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    The final coach of the MGWR 1900 Express Train. As Mayner suggests above, it is indeed a six wheeler! No less than a birdcage Brake Third. A Third Class passenger, given the choice of which coach to travel in would not have had a difficult decision?
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    Camberley on a hot day! The loft needs air-conditioning, but after a bit of tidying wires, I thought I'd try a twenty wagon "Enniskillen Shipper". You see I've been automating distant points on the railway on cool days, and on the hot ones I've been putting weight in my cattle wagons DOWNSTAIRS. Hence, by the way, the empty turntable roads, drill and other WofMD. This snip is No..149 (00 Works) bringing 20 PW cattle wagons plus my GNR Brake (a masterpiece by young Nelson) over the recently motorised crossover and into the Goods Loop at The Junction. She'd just done a full circuit with this load - just over a scale mile and I was offering Burnt Offerings in True Old Testament style. Getting there at last! IMG_5466.MOV The clever ones among you will realise that The Shipper never entered this loop but ran straight through on its way to Maysfield.
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    Thanks, Bob - I hadn't noticed very obvious loos there! My 77 year old eye was distracted by the luggage compartment. But what a coach! Mr Mayne, six wheeler tomorrow!
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    Today's offering from Bob's amazing output! This is from the "1900 MGWR Express". You saw the loco earlier ("Sylph"). Almost a train in a single coach - a 1/2/3 Compo! Bob, did these coaches have a loo for the Gentry in First, or was the centre entirely for their luggage? Thinking about it I should have photographed both sides! A lovely (very heavy) coach!
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    A guy from Tralee who boulght this book from me has offered a quick "review", which may be of interest! "The T&D is excellent...despite the price! Most of the pics are of excellent quality; e.g. pg 154 top shows a rare view of the turntable; 139 top a view again of the TT with the NK (North Kerry) yard buildings in the background. The info quantity is just huge. I also like the quotes from staff; enthusiasts and other interested persons (e.g. Sean O'Luing pg.79) I also have the PBW edition which at 70 pages is dwarfed by this edition (@352 pages).
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    Very unexpected and sad news. Indeed, Rest in Peace, Stephen and Rise in Glory. Leslie
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    Visit to Kernow in Guildford who produced some 32mm track for me. So, I opened another box: This is Sylph from the Express set. Beautiful as her name? Cab detail - shows off Bob's attention to detail. Enjoy! More another day!
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    Well, folks, I took Bob at his word and after a discussion with my CME, Sir David Galteemore, I made contact. That was followed by a visit to Bob and Kathleen in ROYAL Wootton Bassett with the result which you can see in front of them. And so to the temporary home for Bob's Bequest:: In case you are wondering what the boxes of slides are - they're SOME of the 600 such boxes taken by the late David Soggee which my IRRS team is scanning and cataloguing - we'll need to live to be centanarians! Back to Bob's Bequest - absolute treasures: If that wasn't enough, the other three trains: I couldn't resist getting the Midland L Class out and squeeze it between my (extra) broad gauge track. The next job is to clear a table long enough to take a yard of Peco 32mm track so that I could gently remove the trains, one by one, from Bob's cleverly designed boxes - he's a master in every way. Enjoy! And Bob, on behalf of the Irish 7mm community, thanks for a priceless bequest. Leslie
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    Useful men a good "Chippie"! "My Man" was Nathan who did my study sheving and converted the loft AND built the superb, sturdy baseboards in said area. The leader of a choir I was in was a specialist carpenter who made very expensive kitchens - he studied MATHS at Uni.
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    Looks interesting for the nature buffs - RED squirrels! That said, there is SO much to do in Berlin, I'd need to be there for weeks to turn to a PARK? Except, perhaps to take a rest between museums, the present railway system, etc. Thanks for posting it.
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    Unhappily, I would probably have to say the same, Ernie. This book is heavily (and I suspect expensively, as there are quite a few National Library photos) illustrated.Some of the photos have appeared before, but never so exquisitely printed. That is one of Lightmoor's great strengths. I am presently reading "Adventures of a Fighting Railway" (the Belfast Central Railway) which is heavily illustrated and a work of art - the Tyrone-based designer has done a superb job. Pretty heavy reading, I must admit, although the author has a pleasant enough style.
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    It's not for me to defend the price. But Jon, don't make me laugh - that pair you quote produce paperbacks which are half the size (a lot less, often) - so there's no comparison! And, as Ivan says, comparable volumes, printed THIRTY FIVE years ago now fetch £40-£70.
