leslie10646

Yes, it's sad that they couldn't make their business model work. Like Darius, I have a Leader (thankfully still OK, but not run for a few months) and the 4DD, which is iffy, but an interesting model to have, even if likely to end up in a glass case .......

Anyone need a Dutch Van? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/206222490353?_trkparms=itmf%3D1%26aid%3D1110006%26rkt%3D8%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26mech%3D3%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebWithV11WebTrimmedV3VisualRankerWithKnnV3AndUltBRecall%26pmt%3D0%26amclksrc%3DITM%26sd%3D287396553835%26sid%3DAQALAAAAEO7uXXtyosI%2FWQ0cM%2BQVmZ4%3D%26itm%3D206222490353%26noa%3D1%26brand%3DFox%26asc%3D20251106135231%26ao%3D1%26rk%3D6%26pid%3D102961%26b%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26lsid%3D3%26meid%3Deacc2865f8e64eec8d338fc7d380a1b3%26pg%3D3707833&_trksid=p3707833.c102961.m5053&mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164382.l178272&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=64409ff2eb8d457cbf0841111ebfc855&bu=43025934942&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20260616044322&segname=11021&recoId=206222490353&recoPos=2 Obviously the real thing, as it's from Silverfox.

Great to see the shot of Macmine Jct - a place which saw CIE steam until very late on. You could model it very well with a couple of J15s, an AEC set and an A Class, a few coaches, a dozen wagons ....... I only had steam through it once in pre-RPSI days - on the famous RBAI Railway Society tour in 1963 with No.151 - we were already a couple off hours late by then!

This one's for @jhb171achill probably? Did we conclude that this: https://railsofsheffield.com/products/oxford-rail-or76scs2003-cowans-sheldon-15t-crane-gwr-no-6?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Oxford Rail Announcement&utm_id=01KTRCE3KC5H9XK2W7975FDA6G&_kx=94TVSTwJKaw1u9s0VI6GSrlZad3yB7CBtaw17rSe4OjqnSFePN1n7xZw98DdvMB7.RXkVMS was close to a GNRI breakdown crane? If so, it's a pretty good price.

Thanks, Darius, Well spotted! I'll follow your example, buy one on eBay and get it painted, if I can persuade my workshops to do it! I think @jhb171achill has gone down that path, although I haven't seen it at Dugort Harbour.

Hi Darius I presume that the MAK is a Roco V65, seemingly minus Hand rails? Looks the part! Thanks Leslie

I'm pretty sure that I said I'd be interested too, @GSR 800. I told my potential builder I'd leave him mine as well as pay for the building, but hopefully I'll get to run it a few times .......

Now, now, PATIENCE!!!!!

And the calorific value of the coal which they got. I believe tests of turf as well during the "Inconvenience". Hey, @jhb171achill, why buy the book when you've displayed most of the contents here? Its photo content is probably more valuable than the text, which, I think, was repeated in The Jurnal in due course. At the time, though, it was rightly considered a book to have.

See that you put piccies up, @jhb171achill - I have three IFM ones and don't want to buy more if they look massively different - but a Snack car might be nice to have .......

I'll just mention that that article wasn't even the tip of the iceberg - I have hundreds of pages of Bob's travels to ponder in my dotage. I was going to write something, but the other gent beat me to it. Great models @GSR 800.

@Mol_PMB makes a lot of good points (sorry), the bridge definitely looks skewed, so that's a big clue. I suspect the biggest clue is the lattice signal post - which Irish railway had such posts? Speak up you signalling experts!

Yes, Paul, I was going to bring up the carriage trucks in a later post. The one with a "fence" is quite like a GNR flat for bread containers - I had wondered if it could act as an alternative flat for my bread containers - if they fitted between the fences. I'll have to wait until they come out and try one ......

At last, it's here! Not remotely like the real one, but it's the right colour, right letters ..... And at just £33.95? Using the excuse "It's my railway and I'll run what I like on it" - apologies to @Old Blarney, whose favourite dictum this is https://railsofsheffield.com/products/rapido-trains-uk-829006-gnr-evolution-horsebox-no-1149

Which is when freight used to run. If BR had done more of that, HS2 would never have even been thought of ......... Re the wider project, Good Luck to 'em. I hope that then locals use it. As @Galteemore said, the English Southern rewrote the railway map by its electrification and it has been a benefit ever since.