Galteemore Posted May 29 Posted May 29 Who knew the 800 class got to Portrush - painted black ? 4 Quote
Horsetan Posted May 29 Posted May 29 11 hours ago, airfixfan said: Only the clock tower is slightly accuarate! The smokebox door hinges are on the wrong side of the door ring.... ....and the outside motion looks pretty half-hearted as well. 2 Quote
Broithe Posted June 21 Author Posted June 21 We had a forty foot straight on a layout once, in a carport with a polycarbonate roof and the ends closed in - we had considerable expansion/contraction issues, until we fitted Fleischmann joints with most of an inch of movement I was reminded of it by this photo of the current heat expansion issue that the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway has. They have run trains over that, apparently - gently, and with trackside personnel monitoring the progress to detect derailments... As far as the layout was concerned, I remain convinced that the principal effect was actually the baseboard contracting, as the humidity was driven out, rather than the rails expanding in the high temperatures, although that would add a bit to the problem. The expansion of the metal was predictable to a fair degree of accuracy and was nowhere near enough to account for the total dimensional changes that we got. 1 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted June 22 Posted June 22 11 hours ago, Broithe said: We had a forty foot straight on a layout once, in a carport with a polycarbonate roof and the ends closed in - we had considerable expansion/contraction issues, until we fitted Fleischmann joints with most of an inch of movement I was reminded of it by this photo of the current heat expansion issue that the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway has. They have run trains over that, apparently - gently, and with trackside personnel monitoring the progress to detect derailments..... This must be on the single-line Dungeness section. Presumably the service is less intensive than for the rest of the line! 1 Quote
Branchline121 Posted July 3 Posted July 3 Not sure if this was posted here before but 43028 of British Rail was put into a one-off mock Irish Rail livery in 1997, to haul boat trains from Holyhead. Seemingly it didn’t last long, but it’s interesting to see nonetheless. Quote
spudfan Posted July 11 Posted July 11 (edited) New paint job for the railway bridge at Crumlin (County Antrim not Dublin 12).Taken by my daughter. Maybe should have posted it in the "What's happening on the network" section. Edited July 12 by spudfan 2 Quote
jhb171achill Posted July 12 Posted July 12 21 minutes ago, spudfan said: New paint job for the railway bridge at Crumlin (County Antrim not Dublin 12).Taken by my daughter. Maybe should have posted it in the "What's happening on the network" section. Doubtless an antidote to the "twalf"! Quote
spudfan Posted July 13 Posted July 13 This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" 2 1 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted July 13 Posted July 13 16 minutes ago, spudfan said: This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" Me Me Me Now Now Now! No thought for anyone else. And it's not just one vehicle but many. Hopefully, with that many Knuts on the beach, the tide didn't come in... Quote
Horsetan Posted July 13 Posted July 13 1 hour ago, spudfan said: This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" That, there, is just another indication of our feral society. Quote
Broithe Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 Having received the promised 4am weather report from @Georgeconna, we headed off south to do the Sugarloaf and Knockmealdown - for the third time, after having miserable visibility on the previous two attempts. We arrived towards 7am and the weather was far better this time - it was a great day out. Still recovering. Hopefully... 5 Quote
spudfan Posted July 15 Posted July 15 First time I did the McGillycuddy Reeks in Kerry it was cloud/rain the whole day. Saw nothing as it was a navigating job the whole trip. Went back the following year and had clear,calm sunny weather so I actually got to see where I was! 1 Quote
Broithe Posted July 27 Author Posted July 27 I found these today - that last big storm must have been really rough... They are here - https://www.google.com/maps/@53.1096447,-7.6409247,43m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 1 Quote
skinner75 Posted July 31 Posted July 31 On 13/7/2025 at 5:01 PM, spudfan said: This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" I'm sure if they got a shout they would just smash the glass, and release the handbrake? Would still use up their time all the same Quote
Mayner Posted July 31 Posted July 31 On 16/7/2025 at 2:59 AM, spudfan said: First time I did the McGillycuddy Reeks in Kerry it was cloud/rain the whole day. Saw nothing as it was a navigating job the whole trip. Went back the following year and had clear,calm sunny weather so I actually got to see where I was! Back in the day when I lived and worked in Ireland brought the other half Linda (originally from the States) along on a business trip to the Kingdom and ended up doing the Kenmare-Cahirciveen leg of the Ring of Kerry on a November night! I had appointments in Kenmare and Killorglin and decided to take the scenic route and check out the remains of the Valencia line en-route. Approaching Waterville with its street lights (in almost total darkness) from Sneem Linda commented that it felt like we were in a small plane coming in to land. We stayed over in Cahirciveen before heading for Killorglin and Tralee, there was snow visible on the Reeks from Killorglin the following day. 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted July 31 Posted July 31 On 13/7/2025 at 5:01 PM, spudfan said: This says it all. "RNLI make appeal after lifeboat station was blocked by cars in Bundoran" Utterly ridiculous. Toss those cars into the water, I'd say. 2 Quote
