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Richie... if you ever build a layout... the scenery will be STUNNING!!!!!!!!

And Croatian ones (I think) I just noticed!

Palatino (Paris-Rome train) coaches! Definitely be interested!

Yeah that's nice... which one are you using for the main freight yard?

Yeah I could that, but I just can't seem to find any time these days to do anything! I think the Kibri gantry one looks quite good, but it might be too big for my layout

Lads, I was looking at both of those. I saw the Lima one used to good effect in the Fingal county layout, which is one of my favourite Irish layouts, but I still think it looks a bit like a toy... I was thinking that the Kibri one looked really like Adelaide's one Garfieldsghost! By the way, I think you might be thinking of Limerick's one, Sligo's one is more like that the Heljan one I think that I might go for the Kibri one.

God Germany vs Sweden... How did the German's manage to blow that?! I stopped checking after it was 4-0 to Germany and then my dad told me it was 4-4. I said, "you must be joking...." he wasn't.

Yeah you're right about the good players in the past actually... and apparently he has a sick sister in Milan who he's visiting, that's why the conference was postponed I think.

Bosnia and Montenegro will quickly overtake us as well.

You're right in a lot of what you say there Rich... however, I think the "if in doubt" tactics that lead to the ball being lumped away are as much to do with people just not having natural raw talent. I think that many of the footballing nations with populations smaller than ours (Uruguay, Croatia and Slovenia spring to mind) have and will continue to fare better than us because they are simply naturally technically better than us. I think Trap (until recently anyway) was getting the the best out of a team with limited talent using the tactics which suited us best and ultimately got us to the Euros, which was a pretty good result. Ok, I know the defence went to pieces then, bu my point stands

Was just wondering about which container crane I should get? I would love the Heljan one, but at the minute at least, it's too expensive and kind of impractical at it's so big and they're really hard to get... If any of yous have past experience or know which ones are good and which aren't, that'd be great!

Thanks! I'm looking for a crane for a container yard but I'm not sure what to get...

Hey Anto, sorry to bring up an old thread... I love the container yard, just wondering where you got the crane?

Nah unforetunately not, but I did see 208 and a standard sitting at York Road yesterday... maybe some problem?

208 has the EGV with it for the first time today.

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always remember going to Dublin as a kid and being taken here! Magical memories

Any updates on the mk2s yet?

Layout's looking great! Do you have a setting or era for it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZMu2pdpeL0 Just discovered this video of one of Michael Palins Great Railway journeys series A journey I would love to do, or perhaps even better would be Derry to Rosslare on a 201 or 071 and mk3s!

Yeah I wanted to have a big variety of traffic as well... Dublin's the best place to base a layout on if you want a variety! I'm happy enough with hte stock I'll have in my layout though

Lovely photos! Where is this based on again?

I know! I only wish!

Oh sorry! I didn't see the question! lol I saw it on the stretch between Balmoral and Finaghy.

I definitely saw it Sunday afternoon anyway! I thin kyou're right!

Actually yes I think it might have been during a Sunday now you say... You're right!