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Also. I know not sweets but HB fat frog icepops are sadly missed in chez Burke.

Frys orange cream. Addicted to them but rarely seen these days.

Can't beat -2s Eamonn, best locos ever built.

Stick the videos on YouTube and paste the links here would be your best bet.

Great video adapted from a CIE bus training film from 1965. Not much railway interest (apart from Pearse st. bridge) but great for vehicles of the period and to see Dublin streets. Might make a few of you feel old though!

Best of luck with the move!

Athearn Genesis SD70M-2 rob. She's sweet!

I wonder could they be etched out with a sharp blade to give them more depth?

Some results mind you, she's starting to look like a Sulzer. Are you going to do anything about those side grills? I think they let it down.

One or two I'd understand, but 11 or 12 at once?

Weirdly I was passing Inchicore yesterday and there were 5 orange 201s by the RPSI stock near the diesel shed and all had been removed from the storage sidings where they had been for the last few years. Changes afoot?

Most disappointing. I did fancy one of these at one point but judging by those pics I think I'll leave it. I did previously have reservations about the cab shape but that looks to be the least of its worries!

Interesting, I've only had one problem with them (warped trucks on an ACe) touch wood. My 2 FP45s and 1 F45 are super!

Top notch. Trying hard to resist the SP livery. Did you get a sound version?

Cheers Seamus, glad you know where I'm coming from. I should probably qualify my statement a bit. I am a big fan of the Murphy Models 071, it's a superb model of one of my favourite locomotives and if my financial situation I would buy every one he released. I intend on getting my hands on some of the next release too and will probably end up with four or five in total. However, it falls down in one area for me in particular; the bogie sideframes are just too flat and don't look anywhere near right to me. Now, I don't want to start a heated debate about it, I'm just stating that that's my opinion. Comparing the pic below to say http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:071_077_colbert.jpg you might see where I'm coming from. I did think that maybe the weathering on the real thing was adding a greater 3d effect, but if I look at the weathered models on the Murphy Models website I'm still convinced that the brake rigging is too flat and the frame itself has little depth, with no outward curve. http://www.murphymodels.com/LOCO071.html As I said, just my opinion. I may be able to live with it, but I'm not sure at the moment. And I know I'm sounding like a broken record but if you look at some of the yank models you can see some fantastic bogie sideframes with real depth. Turning my attention to the BR class 85, I just think the bogies are better captured, and for that it edges out the 071 for me if I was bothered to vote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:85007_Carlisle.jpg The bogies look much more like the real thing to me. Anyway, I've explained my viewpoint. I would like to see more quality BR AC electrics produced, possibly a sector of the hobby that is marginalised like Irish outline. As I said if I were to vote it would be for the model which was best in my eyes, and that's the 85.

I'll vote with my wallet, think Paddy would prefer that!

I completely disagree. If I was bothered to vote in something like that it would be for the best, not because someone happened to be from the same country as me.

Owning both an 85 and an 071 I'm afraid the 85 shades it for me between the two. It really is one of Bachmann's best. Therefore I'm abstaining from the vote!

good man Fitzy, hope the N gauge goes well for you!

God help IE if they find out about the Mark 3s, 201s and Alsthom railcars!

City Centre would be a much better location for it accessibility wise and probably space wise too.

Very nice John, what time period is your American N gauge and who makes the AEC railcar?

Just see Heuston to Portarlington is now down to as low as 36 minutes. That's a seriously impressive time saving of around 9-10 minutes over the previous journey times.

And a sound unit, let that Detroit motor growl!