Midland Man Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 Hello all This is my layout /diarama of a proposed rail link between Inishlyre to some part of the Achill line. The line was never built. The diarama is just a idea of what it mite have been like. there is no picture due to the fact thet my phones camera in not that great so sorry.There will be photos tomorow 3 Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 45 minutes ago, Midland Man said: Hello all This is my layout /diarama of a proposed rail link between Inishlyre to some part of the Achill line. The line was never built. The diarama is just a idea of what it mite have been like. there is no picture due to the fact thet my phones camera in not that great so sorry.There will be photos tomorow I'll be VERY interested to see this! Had it been built, it was going to be a single platform with a shelter of some sort, a loop and possibly a siding. I suspect if it had been built, it would have looked - initially at any rate - a bit like Burtonport. 1 Quote
Midland Man Posted March 16, 2020 Author Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) Hi jhb171achill My diorama is pretty basic. It is only a straight line of track with a Hornby buffer but I might add a wooden platform of some sort made from match sticks or balsa wood. [pretty simple] Thanks for the comments Edited March 16, 2020 by Midland Man 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 17, 2020 Posted March 17, 2020 I'd use a stone-faced one - a wooden one wouldn't last long in a god-forsaken location like that! Quote
PorkyP Posted March 17, 2020 Posted March 17, 2020 Sounds great, I'd also be very interested to see pics.... Quote
Midland Man Posted March 17, 2020 Author Posted March 17, 2020 11 hours ago, jhb171achill said: I'd use a stone-faced one - a wooden one wouldn't last long in a god-forsaken location like that! Hi jhb171achill A stone platform sounds like a great idea and will probably be what i do but i don,t have any plastic stone sheets by so I will have to do with what I got. 3 hours ago, PorkyP said: Sounds great, I'd also be very interested to see pics.... Thank you for the comment I will have pictures later to day.[hopefully] 1 Quote
Midland Man Posted March 17, 2020 Author Posted March 17, 2020 heres a image more will come soon 1 Quote
Galteemore Posted March 17, 2020 Posted March 17, 2020 Lovely stuff. More info about the loco please! Quote
Midland Man Posted March 17, 2020 Author Posted March 17, 2020 Hi Galteemore The loco is a waterford limerick and western railway 0-4-4 tank number 295 brian boru.I bought it at a show in 2018 as i dont like moguls 2-6-0s. It is chasis is a SECR m7 but the real engine looks like a SECR H class.The real engine was withdrawn in 1952 I think and I dont think It ever went on a midland rail line but I do think one of his sister engines ended her life at broadstone in the 1950s. It looks good with a GSWR carrige and a open wagon. 1 Quote
Galteemore Posted March 17, 2020 Posted March 17, 2020 Great - thanks. More photos appreciated too 1 Quote
Midland Man Posted March 17, 2020 Author Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) More photos Here brian boru is pulling a MGWR open wagon and a cie goods vanout of Inishlyre. Edited March 17, 2020 by Midland Man 1 3 Quote
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