GNRi1959 Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 Funny you should suggest making the lower end single line. I have considered this because when trains left omagh, they disappeared under road bridges emerging as single track only.
David Holman Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Not much double track in Ireland anyway is there? Apart from Larne, Belfast, Dublin, Cork and on to Cobh/Middleton, pretty much everything else is/was single, including much of the Derry Road.
jhb171achill Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Prior to 1925 or so, there was a lot more - a good deal of the Sligo line, and all of the Galway line, for example. Today, it's Larne, Bangor to Bray, M3 Parkway, Maynooth, Connolly - tunnel - Heuston - Cobh & Midleton, and that's about it! The main routes now long gone were ALL single - Waterford - Mallow, North Kerry, Limerick - Sligo - Enniskillen, Dundalk - Enniskillen - Derry, Portadown - Cavan - Mullingar, the Derry Road, the BCDR, West Cork; and the existing South Kerry and Limerick Jct - Waterford - Rosslare were always single. One double track narrow gauge line, and one only, of course: the Cork - Blackrock part of the CBPR. The Crosshaven extension was always single.
Patrick Davey Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 4 hours ago, jhb171achill said: Today, it's Larne, Bangor to Bray, Not quite the full way to Larne though.....
jhb171achill Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 53 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said: Not quite the full way to Larne though..... 53 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said: Not quite the full way to Larne though..... 53 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said: Not quite the full way to Larne though..... Indeed, sir; my mistake entirely. Used to be as far as Whitehead, now double just short of there. Never double Whitehead - Larne at all. 1
GNRi1959 Posted July 31, 2018 Author Posted July 31, 2018 Having spent several weeks in the 'shed' I'm amazed as to how many problems arise when trying to work a decent run around layout into a 10x6 size shed layout. Sure has tested me. 1
GNRi1959 Posted July 31, 2018 Author Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/28/2018 at 6:18 PM, jhb171achill said: Indeed, sir; my mistake entirely. Used to be as far as Whitehead, now double just short of there. Never double Whitehead - Larne at all. Took a trip to Whitehead today on a return out of Belfast. The ladies were shopping and I decided just to sit and relax by rail.
jhb171achill Posted July 31, 2018 Posted July 31, 2018 That's the way to do it, Tony! Pity you can't get all the way by rail to Omagh these days.....
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