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I'd be up for one of those.

Saw these at a friend's house today in the flesh. They are absolutely superb.

Ah! My mistake. I thought we were talking about one of the smaller railcars (railbuses)!

Superb!

No, I think Henry Forbes just used the body. The old engine from the DBST thing was fit for scrap, so the whole chassis probably went for scrap.

Like everything else on the SLNCR, their horse boxes were different…..

My father took a picture of 293 at Loughrea in 1938. It appears to be the earliest photo in the station; Lawrence, Clements, Fry, Welch, Mahon and even Casserley and Perkins seem to have ignored the place!

Beautiful model, and well painted! The GSWR took over the WLWR, though, a couple of years after they replaced their WLWR maroon with GSWR (pre-grey!) lined black, so no ex-WLWR loco would have ever carried GSWR green. However, as the model shows, GSWR green would have suited them well. 291 & 293 of that class, somewhat bizarrely, were regulars on the Loughrea branch from the 1930s to early 50s….

Fantastic build! Love the worn look too, these things were never pristine, and often so weathered that for all anyone knew, they could have been originally painted silver, pink and gold the last time they saw a paintbrush (in 1567)….. Hint, though; being a MGWR design, 19M rather than 19 (19 would have been ex-GSWR and they were different). Beautiful model! Wish I had that skill……

Superb - as always!

“Susie, ‘er name was, she’s one o’them out the Carrowmore road. Her da was a signalman in Macroom a few years ago….”

“….Ten to one. I stuck two shillings on it. It’s bound to win. If it wins I’ll win a POUND!…..” ”Jayyysus. Let’s get these damn things loaded in the van……”

West Clare, Moyasta. Then Cavan & Leitrim (Dromod), Donegal Railway Heritage Centre, Finntown, Co Donegal, Foyle Valley Museum (Derry), Giant's Causeway Railway.

The midday down mixed passes a couple of fellas collecting turf in 1960.

472 lasted late hidden away at the end of this sprawling and little-visited West Kerry branch. Just before withdrawal, it is seen here shunting at Dugort Harbour in spring 1962. An elderly van filled with empty fish boxes and three cans of paraffin looks on….