Weshty Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 Damn.......that looks very good, love the cattle area. Quote
leslie10646 Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 Yes, Kieran, a very nice replication of once common sight - of course the wagons look good, but then I would say that! Still available, by the way! I have probably posted this fact-ette before, but the CIE weekly notice BEGAN with fair specials for that week - on one occasion, it ran to forty plus pages of those alone! Jon is generally right that every Irish model station should have a cattle dock, but by some error of choice on my part, the ones on my layout (Portadown and Richhill) didn't have them - so I have a train of twenty cattle wagons to RUN THROUGH as the Enniskillen Shipper - which was nothing but cattle wagons (GNR and SLNCR). Keep up the great work Kieran - where do you find the time? Leslie Quote
Mike 84C Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 Excellent Kieran, I d'ont know how you find the time! Quote
jhb171achill Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 I've a pic somewhere if the last cattle trucks awaiting scrapping in Cork about 1977. Must look it out. Given the above mentioned history of cattle traffic in Ireland, it is quite staggering that not one single example is preserved, anywhere. The last I remember seeing was an old SLNCR one in a field near manorhamilton which fell to pieces in the late 1980s / 1990s. A worthy "new build" for the DCDR; please witness here that when I win the Euromillions / Lotto, I'll fund the whole thing, plus restoration of all the six wheelers, myself..... Quote
Kirley Posted April 10, 2016 Author Posted April 10, 2016 Some action from NIR [video=youtube;1T-5zmV5INY] Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Great video Kieran,great to see some NIR operations,nice collection of stock Quote
JasonB Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Very nice,lovely stock especially the weed sprayer it looks great Quote
John-r Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Really enjoyed the video, the weedspray rake is class, Quote
Noel Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Really enjoyed the video, the weedspray rake is class, +1 Quote
The Derry Road Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Really enjoyed the video Kieran, Great to see NIR stock running. Well done. I wish I had your spare time TDR Quote
enniscorthyman Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Very nice,love watching your videos. Quote
BosKonay Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) Absolutely brilliant - standards to aspire to there kirley - both layout and stock!!! Edited April 11, 2016 by BosKonay Quote
Kirley Posted May 10, 2016 Author Posted May 10, 2016 GNR(I)SG Class locomotive. Lots of problems on this my first brass locomotive kit build but at last it runs. But running not as well as I had hoped, need to re look at the pickups and the weight factor. [video=youtube;P-05bnF5Rvw] Quote
David Holman Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Seems OK to me, but hard to tell re absolute smoothness on video footage. As you say, extra weight over the drivers should help. Pick ups may affect running. On Arigna Town, two locos exhibited a surging type movement. Found it was the pickups not being properly adjusted and the feedback controllers I used in compensating for the poor connection causing the surges. Quote
Noel Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 GNR(I)SG Class locomotive. Lots of problems on this my first brass locomotive kit build but at last it runs. But running not as well as I had hoped, need to re look at the pickups and the weight factor. Hey you are far too hard on yourself - for a 1st brass loco she looks more than impressive. Tweaking the running can be done retrospectively. Hat's off to you - well done. Quote
BosKonay Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Looks fantastic kirley. You can't beat your own handiwork for satisfaction too. Quote
Mike 84C Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 That looks really good Kirley I"m with Noel on this one, so whats the next one!!!! Quote
Kirley Posted May 11, 2016 Author Posted May 11, 2016 so whats the next one!!!! Thanks Guys, next out of the Loco shed is a GNR(I) JT Locomotive, should be ready for a test run next week. Quote
GSR 800 Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 Thanks Guys, next out of the Loco shed is a GNR(I) JT Locomotive, should be ready for a test run next week. Ohh yes...excellent Kirley Junction has entered the steam era,and I like it! Quote
Kirley Posted May 30, 2016 Author Posted May 30, 2016 Some GNR Provincial Wagon Kits finished and getting their first run out on Kirley Junction. They are three 10T Vans, one unfitted, and a 20T Brake Van. Quote
Dave Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 Some GNR Provincial Wagon Kits finished and getting their first run out on Kirley Junction. They are three 10T Vans, one unfitted, and a 20T Brake Van. They look superb Kieran Quote
DiveController Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 Some GNR Provincial Wagon Kits finished and getting their first run out on Kirley Junction. They are three 10T Vans, one unfitted, and a 20T Brake Van. Very nice little rake, Kieran. I wasn't aware that the GN covered wagons were turned out in crimson/bauxite, which make a refreshing change, with a couple of different shades of grey to finish it off. Looks really nice! Quote
Kirley Posted May 30, 2016 Author Posted May 30, 2016 I wasn't aware that the GN covered wagons were turned out in crimson/bauxite, which make a refreshing change, with a couple of different shades of grey to finish it off. The Grey livery denotes an "unfitted" van. Quote
DiveController Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) Was the color of the fitted vans on Great Northern different, maybe a little redder than the CIE bauxite? Looks good either way ! Edited May 31, 2016 by DiveController Quote
Kirley Posted May 31, 2016 Author Posted May 31, 2016 I would say it was a fairly standard bauxite across all the Railway Companies. Quote
BosKonay Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 Some GNR Provincial Wagon Kits finished and getting their first run out on Kirley Junction. They are three 10T Vans, one unfitted, and a 20T Brake Van. Absolutely superb - and the layout is looking beautifully settled in too - can almost see the moss on those walls Quote
Kirley Posted June 4, 2016 Author Posted June 4, 2016 Some brand new Container arrivals at the Freight Yard yesterday. Quote
Kirley Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 GNR(I) JT Locomotive. In an earlier post I displayed some pictures of 4 Provincial Wagons I had just completed being pulled by this locomotive. No one commented on the locomotive which maybe indicates a limited interest on Steam locomotives on this site. Anyway here is a video of it action. You may notice in the earlier part of the video the locomotive was not running smoothly but after working at the CV's it improved. Quote
enniscorthyman Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 I love your video and photo updates on Kirley Junction. Quote
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