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Good to meet you and your son also, Phil. Save journey back to the Fatherland!

As well as my residual kits, this may be my last "Dublin" as a trader: I shall be selling some pretty rare Irish books and booklets on behalf of the IRRS - at sensible prices. Also recent UK published Irish railway books including some Lightmoor Press books not normally seen here. I'm just inside the door of "Platform 5". At least call by and say hallo!

A master class, as ever, David., thanks. I need something similar for Rosses Point and the layout I hope that I'm bringing back from Ireland - especially to show off Bob Sankey's lovely Midland locos!

Just brilliant, Darius. Others have puzzled over how you did it so quickly - you might remind them that you are a KING and simply get your people to get on and do your bidding ....... Perhaps I'll change my name to Xerxes, or Rameses ........

Perhaps someone could take their family on a short holiday - each one with an empty suitcase?

Oooooohhhh..... Nice wagons. I wonder where you got those from ....... As others have said, a brilliant layout coming together at breakneck speed!

Not an open wagon, but the same size .... Lance King collection, Copyright IRRS Guess what? I supply an equally tiny Snail with my kit of this wagon (on sale at Blackrock, of course!).

TONIGHT - IN CASE ANY OF YOU LIVE IN THE AREA!!!!

Yes, Patrick, I have it here for you. Also a wagon from @Galteemore for your new, Top Secret, new layout.

Well, I'm attending, so time to get your pre-orders in! If I may be so bold, remind me of anything I owe you and it will be put to one side for you to collect. Looking forward to it! Always a great show.

Yes, great to see the little known-about through carriage off the Express at NPQ - a Summers only arrangement in Leap Years, as I expect you all know. Bravo to David for having one of the most active layouts there today. Great to see The Two Davids, who will be starring for one night only on Zoom at IRRS London on Friday, 16 January 2026. Put it in your diaries and make sure that you tune in!!!!

Rhubarb! I'd sack the local shed master for turning out locomotives in such a filthy state. The crews obviously didn't view their locos as the Spoil Train men did in the late 1960s, when they often cleaned another bit of the engine between turns ..... Admonition over, @jhb171achill it shows it the way it (unhappily) was!

Well done @Signal Post for tuning in! For those who didn't - you missed one of the best "Railway / Modelling railways" talks which I have ever heard. Gordon gave a brilliant, well-researched account of how the town and harbour grew, the coming of the railway and then the remarkable lengths which he went to to get things just right on what is an almost brick-for-brick model of the station, harbour and surrounds. Gordon's attention to detail has no equal, in my experience. You won't be able to get near it at Blackrock, as people just stand and stare as they pick out the endless detail. Thanks, Gordon, for coming and entertaining us. I'm sorry that you weren't rewarded by a bigger in person audience - unhappily a feature of society meetings everywhere after Covid. If you don't attend your local railway society meetings, then think about doing so, otherwise it won't be there. The talks are a good listen and the craic afterwards is priceless.

DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN ..... OR BETTER STILL TURN UP IN PERSON IF YOU'RE IN SE ENGLAND TO NIGHT AT 6PM. AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ONE OF OUR OWN, GORDON HUNT DESCRIBE THE LINE TO DONAGHADEE AND HIS AMAZING MODEL OF IT. ATTENDING BY ZOOM To obtain a Zoom link for the meeting, please register by clicking https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0Is1DZSjQIqrpjAkogyj7Q Should you turn up, come by the book sales table and say "Hi"

Leslie McAllister pays a tribute to his late friend Lance King, with a selection of Lance’s colour photography taken in the North of Ireland in the last years of steam traction. Leslie witnessed much of what is included, as a schoolboy! The 1960s saw a halving of the Province’s railway mileage, but not before Lance faithfully recorded train working on the former Great Northern Railway lines. Both the main line from Dublin, the much-lamented route to Derry (which closed in 1965) and several branches will be covered. Steam hauled both passenger and goods trains and saw extensive use at holiday periods - all faithfully recorded. Even a glimpse of the Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway and the County Donegal narrow gauge lines. Lance did not ignore modern traction, which appears from time to time during the presentation. A heady mixture of nostalgia at a time of change! ----------------------------------------- WHERE? The talk is being given at Marlow & District Railway Society which holds its meetings in Eghams Hall at Bourne End Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End SL6 5SX, commencing at 7.30 pm. and finishing around 9.45 pm.