TwinBoo

Well Daisy was half of a 101, although I don’t think she ever had a “twin” of sorts…

I’m thinking of making a layout based on the NCB’s Bickershaw colliery in Manchester, due to having a mix of Hunslet 0-6-0s & Class 20s hauling HAA wagons, and overall looking pretty interesting; although with it being a private industrial railway it is quite hard to find a plan of the layout which the Hunslets traversed. Rail Map online has a bit of a map but I’m not sure if it accurately portrays the yard as it was 1975-1983 or around there. Does anyone have a plan of the complex?

And then modify the Jubilee to make an Irish GSR Class 800, and we get the best of both worlds!

I think if the Manors succeed it’d be nice if IRM did an Irish steam loco, as the RTR market is limited to old Bachmann models. So something along the line of CIÉ’s J15s and B1as, or NIR’s WTs would be interesting!

Yes indeed.

I just read this article: https://www.anglocelt.ie/2022/06/24/agreement-on-rail-line-greenway/ It seems that the fate of the line from Navan to Kingscourt has been finally sealed with this agreement that confirms there’s basically no chance of gypsum or passenger services resuming on it. I know I’m a bit late as the articles a week old but I still found it interesting.

I wonder what happened?

Yeah sorry I made it a good while ago and it’s quite messy so I apologise for the errors and thank you for correcting it.

I’m a bit late but here’s a chart I made a while ago that fits in this topic pretty well. (sorry for low resolution)