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  1. leslie10646
    Hhmmm, Ernie (and Kevin), the lout trespassing in that 1968 shot of the B Class is ME (!) I think I had a camera bag like that then, the side burns, ears and specs look like me and I was certainly there (and on the ECS the day before). Aaarrrgghhh! On the previous Wednesday evening, I had my last run with steam on the Belfast Boat Express - the only time I travelled on it right through from Manchester. By the time I returned the following Monday, it was diesel and the brilliant fiery runs each evening from Preston to Lancaster on the train were gone forever. Ernie, thanks for sharing these (even if embarrassing). Not many shots of trains at Armagh.
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    Line by Line: I don't need to add to the comments above, except to say that Jim has written good factual captions, nicely laced with anecdotes which help to bring the "steam railway now run by diesels" to life. You can get a copy from The Syndicate (UK only, sorry) and so assist Irish railway preservation (mainly the RPSI). Funds from such sales assisted us to buy thousands of Henry Casserley's negatives in 2019 and 2020 - they will be made more visible and available in 2022 (if I and my team find the time!). Simply send me a PM, or e-mail me and a copy can be winging its way to you
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    Hi Kevin I can't give you an unbiased opinion (being on the IRRS London committee), but a friend who really knows his stuff commented on the quality of the captions. Ciaran really puts an effort in - to research the subjects of the photographs he is restoring - you won't be disappointed. His talk the other week, based around Leslie Hyland's photos was a classic of brilliant photos, described in depth.
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    Dare I say it, Mr Davey, but I prefer the green livery with the stripe as you have above. You've set me wondering if a green A Class ever ran over the Antrim Branch - Black 'n Tan B Class certainly did (albeit infrequently). By the way, a very nice job with the point rodding. Mr Dillane, I should have known that you would grow trees appropriate to the beet season.
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    Thanks, Patrick, the dollar bills are in the post! Actually, seeing the black A Class, makes me sorry I didn't opt for one - looks good on the goods! As always, the layout looks great - very impressed by the autumnal colours in the trees - do you change them to suit the season? Get your kits from Lorna at Wexford next Sunday (24th). PS She ain't got cattle wagons (e-mail /PM me if you need some), but corrugateds, H vans, double beets and my delightful GSWR brake van are all in the Dublin stock.
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    My announcement regarding Provincial Wagons attendance above seems to have struck a cord, so an update. First the Good News - I won't be there! The better news is that I will represented by Lorna McDonald (and family!) who has a finite stock, which is reducing a little by folk e-mailing me with pre-orders. As they say - "book early to avoid disappointment " - E-mail me (preferred) or PM me and I'll ask Lorna to set kits aside for you. Thanks Leslie (Provincial Wagons)
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    Hi Andy Lucky I checked the details on UK Model Shops Directory - it's 13/14 NOVEMBER not this weekend! See you then!!! Leslie
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    It DOES move, by the way, the previous pilot engine is cowering in a siding Maybe I should digitise the Bavarian job? It runs well after twenty years in the box (you can tell that I've been tidying the under my boards! At least twenty "foreign" locos in boxes! MVI_1898.m4v
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    Back at Portadown (and its dodgy German turntable) ......... The shed foreman decided to get his new shunting engine out to rescue a damsel in distress Sorry, I meant a broken-down Single-ended Yankee. I hope that you've noted that this is a BLUE engine, in keeping with God's Northern Railway?
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    Purely to wind you up, JB, I have my forty year old Fleischmann turntable at Portadown - TOTALLY WRONG, of course, but, hey, it works! i thought ttc's Peco turntable looked nice.
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    Nice wagons on your train, Patrick - oh, sorry, I'm meant to be admiring the diesel ........ Just had an e-mail threatening delivery of a Silver job. You do know that we called these things BULLETS? i presume because of the colour .........
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    Sorry about the blank video - can someone tell me how to dispose of it? Having "fun" with my new iMac which needless to say has a mind of its own! After the Banana, we repaired to a nearby overbridge and just about viewed Clun Castle coming round the curve from the main line and heading North towards Oxford and Birmingham. For the diesel men, note the Brush 4 pristine in original 1960s livery on the rear. MVI_1891.MP4
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    When I discovered that the GWS's Flying Banana was going to be running (a rare occurrence), we popped down to see what this fore-runner of Ireland's AEC cars was like to travel in - a shakey experience, but great to have a ride in it for a mile or so! You're in control ..... MVI_1885.MP4 A pretty bumpy ride for the passengers and almost as smokey as an "A" Class! MVI_1890.MP4 To give you an idea of the exterior! MVI_1885.MP4
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    Hopefully, Wexford will offer you an opportunity to buy Provincial Wagons kits over the counter for the first time in two years - WITHOUT the obligatory weeks waiting while An Post decide how much to charge you. More later!
