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  1. NIR
    It's something coincident with Brexit. If European governments had not already decided to introduce a new customs regime in 2020 then the effect of Brexit would have been less.
  2. NIR
    JIT is all about small shipments made regularly, something that road haulage deals with better than rail freight.
  3. NIR
    Why the hell would anyone do that. Two lots of VAT are inevitable if you get something delivered in the UK and then get it redelivered to Ireland. It's nuts. Addresspal and the like were just dodges to make a piddling few quid on delivery charges. There was never a real business case for it.
  4. NIR
    The only yellow machines at that time seem to have been: Unilok A2500 works tractor (1965) (now RPSI) Plasser 05 tamper (1967) Plasser AL203 lining machine (by 1968) https://www.ontrackplant.com/forum/on-track-machines/old-nir-machines https://steamtrainsireland.com/stocklist-diesel-locomotives
  5. NIR
    What was the purpose of the channel left along the ballast in the top photo. What was it called and when did the practice stop.
  6. NIR
    I don't think I've seen another photo of them. I expect they got a fair bit of use fettling track during the spoil contract.
  7. NIR
    Built 1971 so two years too late for the photo https://www.downrail.co.uk/rolling-stock/nir-hedgecutter-hc1/ The other yellow stuff at Downpatrick is 1978 or later. It's a mystery...
  8. NIR
    I don't think I have ever seen a tamper on NIR. Something to do with the spoil trains maybe?
  9. NIR
    No answer but a question: Anyone know what the yellow vehicle on the leftmost track is? It has a very modern track maintenance look about it.
  10. NIR

    Coronavirus

    NIR replied to spudfan's topic in Letting off Steam

    All pointless at this stage. I should have went skiing last year for all the difference it made
  11. NIR
    Yes, of late I've been stuck in the standards doldrums
  12. NIR
    Latest thinking - same track layout, different shape, no reverse curves A micro of two large radius points, I like that contradiction
  13. NIR
    Enjoyed that, lots of photos new to me. Those spoil wagons didn't half get a bashing looking at the corrugated strengthening/repair patches on the angled side even early on, maybe after one of those massive jammed rocks you were talking about.
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    proper irish bus

    NIR replied to mphoey's topic in General Chat

    Definitely Hino lorries and Hiace vans. Lorries, vans and cars seemed to carry more damage than in the UK - crumpled wings and mismatched doors - but there were no 4x4s of any description even out in the country, except for the Isuzu Troopers of the Army and FCA. Nearly all tractors were cabless and most didn't even have a roll bar.
  15. NIR
    UK St John's Ambulance is different to Irish St John's Ambulance. The UK one is a creation of the 19th century while Ireland has the actual Sovereign Military Order of Malta doing the same thing.
  16. NIR

    proper irish bus

    NIR replied to mphoey's topic in General Chat

    Not forgetting the Ulsterbus that growled like the trains, when they weren't being burnt out that is
  17. NIR
    But why would you do that. Those places only exist because trade is not frictionless, even within the EU.
  18. NIR
    The old fashioned way, the value will be stated on the package. If not they will guess a value and charge VAT on that.
  19. NIR
    Hi, from 2021 European governments are making organisations like Ebay responsible for charging and collecting VAT on sales through their portals. So an Irish seller will have UK VAT applied to any sales into the UK. I believe something similar already happens with sales into the USA, US sales tax gets applied whether you like it or not. The Irish seller needs to do nothing. Ebay adds VAT to the selling price, the buyer pays the VAT to Ebay then Ebay pays the VAT to the appropriate government.
  20. NIR
    It's something that was being introduced anyway so nothing to do with Brexit (other than Britain now happens to be outside the EU)
  21. NIR
    Hydrogen Third rail is deprecated these days
  22. NIR
    I'm growing to like the liminality of a scenic fiddle yard.
  23. NIR
    That should save maybe £5 of transaction charges on my credit card, and with IRM taking all the exchange rate risk. Brexit bonus!
  24. NIR
    That's something you don't see that often, railways close together on different levels
  25. NIR
    Being an industrial loco maybe it was a protective thing, against flying beets in the case of Comhlacht Siuicre Eireann
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