Portadown Junction

[Mol_PMB]

36 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

New koco for the Fintona branch!

I think a real elephant would be more appropriate there!

[leslie10646]

2 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

I think a real elephant would be more appropriate there!

There's no way I am going to model the Bertram Mills Circus train!

Even though I have a Class UG to pull it - I believe that's what they used for motive power in the 1960s tour they did in Ireland?

4 hours ago, Galteemore said:

Looks fabulous Leslie. But would it fit on the Dundalk traverser?

I was going to say that it would be maintained, as a friendly gesture, at Inchicore.....

But she'd wreck herself going through the Phoenix Park tunnel?

2 hours ago, airfixfan said:

New koco for the Fintona branch!

Good idea, Jim, but she's only for TRUNK routes!

[Northroader]

Put “NCC” on the tender, and folks will be none the wiser.

[leslie10646]

3 hours ago, Northroader said:

Put “NCC” on the tender, and folks will be none the wiser.

Nice one, Bob!!!!!!

its would certainly storm up the Bleach Green bank with the 8.5pm Goods!

[Mol_PMB]

Did Ireland have any ten-coupled locos? I can think of only 5 eight-coupled ones, mostly on the narrow gauge but there's one suitable for Portadown. 

 

 

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said:

Did Ireland have any ten-coupled locos? I can think of only 5 eight-coupled ones, mostly on the narrow gauge but there's one suitable for Portadown. 

 

 

The GSR No. 900 had eight coupled wheels too.

No ten-wheelers in Ireland.

[jhb171achill]

20 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

I think a real elephant would be more appropriate there!

The REAL one had "G N R" tattoed on its side and was only used when goods traffic was heavy.

[StevieB]

19 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

The GSR No. 900 had eight coupled wheels too.

No ten-wheelers in Ireland.

Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there a second 4-8-0t, no 901, while 900 ran as a 4-6-2t for a while by disconnecting the back pair of driving wheels. Their primary role was banking heavy freight trains up the long bank from Kingsbridge, as it was then, to Inchicore.

Stephen

[leslie10646]

By way of a serious wind-up.

I've decided to electrify the Junction, and this is an Armagh Commuter train of the future, after the line is put back ......

Rather than wait for an 800 which which  may appear posthumously, I decided to invest the same sum in another creation of the Blessed Oliver:

This is the just-released "KR Models" model of the Bulleid Class "4DD" EMU, which you can see was an attempt to build a double-decker within the GB gauge. Only two sets were built, but they ran for 13-14 years.

The Jury is out on this one - it's derailing on my points and with my vast layout, that means creeping under rafters to rescue it - it hated by single slip at Richhill, derailled the whole train, while a point at the North End of Portadown has just taken it out for the second time. I'll be the Internet to see if others have found this an issue.

Unusually (?) it has motors in both motor coaches (which are invisible!), so it runs nicely when it likes the track. Lights internally and in the cabs, but unbelievably none on the Headcode Box, or a rear red panel. Unremarkable for detail - it wouldn't pass Paul Isles' attention to detail, but hey, no-one else will make a RTR model of one?

Really only bought for the glass cabinet, but I've hankered after a simple SR layout as i've 4/5 EMU sets.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by leslie10646

[Paul 34F]

Leslie,

I would check the back to back dimension of each pair of wheels.  This may be the cause of multiple derailments.

Kind regards

Paul