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Hmm, mulling this over. Much more interesting than an 800 Class - at least there were ten of them! No.409 was a great favourite of Drew Donaldson's Mind you rebuilt more time than the current UK Government's policies!

Keep out of this, JB, I'm trying to make money for the IRRS. Remember, we have your address! Honestly, I haven't much, but I'll message our friend @Westcorkrailway

can you see this working to Foynes? IMG_2576.MOV

Not the usual Growler at Goring! In Real Time Trains it was simply a light engine, "on test". It was some engine which whirled round the corner, the driver reacting to Linda's waves! IMG_2576.MOV Wonderful to see an electric loco under the wires here - a first for me, anyway. Coming soon to Ireland?

I've got another for sale. 10€, pick up at Blackrock?

SONIC MODELS S4101-01A ROBINSON A5 (GCR CLASS 9N) 4-6-2 GCR GREAT CENTRAL GREEN NO.372 STEAM TANK LOCOMOTIVE John Robinson, he of Waterford Limerick and Western fame, produced these large tank locos which, bare a resemblance, in Great Central colours, to a BCDR Baltic (of course, he forgot the extra wheels!). Lovely looking loco. See it on Rails of Sheffield site.

Lovely work, David, especially the buildings. While I agree with @Galteemore that the Wantage Tank is delightful, it's the "Footballer" pic which caught my eye, almost a 12 inches to the foot photograph. Congratulations!

Hi Ciaran I'm glad to see that you caught some of the Swiss Re4/4s (sixty-ish years old) in the red livery. Also that you found some loco-hauled on the Rhaetische Bahn, which has gone Beyond The Pale by going almost all-unit! It used to be wonderful with locos on everything. A good piece of "spotting"!

Hi @David Holman (to differentiate between the two Clever Davids) That wheel cleaner of yours is "insanely brilliant" - (did I quote right from The Great Escape? Gordon Jackson exclaimed this on being shown David McCallum's solution to getting rid of the soil from the tunnels!). I've just had a happy, smelly couple of hours running the insanely dear CMX Rail Cleaning tank wagon (thanks again @WRENNEIRE) around the railway. The loco wheels are next - I must try and concoct a 4mm version of your invention - if I may!

See you at Aldershot! Can I bring my "toys"? I was worried that it clashed with the steam tour of the year - celebrating the Classic German "01" Pacifics - the first six days of October. As I told you nine months ago - the layout which replaced you was equally excellent, is a smaller scale! Keep it up!

Thanks for the GN Fest @Galteemore. It shows that the plain black livery which the GN used works and presents a handsome loco (well, two in this case!). Do David H's ex MGWR six wheelers have photographs on the compartment walls like the ones you made for me? @David Holman, as @Mol_PMB says above, your attention to little details is terrific. Loved the lobster pots and the well-posed figures. The whole layout is a delight and shows what you can do in a small space - even in 7mm!

And, I suspect, making a mint for himself and his cronies. I think that the bit about serving the people got lost when he took the Presidential Oath. Was I the only one to notice that he didn't appear to put his hand on the Bible during the Oath?

Surely a typical Sunday view? I was once entertained in the very early morning watching a garage-full of LT's short-lived "Bendy Buses" being extracted from a similarly packed position. Buses are amazingly manouevrable.

David, apologies for not putting in an appearance at an exhibition where you were exhibiting - just an hour's drive away. I'm sure that the Quay will be much admired and even more so (dare I say it?) when @Galteemore 's stock is added to your own super rolling stock tomorrow. I'm off Interrailing in a few days and this was my last day to pack, other than at the last moment and sanity prevailed! It also meant that I didn't have a nasty, stand-up row with a "supplier" who promised the earth and two months on hasn't even acknowledged receipt of samples from me! That's a few more wagons etc which won't ever see the light of day. Retirement seems sensible .......

There you are @Past-Avenue -a 30 ton would be different to everyone else's! @jhb171achill - you might confirm that they were identical to the 20ton, except for more concrete in the base? And slightly different lettering?