was pained as the CIE K Class and is DCC fitted - presumably based on the Roco V65. Its appearance today is as delivered to me after some cleaning. Cheers Darius Edited Monday at 08:11 by Darius43 1
leslie10646 Posted Monday at 08:43 Posted Monday at 08:43 Thanks, Darius, Well spotted! I'll follow your example, buy one on eBay and get it painted, if I can persuade my workshops to do it! I think @jhb171achill has gone down that path, although I haven't seen it at Dugort Harbour. 1
Georgeconna Posted Monday at 09:13 Posted Monday at 09:13 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Something a little different… Cheers Darius Repainted one years back, Glazing was a pain to get out if I recall. 1
jhb171achill Posted Monday at 11:10 Posted Monday at 11:10 2 hours ago, leslie10646 said: Thanks, Darius, Well spotted! I'll follow your example, buy one on eBay and get it painted, if I can persuade my workshops to do it! I think @jhb171achill has gone down that path, although I haven't seen it at Dugort Harbour. I never was able to get one in the end, Leslie, at a price I liked, so it’s yet to appear at Dugort Harbour! In time, I hope, along with a B101, a good few Cs, and a G! 2 1
Mol_PMB Posted Monday at 11:34 Posted Monday at 11:34 I did consider getting one, but having chosen to wear the 21mm gauge hair shirt, the width compromise of an HO scale model would be a problem for me. In OO gauge it's not too bad, this was a tall and chunky prototype based on the German loading gauge, so the scale discrepancy is not obvious. 1 1
Horsetan Posted Monday at 13:13 Posted Monday at 13:13 1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said: I did consider getting one, but having chosen to wear the 21mm gauge hair shirt, the width compromise of an HO scale model would be a problem for me. In OO gauge it's not too bad, this was a tall and chunky prototype based on the German loading gauge, so the scale discrepancy is not obvious. For a 1:87 model, it would have to be regauged to 18.37mm to represent 5ft 3in. 1
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