DJ Dangerous

Stadler is who I was thinking of:

071’s are what, fifty years old? 201’s thirty years old. That’s impressive, but their time is probably running out. Think there’s a Spanish (go sunny Spain, Hell yeah!!!) company offering off-the-shelf-ish locos, so no need to buy from the US any more.

Likewise, picked up a few of John’s RTR brake vans / guard’s vans a few years ago, in anticipation of having stock to run with them. Fabulous vans, and with more loose-coupled stock on layouts lately, I can see them being in demand.

Fabulous news for rail transport in Ireland, and for fans of loco-hauled stock! Basically, they can carry more weight, and do so a lot faster, and the lead time is pretty short. Now, about loco power to haul them…

Love the 59’s! Have missed out on the last few Ashburton Grove updates as the posts get buried so quickly under the avalanche, and am only catching up, now. The fleet of BR blue locos are just lovely!

What EVER you do, don't blame it on the boogie...

What if they’re British frames?

Shocking when you lay it out like that!

The Presflo’s are now available from Rails of Sheffield, HERE. Handy if you want to mix and match with something else.

I guess it depends on the decoder(s) used and how much work went into it. @murphaph wired decoders into one of these sets a few years ago.

Rose tinted glasses! I’m sure we could dig through most announcements, the blue Tara Mines wagons spring to mind for some reason, and find some less overjoyed than others:

Anybody have contact info or news of B1Lancer / Valve Design of Shapeways fame?

Can find Amazon without a link? Or can find one specific Amazon product among thousands, without a link. Both are very very different things. Wait, you wouldn’t happen to be trying to belittle me to hide your actions, would you? Classic misdirection, Archer. Would you mind highlighting that “literal” quote on it being Chinese, please?

Bachmann IE livery Class 158 / Class 2700, DCC fitted, for €260: https://www.ebay.es/itm/226731608210

Started yesterday afternoon, finished tomorrow afternoon, time to invoke @Broithe’s law:

Now now, that’s the opposite of the truth. I forget what that is called. I’m a low watt bulb so your playground tantrum is definitel warranted. You said the following, while providing no link: Yet last time, for German manufactured cases, you DID provide a link: Selective?

Meh, doesn’t bother me. Price displays in Euro, I pay in Euro, happy days! I mean, they’re made in China and distributed from the UK, so I’d be OK with pricing in Renminbi OR Sterling, once I can pay in Euro.

What about the cabinets? Hui Mei sounds like a traditional Irish cabinet maker to me. Think you mean the power of stupidity.

You can change the currency if you scroll to the bottom of the sales page:

Here, maybe:

So, fitted and unfitted could be mixed, provided there was a brakevan, and unfitted could ONLY run with a brakevan?

While analyzing failures fascinates me, I also enjoy apparent successes, like this one: Copying and pasting the video blurb: China’s $7.7 Billion Ship Lift – The Engineering Marvel That Defies Gravity What if ships could sail over mountains? China didn’t ask “what if” — they built it. In one of the most extreme landscapes on Earth, China has pulled off the unthinkable: a $7.7 billion-dollar vertical ship elevator that lifts 10,000-ton vessels nearly 200 meters straight into the sky. Welcome to the Goupitan Ship Lift — a project so massive, it compresses four days of river travel into just 2.5 hours. But this isn’t just about moving ships. It’s about rewriting the rules of engineering, economics, and even geopolitics. Built in Guizhou Province, one of China’s poorest and most isolated regions, this lift transformed a logistical dead zone into a thriving inland shipping hub. Shipping costs dropped by 67%. Foreign investment surged by 83%. Entire villages were reborn around this new inland “highway in the sky.” What You’ll Learn in This Video: The wild terrain that made traditional locks impossible How a floating steel chamber lifts ships the size of skyscrapers The precision systems that prevent 10,000 tons of mass from going off balance Why this project is part of China’s bigger plan to future-proof its economy The secret strategy behind China’s “internal circulation” model And how this could be a preview of the next generation of global infrastructure Why Does This Matter? While the world watches China build skyscrapers and bullet trains, it’s the hidden infrastructure — buried in mountains and rivers — that could shape the next century. Goupitan is more than a marvel. It’s a move in a larger economic chess game. Is this the future of freight transport? Or just a massive flex?

Ahem, cough cough, hint hint!

I’ll stick to my €200-ish per loco, thanks very much!

1970’s they would have gone brown. What’s the difference between fitted and un-fitted from an operational aspect? Did it determine what loco could haul them and what other stock they could run with?