Glenties in OOn3

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On Saturday 3rd June 2023, I attended the Craven Arms and District Model Railway Circle Annual Show at Ludlow Racecourse. The visit did not disappoint. …

One of the layouts on display was Glenties in 00n3 by Alastair Knox. A general view of the layout appears as the featured image above [My photograph, 3rd June 2023]

Having just been in Donegal for a few weeks, the presence of the Glenties layout at the Show was a pleasant surprise.

The track layout seems correct but the buildings appear to have been a little compressed to keep the layout within the available space. The stock seems to be mainly from Backwoods Miniatures. [4]

Railcar No. 12 approaches the station throat at Glenties. [2]
Railcar No. 12 crosses the stream on the approach to Glenties Railway Station. [My photograph, 3rd June 2023]
No. 3A, a 2-6-4T locomotive crosses the road on the way into Glenties Station. [3]
Phoenix shunting the goods yard at Glenties. [3]
Railcar No. 12 trundles into the platform at Glenties. [My photograph, 3rd June 2023]
Railcar N0. 12 brings its short train to a halt at Glenties Railway Station. The station buildings on the model have been condensed in the model form from their size in real life. This can be seen when comparing images of the model with the pictures at the end of this article. [My photograph, 3rd June 2023]
No. 12 is now being turned ready for departure for Stranorlar. The turntable at Glenties saw a lot of use as all of the railcars used on the Co. Donegal network only had a driving position at one end. [my photograph, 3rd June 2023]
No. 12 heads to the station throat before setting back onto its short train of wagons. [My photograph, 3rd June 2023]
No. 3A has just left its train in the goods yard to be marshalled by Phoenix and awaits clearance to run back past the train and to then be serviced and turned in the loco depot. [My photograph, 3rd June 2023]
No. 3A on the turntable at Glenties. [My photograph, 3rd June 2023]
Glenties Railway Station after closure, (c) Roger Joanes. This picture is included here under a Creative Commons Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). [5]

The main station building remains in use in Glenties as a B&B. Pictures from the booking.com website for the property appear below.

As can be seen here, the actual buildings at Gentlies were longer and wider than the model could accommodate. The passenger station on the model appears to have been compressed in length and width but not in height. [1]
A view along the station platform in the 21st century. [1]

The line from Stranorlar to Glenties is covered in the two articles below:

Co. Donegal Railways, Ireland – Part 1 – The Glenties Branch – Stranorlar to Ballinamore

Co. Donegal Railways, Ireland – Part 2 – The Glenties Branch – Ballinamore to Glenties

00n3 is “the description given to modelling 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railways in 4 mm scale with 12 mm (0.472 in) gauge track. 3 ft (914 mm) prototypes were common in Ireland and the Isle of Man, but the scale is not generally used outside the British Isles. 12 mm (0.472 in) gauge track is the same as that used in TT scale and HOm, so some components used for those scales can be used.” [6]

References

  1. https://www.booking.com/Share-gRs7xU, accessed on 9th June 2023.
  2. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ifOADJeCTPM/maxresdefault.jpg, accessed on 9th June 2023.
  3. These two images are stills from a video of the Glenties layout taken at the Liverpool Model Railway exhibition in 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZT3hYrtfiE, accessed on 9th June 2023.
  4. http://www.backwoodsminiatures.com/00n3kits.htm, accessed on 9th June 2023.
  5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/110691393@N07/14073602795/in/photolist-nrCTN4-nrmxoe-2fLCaHg-BreD5t-hP4yK, accessed on 22nd June 2020.
  6. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/00n3, accessed on 9th June 2023.

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