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I would but i find the polls to be too precise and end up being to vague and not great data to be honest. If anyone has any steam loco they would like to see in this fashion. The can put it in here. Scale isint going to be as much of an issue as people think in this case.
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Did you not see.....one of these went for 400 on an ebay bid.....bonkers -
The short boogie carridges were the only other notable thing and they were widrawn in the late 50s. Some of the things like the baldwin tanks and the saddle tanks were deffinetly not favoured by the GSR. Bandon tanks were just a great design which helped them earn there keep and venture to DSER sections Or have lough erne and 464 doublehead filling up with coal and water every second station!
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Maybe something for the volunteers at Maam cross to think of for the long long term!
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Ehhh, No.90 counts for something for me with her infamous stint on the CBCSR Just the kind of advice i was looking for. Ids say the only 3 canditates for RTR steam locos are maebh, merlin and a j15 (again thanks to 00 works) from any major modeling company. 00 works have made the U class which i think had sufficient enough numbers sold. Really these things come down to is if there Is a chassis or not
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So......i know this has been done to death before. But say you had the choice to make a silverfox style steam loco plastic kit with donor chassis ect. Which loco would you choose for such treatment. Maebh, merlin, no4, A bandon tank....or maybe something more obscure.....coaches from the era are also a loud to be suggested You never know this might be handy information to somone
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Must say I'm impressed with the turnout for the map. People from every corner of the country and abroad. Makes ya wonder what percentage of the A's get shipped abroad
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Hence why we called it the transitional phase. Between 1945 and 1963 there were so many different liveries, often mixing together. That picture of macmine junction with GREEN, B&T and gnri blue coaches.
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The line was supposed to extend a small branchline kf 150km to glasgow.....unfortunatly due to all the contractors drinking the bushmills distillery out, this branch never came......
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We will all be watching it, at least somone will be able to speak the facts!
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Despite me having virtually no interest in that era. I must admit that livery is smartest of the "orange" era and the IR logo is one of the best railway logos ever used on this island if not thee best. But of course, ill bias to the flying snail
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Keep yer 071s locked up safe!!!
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Maybe. But i feel like transitional period is perfect for the 1945-63 era as at the start we were almost all steam locos and by the end we were almost all deisal locos. So many liveries changes in that era too
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cool! That something like what i would have proposed
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Very well put JHB. Its not like hattons where you can put CIE "early crest" when CIE was not the only railway company by a longshot I would say that transitional period ends either when the 121s first entred service or 1963 when 141s arrived, end of steam, new logo and new livery Came in But there is no concrete fact on "when a certain period ends" all up to enterpretation really which i suppose is why its good to have this conversation Also call the "hey-day" period the "prime years"
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Sher dya know what, somone 5 kilometers away may As well be 500km away in this pandemic anyway!
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Twould be like if they did a documentary about the Great Central railway, and showed big boy footage
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Im a bit late to the 121 party, but alas its a HUGE step-up from anything ive ever had before. Aside from one of the LED's not working on the back. What a model! Some of my high end 1:32 stuff doesn't have that much detail.
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Maybe if the programme itself was good That would be nice, but i watched it with my father with no railway afiliation to speak of. And he admits himself that its a bit boring and Enda kenny isn't a great host...
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Aye, with the information and material thry had, it seems like it would have been harder to do it unfactually then factually
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Even RTE's "building ireland" a few years agk was great for its research. On the West Cork Railway episode I learned stuff!
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RTE needs a railway enthusiast full-time......... i swear twould stop 99 percent of these mistakes happening......i think this one was worse then the last one
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It makes the lads who make those cast iron signs in china with such gems as C.I.E.R. Look like there doing a decent job
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My first ever steam loco set, was called the "eastern valley express" by hornby which consisted of a B12, two teak carridges and a basic oval with small siding. Ran it till the worm gear had gone smooth, but motor still runs to this day, i just does not move! The very same locomotive is being used currently as the spine of a Bandon Tank
