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John is still with us. His collection was (in part at least) with the IRRS.

No, DJ, my flats are 20ft. They're under my double beets, so if someone needs one, I remove the body from the double beet kit!

You can still buy my 20ft CIE containers - wink, wink.

Can't be more autocratic than China .........

I am NOT getting a THIRD AEC set. I was "outed" to my steam pals by a chap on this forum, with the initials LB. No excuse that it was in the pub. Just as well I was in Hong Kong at the time. Mind you, it was a great kit bash model, still running and the builder, Bless him, build me a load of GN Mahogany coaches.

It IS the Digital Dray horse!!!! Wow. More seriously, I've never understood why no manufacturer has set up in the Phillipines. Lovely people, hardworking, and English-speaking.

Robert, make sure that you call by C22 so that I see what one of my best customers looks like!

Referring to the final paragraph - you mean the UK?

Just a thought, (Hallowe'en coming up) - having "Lit the Blue Touch Paper" the Management have indeed "withdrawn immediately" and let us speculate. From the deafening silence from them, one of us has hit the nail on the head! I'm pretty sure it's JB with his Fintona suggestion - a fully working horse could be used on British layouts, so could cross fertilise with the Accurascale brand. After all with their forthcoming GWR Manor Class, there is the obvious connection with the fact that the GWR used hundreds of horses. AND, the same horse, reliveried could be used to pull Guinness drays. And, And, What DID I put in this bedtime drink?

Wot's wrong with mine? 200 in service to date ....... Just ask young Robert Roche who sings tunefully in the choir of this parish - he's built a load of them! Buy 'em at Raheny!

The sky tonight at "Pettigo Fair" - an omen? Something red........... A Rank's Grain Hopper? GSR coaches MGWR coaches (an L Class to follow?) NCC coaches (no - even that's too crazy) A NCC Whippet in Crimson Lake --------------- What was the subject of this thread ...... Great stuff this Black Bush!

I had no idea that you were so politically correct, but as has been observed there are interesting possibilities for re-liverying the motive power, whether called Paddy, Jimmy, or Billie ...... In the spirit of earlier posts, I think that they are hoping to make a Korean Killing. Great trains for their passengers. As for Branchline, he doesn't need to wait for Raheny - the last Episode of "Bloodlands" is on Sunday night. I'll leave Police Commissioner Bracken to run a book on "Whodunit".

None of those. Come on lads, which of "my" wagons are you going to do!

Thank you Patrick, for the plug. If the Auto-Train's route takes him to Raheny he can take his pick from my kits of - Bulleid Open wagon 1953 CIE van Flat wagon, with or wthout container CIE cattle wagon GSWR 10 ton brake van or a load of pre-Grouping wagons. If you're in Charles' Country, I'll send you a list!

Lord, Andy, you're miles away from us. But at least that is one friendly face!

Just an early heads-up. The IRRS will be at Stand C22 - squeezed in beside a layout called Upwey Junction (I assume the one on the GWR main line near Weston super Mare?). I don't see an Irish layout listed - are any of you "owners" exhibiting? Obviously IRM will be there! Leslie

I can almost see a Midland K Class steaming into the place. Very well done everyone involved. Re the Ukrainian ladies, you have a ready-made team for the "Tearoom" when it opens. It'll be the only railway food outlet West of the Polish frontier offering good hot nourishing Borsch and Blinis.

David, is that something rude, or a very long way to say "Thank you"?

The sight of Ernie's Stranraer to Euston train brought back memories of journeys in that sleeper. A few years before, it would have been hauled by Britannia and a Black Five double-heading. Never managed to do that combo and it was this century before I added Stranraer to "Steam-hauled" Track Map. Latest addition to said map was joining Nurnberg to Bayreuth behind a "01" German Pacific three weeks ago! A useful "link" as it connected my travels with the Hof Pacifics in the 1970s with the rest of my "steam track" which makes its way back, by a rather wiggly line across Germany and Holland, via Hook of Holland (and a steam ship across the North Sea) to the nearest station to where I'm sitting now! It's only taken fifty years to make that connection. Time for bed, before I start weeping in memory of many eighty mile an hour runs with those Pacifics.........

Watching youse heroes play with wee thin brass thingies reminds me of a visit to Mr High Level's Stand with my Chief Mechanical Engineer, who also, like Dr Bracken, has a PhD. Mr HL picked out all manner of tiny bits with tweezers and put them in a wee dish, before decanting the lot into a paper bag and demanding my month's Pension in return. I suppose it was more than worth it, as my CME turned a recalcitrant 4-4-0 into a noble, strong model of its renowned prototype. I take my hat off to you for trying at all. Oh, Dave, they didn't teach Gaelic at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution either (Dr G's comment above refers). I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know how to say thank you in Irish, yet I know it in two versions of Chinese.

I agree with the others - great layout! Great rolling stock collection too (but then I would say that as they've come from me!). I did like the PALVan (not mine, I didn't get the response to my "would you like...." requests, but hey, who knows?). You're an inspiration.

Yes, a man with many good tips and ideas for railway modelling. I have at least one of his books upstairs to help with my faltering efforts! He'll be missed.

JB You must remember that most blokes are a bit colour blind, so it looks OK to me ( and I’ve seen the real thing!!!!).

The top photo is at one end of Old Mill Bay, I think it's the Magheramorne end with a loaded train. If I've compared photos correctly, this is the rear engine and he's not exerting himself! The photographer seems to be standing on the East side of the line. The line was crossed by the electricity lines from Ballylumford Power Station. One of the giant pylons is clearly visible in your photo. Lance King took a lot of shots in this area (from the West side, which seems to have given him better light), but while he had the signal in the photo and the actual wires, he managed to keep the pylon out of the shot!

The builders could name 105 "King Charles III", but I suspect that might reduce "her" route availability?