DJ Dangerous

Is the forum on a bit of a work-to-rule at the moment? Some of the pages load no problem, but many seem to take forever to load, or load in plain-text, or freeze completely. Thought that the problem might have been end-user but it's the same on various devices, using ethernet, Wi-Fi and 4G. Router reboot and device restarts don't seem to have any impact. No issues with other websites.

I'd kill for some Tayto right now!

A couple of Bachmann Class N's on Hattons, if anybody fancies repainting etc: https://www.hattons.co.uk/632313/bachmann_branchline_32_151_po23_class_n_2_6_0_31860_in_br_black_with_late_crest_pre_owned_good_box/stockdetail.aspx https://www.hattons.co.uk/613709/bachmann_branchline_32_156_po08_class_n_2_6_0_31844_and_tender_in_br_lined_black_with_early_emblem_weathered_pr/stockdetail.aspx https://www.hattons.co.uk/182158/bachmann_branchline_32_166_class_n_2_6_0_1406_in_southern_railway_black/stockdetail.aspx Maybe not bargains, but still may be of interest to some.

Awesome, thank you! Just saw it, and the layout looks fabulous!!!

Anybody have a link for those of us outside the country to see it?

I somehow doubt that!

Thanks, JHB. If you draw a blank, I'll still feel content at finally silencing the legendary JHB! Looks like this is where @Noel got the inspiration for his Gort layout!

Finally managed to order a copy of "Rails Through North Kerry (Limerick to Tralee and Branches)" on Amazon. They don't like shipping to Las Canarias, so you just have to keep trying every few months and see if shipping becomes available on what you want. Lixnaw is of particular interest to me, so if there are any photos or notes that didn't make it into the book, I'd love to see them!

Sounds excellent! Hope that we'll see some of the build here on the forum!

Looks like you need to make a lot more than ten, Robert!

Would there be some way of making the stairs reversible? Maybe having the "L" shaped corner railing at the top of the stairs a seperate part?

I'd definitely be interested! Why not offer a few different bridge span lengths, to appeal to a wider audience?

I was wondering about that after posting earlier, whether it'd be easy to get that wierd little "bogie" off or not! Thanks!

That's true. Oxford do a wierd looking five-axle one, and 45ft flatbeds, but nothing else.

A few of the lads got together for a car meet down in the container yard on a Saturday morning. All went well until two bucko's showed up in their Skylines and started ragging them to bits. The Gardai were called, and they found that neither GTR was taxed nor insured, so they loaded them onto a truck to haul them away.

Photo of GTR above, @Bob229

Real X do 1/72 scale. They look close enough beside the Oxfords to my eye.

I reckon that off-shore wind farms and wave power will play a large part, with pumped storage facilities in any mountainous area to cope with peaks and troughs in demand. But, yeah, if we continue burning coal, peat etc to generate the electricity, it's no cleaner, it just moves the pollution from one area to another.

Another couple of years and the RPSI will have a few ICR's in their collection for sure!

LOL, you're already infected with it, and your collection of shame is growing! If it's any consolation, in twenty years time, the 071's will be nothing but a memory, the last and longest serving diesels ever to have run on Irish railways, before being replaced by smaller electric top-and-tails locos for freight trains, meaning no runaround at all, ever again. The 201's will be scrapped, first, with various bits being donated to keep the 071's going a bit longer. Through a cruel twist of fate, the twin sets of electric locos will be built to replicate the 141 / 181 class, and painted in classic CIE green to reflect their reduced environmental impact.

If you need something to keep the mind occupied, George, I'll allow you fly down here for some vitamin D and a couple of hundred weathering projects. I hear that you guys are lacking in vitamin D up there.

Says the man with a grey 071 and a bright yellow weedspray train!

They look a little larger than 1:76, though.

Four different three packs of Oxford Diecast utilities vans? An Post, Telecom Eireann, Eircom, ESB?

They look awesome, really!