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  1. Galteemore
    3 is third class, 1 is first class and so on. By more recent times, a two step model was adopted and second/third became ‘standard’ class of various types
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    I’ve used electro frog recently. Much more reliable - just need a little more prep when installing. Peco Unifrog points in code 75 offer option of both.
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    If such a truck existed I think it would be out delivering A class orders right now! Great effort all round lads.
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    That’s a really nice view of Sir Henry. Many close-ups exist of the class, and distance shots of trains in the landscape. This, however, is just far enough away to give a decent view and yet close enough to see some detail. What handsome engines they were. But I don’t want to build another one just yet!
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    Great stuff Ernie. The blending of the suggestive backscene and the detailed foreground is well done. Recalls the Leitrim scenery I got to know as a child (pic is the river where my grandfather fished for salmon which then travelled by the SLNC - trackbed is a few hundred yards away).
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    Have you tried Ian Sinclair’s UTA book? Many GN staff, for instance, would keep wearing the old company uniform for as long as possible. I will try and ask my dad what he remembers…
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    Use Microsol solution ?
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    Must have ordered a lot of A class in Larne….
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    Terrific. A pain to do I’m sure but hopefully worth it. There’s a real difference between a scenic train set and a real railway model (that’s not a value judgment btw!). No doubt which of the two this is!
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    Something like this for a car ? https://www.uginjol.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28344 and a bus ….https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklistdatabase/277688/sun_star_5008ss_bedford_ob_coach_in_royal_blue_and_cream/stockdetail.aspx
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    Very nice. Remember that plinthed 131 very well. She was in steam on a test run today - not something anyone thought they’d see once she was ensconced on top of that concrete block!
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    eBay ? Not sure how costs will compare with original quote https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Railways-of-Britain-Wheels-of-Industry-4-/254933715292?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 2nd hand dealers like Bob Pearman also worth a look.
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    Thanks ! Didn’t have the book to hand. Quite a nice location - good background, easy to access by train, and in those days a frequent procession of interesting movements.
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    Can you compose a musical tribute, Patrick ? Metrovick Minuet, Crossley Concerto…..Air on An A Class….
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    Thanks Ernie. Pic 2 looks v similar to a colour one on the cover of one of the Ferris books.
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    And in the meantime we could all take a leaf out of WCR’s book as below in terms of recycling Hornby stuff etc. Don’t be afraid of kit bashing or scratch building. It is nowhere near as difficult as it looks. If you can use a knife and fork you already have the skills! It also gives you a much deeper awareness of how the prototype was built and functioned.
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    Isn’t this what proper Dublin suburban looks like? And closer to Methuselah’s time, too….in all seriousness, I’d love to see a retro livery on these things. As a kid, the old CIE livery had a pleasing resemblance to a liquorice allsort….would love to see it again.
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    That’s really nice. Thanks for posting. Really good CIE atmosphere
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    Interesting article here…https://m.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/freight-is-on-right-track-40488826.html, particularly in its account of what IE freight was like in the past.
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    There’s no escaping Ulster Tayto. As for Club, I understand it’s all made in Dublin.
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    Yes, Ernie, only suitable for the unsophisticated NE of England Great vid of Beamish. That’s precisely the sort of thing Frank Atkinson was trying to preserve and keep alive. You’d only see such things in Ireland at places like Lyle Hill or Carnlough.
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    One for @Irishswissernie!!
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    Thankfully essential supplies are getting through to the big island as I discovered this am …
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    One positive to emerge from all this is that Tesco have just announced an expansion of rail use. Much of their import traffic from Spain will now be by rail. Having had a few commutes into London last week via WCML, it’s encouraging to see how busy the container freight sector still is here.
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