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    Thanks, Broithe, for this. After enjoying the SNOW (brilliant editing and soundtrack!), found that the next video was the wonderful film of The Elizabethan. Nearly 400 miles of steam haulage and superbly filmed - always a joy to watch.
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    By a remarkable coincidence, the same engine (131) was out today (Saturday) on crew assessment with the RPSI's Mark 2s. I received by e-mail several very nice shots in bright sunshine. No doubt the RPSI will post some on its e-mail service.
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    While you're waiting for someone to do a RTR of a wagon / carriage you want - have a go at building a kit! (Mine even!). WCR is talking about Ciaran Cooney's brilliant presentation of Leslie Hyland's Black and white images taken 1950 - 1965-ish. Briiliantly taken originally and full of detail modellers try to recreate. Mr Hyland was a master of his craft and Ciaran has done a very fine job of researching the details of what we saw - nearly every county in Ireland was covered. I might even get a green A Class ........
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    Kenny boy, I ain't gettin' rid of it - I'm still paying for it on the Never, Never yet!
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    Hi Mike If a lorry can burn gas, or indeed a bus (our local ones do) - why can't I use my Zero-emission NEW Gas boiler for the next thirty years? Yeah, I know that you're neither the Energy Minister, or the PM (a Classicist, who knows nothing about science), but WHY NOT? LM (Fellow sufferer in the Hades of BrexitLand)
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    Hear, hear, Ernie, JB et al. I record the stuff I might want to watch and then watch them when it suits me. Then, when an ad break comes up, 4/5 clicks of the "Forward Arrow" and I've missed them all - "Simples" - (oh, Lord, I've admitted that I've watched THAT one! Spud's right, though. Derry Girls fills half an hour on terrestial TV, yet is 22 minutes an episode on Netflix - now I wonder how that happens
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    Hi JB Commiserations on the Burma experience - not surprised on any front - I've never been keen on narrow gauge, so I wouldn't expect much. I think that running tours in distant lands must be a nightmare for the tour operator. You should have come on one of my trips into China with the Hong Kong Railway Society (1997 and 1998). The second was to a ng line carrying coal. I'll look for a photie and post it! (So long ago you printed the things! The only digital thing I had was my stopwatch! At least your off-spring can give you accommodation near the second best narrow gauge railway in the World! The Ffestiniog takes some beating, but the Rhaetian Railway pips it for the top place! Jim, sorry that your experience was spoilt by NRs attempts at running the tracks over here! At least you should have enjoyed some serious noise from the Jubilee?
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    Hi Noel Three steam tours this summer, no diesel on the back, lots of 75mph running. It depends on the Promoting Company to some extent - Steam Dreams have a diesel on the back 90% of the time - usually to do with the route and the need to go off in the other direction (eg out of Weymouth where there's nowhere to turn). Fire risk is the other bugbear for we 100% steam men - some operating companies put a diesel on the train to reduce the possibility of sparks causing damage to vegetation - yet most locos have effective spark arrestors. Have a look on YouTube to see Leander roaring up the South Devon banks without aid.
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    MAQ03850.m4v The 800s, are sometimes equated to a Royal Scot - Well, if it is true, this is what one looks like at speed, the diesel is there for the airconditioning in the Mark 2ds. Great Scot at Goring? .......
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    Sorry, but the photo must have been taken after 1956/7 when the "Bulleid-bodied" AEC railcars were put into service (IRRS Journal No.20, Page 243 refers to their entering service). The REC, being Farnborough-based, with Mr Bulleid's pacifics racing past their door every hour of the day and night possibly requested the set specifically! After Mr B's fine coaches on the Southern Railway - they must have been a bit of a culture-shock!
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    The late Jimmy (?) O'Dea wrote an extended and valuable article in the IRRS Journal, Vol. 11, pages 127 - 139 and part 2 in the same Volume pages 170 -178. The article shows a G Class diesel at Clara on the Banagher Goods and a Sulzer B Class at Banagher itself.
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