NoelG

By any chance has anybody received their D6704 models?

Hi Guys. Has anybody received their green D6704 yet? Mine hasn't arrived yet. Thought they were due to ship end of last month.

Has anybody received delivery of D6704 (ie BR green class 37s) pre-ordered direct from AS?

Gort Station layout had its first public outing last weekend at Ireland's now biggest model railway exhibition - Wexford MRC annual exhibition.

Enjoyed the two day show, superb organisation, great circulation space for the public. View looking east in Athenry direction

Looking west in Ennis direction.

As it was my first time ever exhibiting there were lots of practical new things to learn, and prepare for before the show (eg transport robust baseboard packing, stock boxes, tools, signage, pelmet, operating sequence). The two baseboard version in its current form is a shunting biased operation so interesting for modellers but dead boring for the general public who want to see lots of colourful movement and fast passing trains. The extension is already in construction so next outing she'll have lots of movement and passing trains that can pass on the main loop while shunting happened independently.

Yard will be busy later when the 18:35 pick up goods arrives in from Athenry bound for Ennis.

Plenty of merchandise in the Yard

Yard is getting stocked up ready for next passing pick up goods train

Some weathered modern era fitted Accurascale wagons arrived at Gort in 1976

Some modern era fitted Accurascale wagons arrived at Gort in 1976

Layout started in 2018, now almost ready for its first exhibition. Its a real location and the layout is based on Gort station in the west of Ireland as it looked in 1969 before the line closed in 1976, but was re-opened and modernised in 2010.

The buildings were all scratch built except for one old Tri-ang place holder shelter till the scratch version is built. No drawings so old black and white photos were used to extrapolate the buildings dimensions and layout

Photo in a book 'Rails through the West' that inspired the layout project

Busy Yard

In the beginning - 4 years ago

Electrics - DCC Concepts Cobalt point motor system

4 years ago

Ticket office 

Pleased the way the buildings turned out

Progressing well a year ago

1969 GM 141 class loco hauls Branch working from Limerick to Tuam

Gort is very near Fr Ted land parochial house, a bleak landscape with lots of stone walls

Mixed formations were common in the 1960s.

Its heading for its first show next week

Almost ready for the big Wexford exhibition. 28 Layouts due to exhibit including the massive O gauge  Little Siddington

Looking down the line in Athenry direction

A busy Gort station

Looking forward to the big exhibition in Wexford over the May bank holiday weekend. Great venue with the big open hall and the station cafe. About 20 layouts on show apparently.

Few more pics today's running

Agree 100%. Neil is super helpful and willing to do customised projects. His sound projects drive prototypically with coasting, proper braking, train loads and innovative features such as cascading coupling snatch for starting off formations of loose coupled wagons, and the converse cascading buffer clash as a loose coupled train formation comes to a halt. He's even added some custom rail clank noises for me and additional horn variations. I just love driving his sound projects. The loco's react so realistically and sound great. He's a genius with ESU decoders.

CIE Golden Era 1960s Gort

A few micro scenes from recent play time. I'll post quickly before another 'digi******' video pops up obscuring access to the thread.

Goods loop, while the rare sight of two pax trains pass each other in the loop

A rare sight on the busy goods traffic line, two pax trains passing.

Activity in cattle yard

One wagon in the goods shed

Trying to read this excellent thread but its nigh impossible with the stupid 'red top' like adverts popping all the time. There's a video add for 'Digi****' whatsit running that I cannot close or dismiss and its obscuring the content. Pity used to enjoy contributing here. Will stick to FaceBook groups, easier to use and no tabloid avertising. As a net contributor I refuse to pay a large corporation for the privilege of posting my content. @de Selby superb job and photos of your J15. Top class.

12:30 arrival from Athenry waits in the loop to be passed. New Silverfox CIE Laminate coaches and Tin van in formation circa 1963. Delighted with these Silverfox coaches ordered last March arrived today after a 4 week brexit customs delay due VAT+Duty due on imports to the EU from a third country. Glad I've switched to German model rail suppliers for more of my modelling needs. At least Hattons are DDP (Delivery duty paid) and vat registered in ROI, so no customer fees to add and no delays, but Hattons seem the sole UK supplier set up for this.

12:34 arrives from Ennis on route to Claremorris passing the Limerick bound CIE Flying snail green train in the loop

Long overdue photo update. Was playing trains on Gort the other evening.

Cattle dock

Gort Shed with the daily H-Van being processed for local retailers

Cattle dock before loading to Provincial Wagons cattle van

Pick up goods train passing from Ennis on route to Tuam

This incredible layout is worthy of being exhibited somewhere like Malhide Castle.

Patiently wait for delivery of D9013 Black Watch. Looking forward to this. Its nearly 10 years since I ran BR outline stock and the bar has been raised sky high since then.

19 hours ago, aureol40012 said:

Nah, it doesn’t do it. If you’ve sat trackside as one passes at 100mph you’ll know what I’m talking about!

Ah ok, it just sounded great in the video