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I spoke with John Gunn this afternoon He was the only Marklin agent in Dublin in the 80's The agency is long gone but the shop remains Most Friday mornings some of hos older customers meet there and reminisce about clockwork, 3 rail, live steam etc There was no other camera shop on Wexford street, indeed no shop called Duff's as long as he has been there

The sad fact is that 11, bar McGeady, are probably the best players in their positions that we can field They tried their best and that is all we can ask I thought Dunne and Andrews really excelled Its a sad state of affairs when my biding memory of the Euros will be the fans singing the team off after a good hammering! You'll never beat the Irish (FANS)

Can anyone tell me why McGeedy is in that team? What was he supposed to be doing? Bleedin waster, never so dissapointed in a green jerseyed man

Well done Shem They look the dogs smelly bits.

Hope to be trading at the next Bray Wheelers event I have bought Des McGlynns Irish stock and as he will not be attending as a trader I will be taking his pitch I now have a serious amount of stock, and in particular MM new 201's so drop over to the event next month Any member of the forum who introduces himself will get a once off IRM discount!

Born to Ride, eh? If only I could turn back the clock

I think I was on about £60 a week in 78 So roughly 13.5% of my wage So I reckon the value has doubled in real terms in 35 years Not the best investment in the world but at least it hasnt lost any value! And remember this is based on a mint in box example, not many around.

All depends Mint boxed can make up to €75 Played with and loved can make €20 Then theres everything in between I have a couple that came from a chap who bought them new in 1978, priceless!!!

John Gunn on Wexford St was the Marklin agent at one stage I know a few gents still meet there on the odd Friday for a chat Some serious railway buffs who collect everything from N to Gauge I, with one of them having an outdoor Gauge I layout running only older coarse scale stock such as Marklin, Bing Carette etc

Not great Conor but the only one I can find at the moment

I remember in 1987 when Stephen Roche won, a british commentator came out with a classic "An English speaking winner of the Tour De France at last" Classic

A man and a woman, who have never met before, find themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on an overnight train Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, the two are tired and fall asleep quickly - he in the upper bunk and she in the lower. At 1:00 AM, he leans over and gently wakes the woman saying, "Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the wardrobe to get me a second blanket,I'm awfully cold?." "I have a better idea," she replies. "Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married." "Wow! That's a great idea!!" he exclaims. "Good," she replies. "Get your own damn blanket!" After a moment of silence, he farted. A passenger train is creeping along, slowly. Finally it creaks to a halt. A passenger sees a conductor walking by outside. "What's going on?" he yells out the window. "Cow on the track!" replies the conductor. Ten minutes later, the train resumes its slow pace. Within five minutes, however, it stops again. The man sees the same conductor walk again. He leans out the window and yells, "What happened? "Did we catch up with the cow again?"

We aren't playing Holland are we?

The only 60' coach I am aware of is an Airfix Corridor Composite, ref 54202-1 Roof detail and under chassis detail look fairly similar

Anto I did something similar on Friday evening down in the MRSI I ran 6 RPSI's behind a 53 and there were no problems Like the vid, think I might recognise some of those coaches

Great news Thomas Will there be any trade stands attending?

Some boxed coaches for you this morning. All produced in 1998 and only 300 of each made in these boxes L305338-1 Mark 2d #5102 L305339 Mark 3 #7132 L305339-1 Mark 3 #7135

I wonder are they getting Rogers because of his experience in bringing teams from the Championship back up to the Premiership? A kind of each way bet

I thought it was only the motor and bogies that was to be used in the Sulzer? The new Railroad motors are fitted with a sealed long life 5 pole motor, and are DCC ready

Anto I dont know I should have said Cl 55's

Found 7 Railroad Cl 50's with a dealer in the UK I presume the Railroad will do? They seem to be sold out at most shops in the UK No price yet as he is checking postage costs PM me if you are looking for one.

Have a live steam yoke myself......

Walter/Kinvara Train had some class backdrops at the Bank Holiday Show in Blackrock College Hopefully he will post a pic or two on here.

I think the first pic would make a great model for the layout Couple of Clam or Rudd wagons on the back of a trailer Bachmann have a PNA type wagon due for release soon ab=nd it might make a good doner although I am not sure what length it is

Quick pic of the 3 different Lima A Class locos 215 on the right hand side is the original one, roof exhausts and black roof panel Centre is Murphys 015, Left hand one is another Lima issue. no roof exhausts IR logo smaller than the Murphy issue on the sides, and no running number