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Gruesome watching tonight, but I will say it out loud that in sixty years of watching England, I have never seen a better England performance as that in Mexico. They deserve their semi-final place for that alone. Whatever Real Madrid paid for Bellingham, IT WASN'T ENOUGH! I look forward to the THIRD Battle of the Falklands ..... I bet @Galteemore is the only one who knows whhen the first one was? Good morning all - must get to bed - I'm on duty at church in the morning!

Having had a few of @Mayner's kits through my hands, I can testify to the excellence of his Chinese "printer".

Great stuff, Enda. Good luck with the new wagon. Leslie

No, not individual sales, but people populating my database. sales amount to 5,875 items and I have doubtless missed quite a few at shows etc. The 500th gent was ordering one of @Past-Avenue's nice CIE Brake Vans, as it happened. When I have time, I'll be adding Enda's new wagon to my website - another wagon based on one of my kits - and very nice it looks too! He'll be selling them at Bray, I think, this weekend? I forgot to be polite - THANK YOU to those of you who have bought all those wagons / containers etc etc Sorry, guys, not quite retired, even now, by the Grace of God, I'm eighty .......

Hhmmm, I'm not sure if I should admit to this..... My grandson for some reason couldn't get his infant mouth round Grandpa, so I became known in the family as "Kaka" - DON'T LOOK UP THE MEANING !!!!!!! So "Kaka" I am and I have a Brazilian football shirt with that gent's name on the back. I wore it one night when Brazil was playing on TV and the silly sod got sent off. No worries about England getting far, their defence is non-existent. Of course, they need Northern Ireland's captain to play for them. When Conor Bradley played for Liverpool against Real Madrid, Conor saw Mbappe off the pitch! They breed real men in Castlederg .....

Very nice, of course, BUT! Time that you reprimanded your station staff for not lighting the signals. Of course, I can't talk - not a single signal on POrtadown Jct, my drivers have telepathy ...........

Thanks. They sold out before I could move! I'm not wild about buying things completely unseen. Order sent this morning! I've just noticed that I have several thousand points - I should buy something else ........

It was with great regret that I got the news from Facebook this morning that David Wynne, a member of the South Dublin MRC and passionate N Gauge modeller, has died after a stroke, from which he never regained consciousness. Although he didn't contribute to this forum, as far as I remember, he was omnipresent at exhibitions, North and South, showing his continental layouts in 2mm scale. Many of you will have known him, have met him and have enjoyed his quiet good humour and enthusiasm for his chosen smaller scale modelling. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife Margaret and daughter Shirley at this very sad time. We have lost a staunch supporter of the hobby. May he Rest in Peace and Rise to Glory.

Well, Paul, you can get them now - just ask! Brake van the business.

Just a Heads Up folks. With the Accurascale Hunslet diesel appearing, they mentioned that for a while they hauled the former Magheramorne Spoil wagons on another contract to reclaim land from the sea, it provoked some interest in my kits of those Spoil Wagons. They were used for a time as permanent way wagons as well. The good news is that I hope to make the kit available again, as the moulds have been found. I have an order to get the ball rolling, but are there others who want some - speak now, or .......... PM me if you are interested, please. Semi-retired, Leslie

Well, @jhb171achill, you've written the history of the line?

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