jhb171achill Posted July 31 Posted July 31 On 29/5/2025 at 7:29 PM, Horsetan said: The smokebox door hinges are on the wrong side of the door ring.... ....and the outside motion looks pretty half-hearted as well. Indeed; what an AI mess! My grandfather would spin like a hi-speed propeller in his grave.......... On 3/7/2025 at 6:37 PM, Branchline121 said: Not sure if this was posted here before but 43028 of British Rail was put into a one-off mock Irish Rail livery in 1997, to haul boat trains from Holyhead. Seemingly it didn’t last long, but it’s interesting to see nonetheless. I'm not seeing the Irish Rail part......? BR livery.....? 1 1 Quote
Broithe Posted August 15 Author Posted August 15 It's not always trucks and buses that hit bridges... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjyd194gp0o Quote
Broithe Posted August 15 Author Posted August 15 Also, anybody looking for a name for a fictional station name on a layout, perhaps with overtones of a Podge & Rodge-style atmosphere, might like to reuse the real Ballygunge Junction - a suburban station in Kolkata. 1 1 Quote
Broithe Posted Tuesday at 10:32 Author Posted Tuesday at 10:32 Landslide in Norway cuts motorway and the adjacent railway. A long way round for the bus replacement service for a while yet... 1 4 Quote
spudfan Posted Tuesday at 22:06 Posted Tuesday at 22:06 It is not even on a slope from high ground, must have been an underground water course. Quote
Mayner Posted yesterday at 08:35 Posted yesterday at 08:35 19 hours ago, Broithe said: Landslide in Norway cuts motorway and the adjacent railway. A long way round for the bus replacement service for a while yet... "Landslide" appears to have been caused by liquefaction of "quick clay" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_clay, described as a 'sinkhole' in a article on the slip https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2025/08/30/travel-chaos-after-landslide-splits-norway-in-two/. "Quickclay' appears to be common in countries close to the pole including Norway/ 1 Quote
Broithe Posted 5 hours ago Author Posted 5 hours ago HSTs are having some issues in Mexico. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0veas8J9ygJy11zXkYJX1aNb8u6jjMWqWxwTV8W2aLqhx7echzKGWM6f9ykU7gDb3l&id=61551481905785 2 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Not quite as crashworthy as the American locos. I hope the driver got out of that alive. Quote
jhb171achill Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago On 15/8/2025 at 11:12 AM, Broithe said: Also, anybody looking for a name for a fictional station name on a layout, perhaps with overtones of a Podge & Rodge-style atmosphere, might like to reuse the real Ballygunge Junction - a suburban station in Kolkata. On the Lough Swill line? 1 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Not a picture but I've just been watching the Port Of Dublin Live webcam and 2 tugs are berthing a large empty Ore Carrier in the Dock where the Tara facility is. Has the rail traffic resumed? 1 Quote
Broithe Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago 52 minutes ago, Irishswissernie said: Not a picture but I've just been watching the Port Of Dublin Live webcam and 2 tugs are berthing a large empty Ore Carrier in the Dock where the Tara facility is. Has the rail traffic resumed? Galmoy Mine, in the north of Co Kilkenny, is in the process of reopening. I have heard talk of the fairly 'strong' ore from there being mixed with other ore from elsewhere, to achieve a more saleable product. I have an inside woman in there, I do know that she has been up to Navan recently. I might slightly interrogate her, if it doesn't rain tomorrow evening. Having escaped from 'industry' a while back, I don't generally get too involved with what she is doing there. One amusing thing, which happened recently, was that, being German and with a strong history in shipbuilding, she was surprised to come across a term in the waste water treatment plant which she didn't recognise. Goul Pump. Wanting to know what sort of specialist pump this might be, she made some enquiries, but Google was completely unhelpful, and it took her a fortnight to find out, without asking any of the generally older males in the organisation. There is a company in England called Gould Pumps, but their stuff is fairly ordinary and it is spelled 'Goul' in many places in the paperwork, so it was not that. It turns out that this may be the only Goul Pump on the planet. Eventually, she did find out what it meant and felt safe asking me on one of our hiking expeditions. "Do you know what a Goul pump is?" "Not really, but that'll just be the pump that sends the waste water into the River Goul, I presume". If I'd been listening carefully, I might have learned the German word for "Bollocks!". 5 Quote
MOGUL Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 2 hours ago, Irishswissernie said: Not a picture but I've just been watching the Port Of Dublin Live webcam and 2 tugs are berthing a large empty Ore Carrier in the Dock where the Tara facility is. Has the rail traffic resumed? The mine is back in production since late last year, but the product is being moved by Road by a fleet of virginia logistics trucks hauling sheeted bulk trailers, normally identifiable on the N3 by their Environmentally hazardous substances placards.. Access to the Alexandra Road tramway has been severed till 2027 for upgrading works on the Ports road network and apparently the rail network. https://www.dublinport.ie/e9-million-investment-in-rail-freight-yard-at-north-wall/ 1 1 Quote
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