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    Ah, Andy, the joys of having no TV!!!!
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    I'm not sure how many narrow gauge fans are on this site, but if we broad gauge types thought life was expensive - then think again! A mere 352 pages, with exquisitely reproduced photos (almost one on every page) of both the Railway and the area it served. Michael has made use of research done by his late father, the famous PB Whitehouse who produced a slim hiistory with help from John Powell. Others have followed them including David Rowlands and Cork's own Walter McGrath. The photos are by "everybody who was anybody" in the railway photography field up to 1955. At sixty pounds, it is easily the most expensive Irish railway book to date. However, if you want a copy, PM me and I may be able to soften the blow, especially if I can hand you a copy, rather than post it. I'll supply post free to UK only - although I understand that a bookshop in Tralee should have copies. And I could bring some to Blackrock in the Autumn. Needles to say, I haven't read it - I have two others to finish first, including Tony's.
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    My pleasure - sold my first copy today - to a man from Kerry! We did meet for him to pick up the new Tralee and Dingle book, but I persuaded him that he needed a dose of the GNR as well. I'll put up a post about the Tralee book tomorrow, after I've scanned the cover!
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    My trade order arrived this afternoon and I downed-tools to have a look, then another look and even read a bit! Great stuff, Tony. I look forward to reading it fully. Available from me to UK addresses - profits to RPSI.
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    Now, that would be going too far, Darius - but those of us who are old enough remember that the fabled Drew Donaldson was a master there! Thanks for that wonderful display of Milwaukee Road motive power! The "Bi-Polars" were remarkable looking beasts. Those early electrics were nothing if not the very manifestation of complexity. They must have costs ten times what a Choo choo would have cost!
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    The Syndicate has its first Trade Order in. I look forward to seeing it early next week!
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    Darius - I've met you (a privilege by the way) - you're a youngster - HOW DO YOU FIND THE TIME FOR THIS SPEED OF PRODUCTION? Re the next project - Good luck - reminds me of the Milwaukee Road's "Little Joes" - it's the double streamlined ends which give the illusion, but the Little Joe had a massive truck sticking out at the front - but what a loco? Believe it or not but this steam enthusiast has a copy of the book covering the Milwaukee Road in the Rockies ("Milwaukee Road West") with all their early electrics. Maybe you should try one of those - or a Milwaukee 100mph Atlantic steam loco!
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    Ah, yes, that's the downside! Alan, I didn't commend you for the lovely little loco. The late "Mac" Arnold and Des Coakham would have wept to see such a lovely model from a favourite railway.
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    Hold on, David, your Dad told me what your grandfather did as his trade. You've benefited from the not-uncommon generation jump of skills! Now, I don't dabble in this stuff, for obvious reasons - not least: shaky hands and one eye .... BUT, I have learned that buying the right tools for the job makes everything a lot easier? Money spent on the best tools and material that you can afford usually pays off.
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    Have to agree with David's sentiment expressed here. In German terms it's an Eilzug these days - a fast-ish limited stop job. NOT the train for which the Pess in 1947 lauded the GNR(I) "for Their Enterprise"!!!! At least I had the pleasure of footplating an 071 on the non-stop version way back then, with the late Willie Graham, who drove with exemplary thoroughness which might have surprised those who saw him as a bit of tearaway! What a pity we don't have him around today (another good man taken before his time), as he'd have loved to have driven our steam engines, which as a youngster he'd fired to many great men.
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    Thanks for the Portadown shot, Ernie. Two of my T Tanks have never been numbered, so now I know what one could be! Your photographer found a very different angle for his shot of Banteer on the All-Ireland tour. Quite unlike several we have from David Soggee and Lance K.
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    Your ingenuity knows no bounds, David. Great stuff! You've reminded me that an absent member of this Forum has a SE&CR Class C to convert to a PG for me ....... It was a BLACK one - not even I would have someone hack one in that lovely SE&CR livery.
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    Commiserations, David, that you dropped your little Robin on the floor and what an amazing job of repair! You're simply in another League. I'm now going downstairs to surround "Rosses Point" with bubble wrap and cushions - for I'm pretty ham-fisted. Mind you, once on Galteemore's track, things stay there, it's just if I do the "Hand of God" bit. I did exactly the same with my "QL" dropping it on the floor of the attic where Portadown Junction lives - same result. Now this is where a robot with a very soft touch might come in handy?
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