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    "Of course, this is going to take a lot of time, money, and manpower – we plan to launch a fundraiser over the next few weeks, which will hopefully include a surprise or two." OK, IRM, who much are you goi ng to pay me not to spill the beans about your first Irish steam loco?
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    More bargains from my stable - Health warning - don't read if you suffer from high Blood Pressure, a weak heart etc........ See: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285295742358?mkevt=1&plmtId=1110700102&mesgId=3041&mkpid=0&emsid=enull.m2368.l2648&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid&bu=43025934942&trkId=fcff1406-cc75-4503-a1aa-4ca20e56af3a&cnvId=29f8e0f4-fcbc-4b3b-8055-f5fe3c8c9490&osub=-1~1&crd=20230904095153&segname&recoId=285295742358&recoPos=1 OR you could hang around and get my new CIE verison for about €20
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    First, thanks for the various pointers to evidence which has helped me get these wagons sorted out (I hope). The first two will be the grey variants and if they sell, then I'll produce the "Brown" variation which Mr Flange has illustrated above. JB tells me that they had a BROWN roof as well as body, so that'll add a bit of colour to your trains - hopefully for Bangor 2024, (DV). Now, a short update. I signed off the artwork for both wagons ("Snail" and "Broken Wheel") about ten days ago and have a date when they are supposed to be made at Chirk, near Wrexham. I live in hope that I'll have them for Blackrock.
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    Actually, John, I was thinking of one in BR Green as it was close-ish to UTA green and simply say that the UTA had one over on trial (after some fiddling with the wheels, a la Jinty ..... Trouble is, they're a later sixties job and the story doesn't sit well with GN locos in blue and mahogany coaches. Of course I could invoke Lord Blarney's Rule Number One - "It's My Layout and I'll run what I like on it! (And I do).
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    I'm horribly torn between "Andromeda" for Her Indoors, who loves 37s and has seen this one growling through Goring and a Full Bling Glasgow Eastfield Scotty Dog one. The Full Bling ones (minus the West Highland Terrier) used to pass our timeshare in the Dovey Estuary en route to Aberystwyth - you could hear them clearly from tow miles away as they restarted from Dovey Jct!!! "Wish" registered!
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    I'll oblige later this week.
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    37.884 Goring.mp4 For the Class 37 men - 37.884 erupting through Goring with EMUs for scrap - appropriately on the anniversary of Vesuvius erupting.
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    "Leander" this time, really going hard! DON'T TURN THE SOUND UP - YOU'LL BE DEAFENED! IMG_6372.mp4
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    Your urban scenic work is absolutely brilliant. Heartiest congratulations.
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    PM sent to you - despite your offensive comments about the wonderful country which Boris Johnsonovich and his evil sidekick Jacob Free-Bogg(s) (for all) conned the thickos living here into voting for oblivion. For once a man who knew the area wrote the book about its railways - Patrick did a great job.
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    7pm this evening. VERY obviously handheld by a photographer on a bit of unstable sheugh and using a Mickey Mouse camera - still it's a bit of fun ....... "Bahamas" by the way, returning from Bristol near Goring and really shifting. MVI_2938.MP4
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    I've just realised that I have Bob's model of the brake van on the Valencia line downstairs. I could have a go at replicating the train!
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    Like Alan, I've had this from the Horse's Mouth, as I pointed Michael at this thread. Alas, Michael has just spent a weekend (at least) in hospital hence the delay to me posting this. He will be especially forthcoming if you're modelling something out of the ordinary - he is a great fan of Rowland Emett, so the zanier the better.
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    Thank you Mr G More for posting the article about Drew - I knew that he was a clever man, but the thought which he clearly put into every aspect of his modelling just shines through. I wonder if a modern electric model could manage the loads which his locos took with ease! Bob, never mind the lining, it's a jaw-droppingly nice model of a most unusual loco - as I said above, the contents of those boxes just get better and better.
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    I'm glad I had my trip through it last month - at an average 100mph, top speed 118mph (according to the info screens). Yes, Arran's right - the SBB people must me a little upset!
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    Sorry, John, it definitely says it's a KIT! It would be a daft CR loco to do - just five of them. I was sure (over ten years ago) that Hornby would do a CR "Dunalastair Class 4-4-0. Still waiting!
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    Time for more of Bob's modelling genius. I think that this is a 47 Class, built 1879 - 1887. If you think the engine's nice, wait until you see the TRAIN! Individual photos of the wagons, which are masterpieces, tomorrow. Bob, what comes out of these boxes, just gets BETTER and BETTER!!!! Leslie
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    Wonderful, David. Where are you exhibiting, so I can put it in my diary!
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    I believe I had seen this strange beast before and it seems a pretty nutty idea - but if you've been to the Swiss Transport Museum in Luzern, you'll see the staggering complexity of the earlier Swiss electric locos and railcars. Maybe Peter Scott of the RPSI should make No.105 with a pantograph for when the main lines in Ireland are electrified? Personally, I favoured a small small nuclear reactor - no shortage of steam!
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    A good use of your time, Darius. You didn't explain that your photos were all taken from the West. When I was there (but in the EAST) in 1973, I did take a minute off from steam trains to walk down the Unter den Linden and visit the Brandeburg Gate. The avenue was a smart tre--lined street ending at the Gate which was heavily guarded! The British Embassy was a small shop between two of the Linden Trees - with photos in the window from the four corners of the Realm - including a fine shot of Derry's Walls!
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    It would have been handy to have known her in 1973 (my first visit) and 1975 when I ended up under house arrest - it's a long story ..... I hope that you enjoyed your Ham and Eggs this morning for breakfast - sensible people the Hungarians - know what a decent breakfast should be.
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    Hi Murph. As I made my way through Germany on my First Class Innterrail Pass, the trains didn't seem too full, but in places DB simply don't provide enough stock. A single unit in the Black Forest area had about double the number of passengers to seats and trains by Lake Constanz were also jammed. Meanwhile, the Uk has been cutting up perfectly good EMUS! Enjoy Hungary - how's your Hungarian - a unique langauge!
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    An especially good post of photos, Ernie. The Inchicore shot is well-known to we oldies, but interesting to see the D17 on the old WL&WR. I'm pretty sure I have never seen a photo of a Woolwich crossing the Shannon - something they did every day throughout the early Fifties, but seems to have been little captured. Shots showing anything of the roundhouse at Broadstone are pretty rare. Thanks for capturing these and letting us see them.
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    An amazing first post, Stuart and very nice renditions of my wagons. I look forward to seeing more!
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    But less seats!
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