John M Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 (edited) Recent Facebook postings indicate that the Foyle Valley Railway Museum has re-opened https://www.facebook.com/FoyleValleyRailway/ with postings of recent visits from volunteers from Stradbally & the County Donegal Heritage centre Interesting photos of the interior including CDJR stock and what looks like a partially restored LLSR coach! Edited August 6, 2018 by John M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddoherty958 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 I also sent an email to destained, the charity who owns the building. They haven’t responded yet (obviously) but there is good news!! They are trying to reopen it as a tourist attraction and best of all..... THEY HAVE SENT ONE OF THE ENGINES AWAY FOR A COMPLETE RESTORATION!!! YAY! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddoherty958 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Recent Facebook postings indicate that the Foyle Valley Railway Museum has re-opened https://www.facebook.com/FoyleValleyRailway/ with postings of recent visits from volunteers from Stradbally & the County Donegal Heritage centre Interesting photos of the interior including CDJR stock and what looks like a partially restored LLSR coach! Yeah. Unfortunately it was during summer 2017 and you had to pre book. Still, there’s always the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted August 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2018 I bought the South Eastern Finecast turntable kit for my GNRi layout as its only 10" and hand operated. Its a well-type turntable similar to Omagh and many other GNRi stations. http://www.sefinecast.co.uk/Turntables/Turntables.htm 10.25" is still pretty big. I wonder if Dave could be persuaded to do a smaller one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcg1959 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Joseph, god knows! I've bought one and will soon be installing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Jackson Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 You can see by the picture attached that the L&LSR turntables were just about the length of an engine and no more. I can’t find an official length for the table but the men beside it may help. Any ideas? Found an article on the L&LSR online which on P30 refers to not being able to turn the two 4-8-0 locomotives on L&LSR turntables without detaching the tenders, as the turntables were only 30 feet diameter. http://www.irrs.ie/eJournal/IRRSeJournal001.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddoherty958 Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Found an article on the L&LSR online which on P30 refers to not being able to turn the two 4-8-0 locomotives on L&LSR turntables without detaching the tenders, as the turntables were only 30 feet diameter. http://www.irrs.ie/eJournal/IRRSeJournal001.pdf Thanks! I’ll look into it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddoherty958 Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 I’ve found out the turntable is 30 ft long, anyone know of an 00 scale 30 ft turntable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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