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  1. Galteemore
    Yes, most of the SLNC that’s gone is simply down to road realignment. Some remains very intact and traceable indeed ! Then and now at Abohill….
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    Suspect that’s all it is - an easy win for them, like the Corgi/Bassett Lowke ‘Mogul’ in 0. Bachmann did same thing some years ago with their 00 ‘Jinty’ without launching anything suitable to go along with the loco. Model Rail mag followed same approach in the GSR Sentinel they did. Image from ‘Binns Road’ site …http://www.binnsroad.co.uk/railways/blcorgi/locos/index.html
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    Lovely but don’t fancy regauging that to 36.75… was a tricky enough proposition in real life !
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    Yes, a most attractive style. Interestingly the NCC used it on some of the Moguls but not others.
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    Always a treat Ernie. BCDR wagon with no 37, too.
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    Dead easy, given 186 was used as a station pilot by NIR for a while c1968, so there’s a prototype for a J15 in ‘modern’ company service. Just ‘imagineer’ 184 being restored at Inchicore c1978 and doing some running in turns….
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    Not the NCC No 4 we automatically think of! Interesting to see that the number plate was not re-used. The WT has a much plainer style of font.
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    @Mayner’s comments are most interesting. One of the UK’s most respected 7mm brass kit manufacturers makes impeccable kits of locos, with great emphasis on prototypical fidelity. However he only offers a generic range of 6 wheel coaches, arguing that when correctly painted up one such coach looks much like another ! This is a basic technique in military camouflage - the mind sees what it is led to see. If the loco is thoroughly faithful to the prototype, many modellers will happily run vaguely suitable items behind it - the mind can live with that illusion.
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    Bachmann J11 has the right wheelbase. 5’2 wheels rather than 4’9 but hey if you’re on 16.5mm gauge already …..https://www.hattons.co.uk/52542/bachmann_branchline_31_318_class_j11_robinson_gcr_9j_5317_in_lner_black/stockdetail
  10. Galteemore
    That looks incredible George. The smoke is the icing on the cake. That sounds odd but hopefully you know what I mean !
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    Honour compels me to mention the ex SLNC Z class tanks, 26 and 27, both of which passed to NIR stock - the only non-WT operational steam locos on NIR books - the GNR locos (UGs 48 and 49) stored at Grosvenor Road may have technically been in NIR stock, but they never ran as such AFAIK. The two ‘Loughs’ were, incidentally, the last named locos to run on an Irish railway under company ownership and operation. This photo of ‘Lough Erne’, linked from Flickr, was taken under NIR ownership in 1969. 27 lasted almost till the very end of steam on NIR.
  12. Galteemore
    An overhead lighting rig, with a wash of light over the backscene, would also mitigate this.
  13. Galteemore
    Terrific work. You should be well pleased with what you’ve achieved so far!
  14. Galteemore
    Looking good. Almost looks like the quays near Bachelors Walk!
  15. Galteemore
    I do hope the chip also features the Get Carter theme music as an option- possibly the Deltics’ moment of glory on the big screen. Still a cracking piece of cinematography- soak up what train travel used to be …with a wonderful musical accompaniment…..https://youtu.be/jhisIT_CuQ8
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    marcwaysales@outlook.com Most recent one I have!
  17. Galteemore
    Write, phone or email. That’s how I’ve had to do it in the past. Can see them occasionally at shows - or doorstep them in Sheffield if you can !
  18. Galteemore
    Looks NCC?
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    You should be ashamed of yourself- keeping this hidden away for so long! Terrific work - most inspiring.
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    Excellent. Nothing defines the era better.
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    On the big island we have had this happen for things like GW 150 - quite nice http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=0999002141000
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    Also a bar with a young JHB inside, glass in hand, holding forth….
  23. Galteemore
    Hope you’re putting a sound chip in that ! Nothing like a bit of wokka blade slap
  24. Galteemore
    How Des Coakham would have loved this! Top image is a wonderful display of stock. Middle image has also nicely captured the docks background with a group of workers heading across the bridge. A vanished world now.
  25. Galteemore
    Can always imagine him writing a Fry- inspired verse for his famous poem… When the brass is cut Yet the loco you’ve made Looks nothing like the plan, There’s still a way to redeem the work - a pint of plain is your only man.
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