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Tiled now. I was able to salvage about a third of the tiles used from a previous miscalculation. They still make these "utility room tiles" and they're cheap so I ordered more and although there is a slight colour and size difference, I think I got away with it. Most of the floor will vanish under the layout anyway. The tiles are 30 * 30 cm to give the room some scale. No baby GMs were hurt in the making of this photoshoot: I wish I could just let rip on building the layout but for now it's still "shared space", though I will be more selective about what non-railway stuff can reside here. For example my tiling tools won't be needed again any time soon, so they can go into the attic for now. I'm giving serious consideration to reversing the door so it opens outwards. I didn't give enough thought to it when I hung the doors in the basement. Bit of a faff reversing German doors as they are surrounded by expanding foam and this needs cutting away to free the frame.

What a pic. Could almost be a model.

Did the Suburban liveried 80's ever make it out on the GSW at all?

If you plan to model the era in question at some stage then sure, buy whatever is available when it comes out

I understood the planned batch of 201's only includes the logo shown below on the green & silver model. That logo is much later isn't it? Or have I got my wires crossed and there are earlier logos planned in the upcoming release?

I shall keep an eye open for it. The GSW stuff is more interesting to me as I intend modelling the GSW mainline but I guess GNR stock made it to Inchicore at least occasionally. When was Dundalk works closed actually?

Would the 201's being released by MM next have hauled mk3's? (apart from enterprise EGV's) Are they not all too late livery wise? I'd keep my powder dry there and wait for the inevitable 071 release. Current demand says they would sell well. I have all the 90's MM ones but I'd buy more if someone was to produce them again.

Thanks for the tip chaps! Copy ordered. Rare to get a book for so little money. I've also recently purchased the following but I'm yet to start reading them:

Top notch info as always. Much appreciated I'm considering venturing a little beyond my 90's comfort zone and accumulating a little bit of stock from roughly 1961/1962 to leave the possibility or running an 800 alongside a 121 someday. To this end I'm trying to build up my knowledge of the period, so further questions may well follow lol.

Did the blue and cream GNR coaches see any action on the Cork mainline or did they stay working their old haunts?

Can someone explain to a clueless individual how the GNR coaches ended up in three liveries? Just a delay in repainting them after CIE got their share or is 135 UTA property or something? Trying to learn a bit more about this period of our railways

Very nice man to deal with. Order placed!

The yellow stripes on the sides look very American, although they are vertically applied in the US. Or are the faded side vehicle warning stickers too?

Cheers John, I've just sent Jim an email there.

Ok chaps, thanks for the warning. I will order it without delay from Markle so! Leslie, I'm in Germany, so I think that's my best option

Any idea of current stock levels on Vol 1 Noel? I ask because I definitely want a copy, but was hoping to wait until all 3 volumes are available to save on postage, but I also don't want to miss out by waiting

The railcar is the business. Looks almost German with the three light Spitzensignal.

Anyone able to identify the logos on these wagons? The left hand wagon looks like it has the lower half of a badly painted Chevron logo on the end of the barrel but I doubt that's it. What's that under the grime on the right hand wagon? Almost looks like a train hauled by a cab first 121.

Those Burmah ones look great.

I always thought they looked pretty ugly because of the buffer beam, full size buffers and coupler. Just looks weird on an otherwise sleek DVT IMO as we are used to concealed Dellner couplers and whatnot these days. The windscreen always looked off too and now I know why lol.

Isn't the Class 232 the Ludmilla? Is this one not a Taiga Trommel? (looks similar anyway)

I ended up ordering it direct from them as I couldn't find it elsewhere. Arrived without customs looking at it. If you are ordering it from them there's a magazine available called Traction Transition that covers GM diesels in the UK and Ireland. Worth the fiver if you are paying the post anyway imo.

Sleep well Ballyercall!

Before the refuelling facilities were added in Heuston, how often would a loco need to visit Inchicore for refuelling roughly? Daily? After every turn?

Where was that @bufferstop?