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I shall change it to ca 1966, I was given a pile of negs with neg sleeves dated 1965 through to 1968 but the negs had all been taken out and re-inserted in the wrong sleeves. There are numerous other ones to go on flickr Here are views at Bray and Dundalk.

No shouldn't be a problem , Santa lives in Lapland which is in Finland - part of the EU

Book arrived today and is excellent, no narrow gauge Jim but 5 SLNCR Galteemore!

Dublin Connolly 4 May 1968 today . B170 & WT56 which I think was on a Special from Belfast.

UTA today. MED 18 and NCC 4 circa 1966.

Langley Models do 4mm painted metal ducks etc but probably not a good idea to order from UK at the moment! https://www.langleymodels.co.uk/awd1/index.php?route=product/product&path=203_206&product_id=5558

GNRI today Both Ca 1955. A wintry day at Amiens Street and Armagh station

I could have sworn yesterday that when I went on the Shop site there was an advert for an ITG A3r as preserved version Class A but later on it had gone. Now I havn't touched a drop of the hard stuff apart from strong tea for the last 40 years. Have I gone even softer in the head or did anyone else see it?

A bit of nostalgia! October was for a few years time for the trip to usually Waterford for the Beet. A couple from the camera of Graham Roose today. Wellington Bridge. 085 on 25 October 1995 and a general view at sunset 27 October 1995.

These 2 arrived today. Only A42 outstanding now as it was ordered 18 September last year and no notification yet, whereas these 2 were only ordered in July this year

Wrong one Tony, I'm the one with the short fat hairy legs! Ernie

1980's today. Westport 25 June 1986 071 and 051 on 27 June 1986 at Kilkenny on bagged cements.

Sorry Jim no.

I have been playing at converting 4K video to MP4, hopefully this will upload 15127289_C0140(1)(1).MP4

Oddly enough! Arriving tomorrow courtesy of Royal Mail is a Collection which I have agreed to catalogue in return for being allowed to use on flickr some 80 odd Irish which includes 10 SLNCR, also West Clare pre diesel, more Cavan & Leitrim etc.

First 2 Class A Locos have taken up duties.

My first 2 A Class are apparently on the Delivery Van today so whilst I'm sitting here waiting for them Tony, here's my tuppence worth!. I am building a small Isle of Wight addition to Glengarriff and Four Masters Bridge called Alum Bay which at one time was planned by Sir Sam Fay to have a direct link to them via a tunnel under the Solent. Southern England, the Bristol Channel, South Wales, the Irish Sea and emerging at Blarney Castle. Enough of this rubbish! The layout would fit a space 160cm x 30cm (36cm gives a better depth of scenery) and needs 5 points. The photos illustrate it better. Sorry for the wavy lines on the cut outs but my hands are shaking anticipating the arrival of the 'A's. My usual means of disguising the exit to the fiddle yard by means of a station overall roof is deployed and the GNRI had a distinctive design which would fit. You can even run a passenger service but coaches wouldn't be necessary. 5 points needed. On my layout the board is dropped at the end so that I can model the edge of the cliff at Alum Bay with a cliff railway terminus but the board could just be flat. Also on my layout the station is planned to link in with the rest of the layout rather than terminating in the fiddle yard.

Ennis , Broad & Narrow today June 1960, 2634 & F502, A56 and lastly railcar 3387 shunting a van.

Fleischman used to do a shorty turntable , I had one over 20 years ago about 7-8 inches but it wasn't a well type so not very Irish.

Alan Hyland at the IRRS advises me that non members Sterling price is £40

I've now read the review in the mag, its a 60 page book with 62 photos so approx 50p a photo. Westcorkrailway you might prefer the October Journal, 9 page article on the Last days of railways in West Cork and a full back cover colour view of Courtmacsherry.

Enclosed with the October Journal is this flyer for their first photo book. Price quoted is the members price so it might only be available to members only. Looks very interesting.

Dublin today, Inchicore Works pilot 'Sambo' & Guinness Brewery 15 Both 29June 1959.

2 from Portadown 15 August 1953 T2 4 & 67

Strabane, County Donegal Railway Class 4, 4-6-4t in the Stranorlar platform.