barrow street

[David Holman]

Wow.

Where to start? No idea really. The vision, the skill, the running, the... oh for goodness sake!

Quite possibly one of the finest model railways anywhere. 

 To follow the movie, now needs an album and a novel - though preferably not a musical and certainly a major series in the Model Press.

 Quite remarkable and to say 'well done' is not enough but thank you and keep sharing.

 

[StevieB]

How lovely just to be able to stand by the lineside and watch the trains go by.

Stephen

[murphaph]

1 hour ago, David Holman said:

Quite possibly one of the finest model railways anywhere. 

Was thinking the same. It rivals anything I've seen. 

[skinner75]

It's great to see it reassembled in it's new home. Very interesting to see the steel frame used for the supports - when I go to build a layout of my own, this would be the way I would go about supporting it, after seeing it first on Barrow Street!

[Robert Shrives]

Agreed with all the comments above a great slice of the world in miniature. Certainly worthy of being a public treasure showing how Dublin has developed and of museum quality - may be in time to be preserved for future generations. 

The ghostly DART shows work in progress and a rare model.  Taken by the single railcar - It would be good to know about its build?

Thanks for sharing the developments, and the shed is certainly thought provoking for myself. ( lottery win required!)

Robert    

 

[warb]

11 minutes ago, skinner75 said:

It's great to see it reassembled in it's new home. Very interesting to see the steel frame used for the supports - when I go to build a layout of my own, this would be the way I would go about supporting it, after seeing it first on Barrow Street!

The idea for the layout supports was originally done 35 years ago by the Model Railway Society of Ireland for their exhibition layouts which provided ease of movement and strength.

Warb 

[Mayner]

Its been a long term in the planning and construction  I first heard about plans for a Westland Row-Grand Canal Dock layout nearly 20 years ago. 

Its nice to see the Sparrow and Arrow Railcars again, the single unit railcar was surveyed within days of its arrival (1997?) in Inchacore and the scratchbuilt model completed and in service on the Greystones layout a lot quicker than it took IE to commission the prototype.

Edited April 13, 2022 by Mayner

[warb]

Photos of Barrow Street fiddle yard which I forgot to attach from both ends.

Regards

Warb

 

[StevieB]

Whenever I see hidden sidings of this order, I know I am in for a treat in terms of number and length of trains operating.

Stephen

[DartStation]

Warb,

You just need to put the shed on wheels now and then you can travel the world with this masterpiece, bet your glad to see the idea finally come to realization , from a recent trip on the dart there are a lot more barges now docked in Grand Canal but I remember your scene well commuting to /from work. You  just need a bit of white bird poo on the remnants of the boat you have in your scene or a few gulls sitting on the sides.

Regards

Paul R.

[warb]

Work on going to grand canal dock station area this weekend

 

[Patrick Davey]

Insanely good..... my layout is 48in x 18in and it's still not finished......

[Dempsey]

Impressive just dos not do this layout justice. 

[Patrick Davey]

A 'cab ride' along this layout would be super!!!

[StevieB]

I so:agree with the last comment re a cab ride along the line.

Stephen

[warb]

As requested

warb

 

[Railway Lyons]

Loving it Warb,

Following with great interest, and giving plenty of ideas for my own future layout. 

[Bob229]

Superb layout, and great selection of rolling stock

[warb]

All change to Barrow Street. Say goodbye to the Boston Sidings and ongoing works to Grand Canal Quay

[WRENNEIRE]

That will keep you busy for the weekend

[murphaph]

6 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

That will keep you busy for the weekend

Those are probably the 1:76 after pics 

[warb]

I'm thinking of changing the name from Barrow Street to Googleville?

[David Holman]

Seems no matter how contemporary you try to be, barely a day goes by and it becomes history!

[DJ Dangerous]

2 hours ago, warb said:

I'm thinking of changing the name from Barrow Street to Googleville?

Shouldn't that be Alphabet City?

[warb]

10 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Shouldn't that be Alphabet City?

Not as laid back

[Mayner]

3 hours ago, David Holman said:

Seems no matter how contemporary you try to be, barely a day goes by and it becomes history!

During the last 20 years the Grand Canal Dock area has been transformed to some of the most valuable real estate in Europe on the back of Government (tax) incentives to encourage the IT giants to set up their European headquarters in Dublin, this resulted in the whole sale re-development of the area including the 're-development" of urban renewal projects carried out during the 1980s & 1900s

I worked in a relatively new (post 1990) neo-Georgian office block that had an excellent view over the "Boston Yard" about 20 years ago, the complex was demolished and replaced by a high rise steel and glass box during the past 10 years, in stark contrast to the urban decay that blighted the area during the 60s and 70s with the run down of port operations and associated industries on the South Quays and in Grand Canal Dock.

[GSR 800]

3 hours ago, David Holman said:

Seems no matter how contemporary you try to be, barely a day goes by and it becomes history!

 

29 minutes ago, Mayner said:

During the last 20 years the Grand Canal Dock area has been transformed to some of the most valuable real estate in Europe on the back of Government (tax) incentives to encourage the IT giants to set up their European headquarters in Dublin, this resulted in the whole sale re-development of the area including the 're-development" of urban renewal projects carried out during the 1980s & 1900s

I worked in a relatively new (post 1990) neo-Georgian office block that had an excellent view over the "Boston Yard" about 20 years ago, the complex was demolished and replaced by a high rise steel and glass box during the past 10 years, in stark contrast to the urban decay that blighted the area during the 60s and 70s with the run down of port operations and associated industries on the South Quays and in Grand Canal Dock.

Take it away Ronnie..

 

 

[jhb171achill]

Stunning!

[warb]

A Small log jam on Barrow Street today

[David Holman]

Track cleaning in the fiddle yard?

Impressive!

[Robert Shrives]

looks like time interval working or ETRMS4  flexible block in use. control staff will need to exercise a little judgement on releasing traffic.  

The pics do show the capacity to abosrb stock quicker than the pocket can fund !

Brilliant as ever.

Robert  

[Rush and Lusk]

Tremendous changes taking place in the wider Barrow street are for almost two decades now - mostly for the better. Great recent pictures, and as for the traffic "log-jam" - amazing collection. Well done

[Dempsey]

3 hours ago, warb said:

A Small log jam on Barrow Street today

It's not because of myself and rob's driving any

[warb]

1 hour ago, Dempsey said:

It's not because of myself and rob's driving any

Took me hours to sort out the mess

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, warb said:

Took me hours to sort out the mess

There will be serious overtime in CTC!