Hi John,

Looks very nice indeed. Is the photo outside the museum?

Is this from the road side or the platform side?

Brilliant work there John. I love the little Shamrocks in the barge boards

Cheers....Morgan

Hi John,

 

 

Looks very nice indeed. Is the photo outside the museum?

Indeed it is Robin.

Is this from the road side or the platform side?

This is the road side. The two storey section is the Station Master's house, the station 'offices' are to the left and loos to the right.

Brilliant work there John. I love the little Shamrocks in the barge boards

 

Cheers....Morgan

They do give it that Irish look! No one seems to know why Killybegs station received this ornate treatment. Interestingly, the platform side is very plain, whether it was always so, I don't know. I can find no photographs showing the roof details at the rear as originally built. In fact there are only a few indistinct shots in later days , from those it appears that, although the stone corbels were put in when the walls were built, the simple verge detail made them redundant. Maybe it was decided that a large overhanging eaves was not very practical facing the wrath of atlantic gales!

Could you tell us how you did the stonework and windows please. They don't look "pre-moulded".

Could you tell us how you did the stonework and windows please. They don't look "pre-moulded".

The general stonework is Das modelling clay on a plasticard structure. The clay is scribed and carved once it is dry. The quoins are plasticard.