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  1. Horsetan
    I'll have to read the book again to be sure, but I think the original premise was: - to bring tourism to Achill; - to develop Achill Sound as a port - especially for cross-Atlantic traffic; and - encourage expansion of fishing, with the daily catch going onwards by rail. Highly ambitious in those early days of hope (and not a little fantasy, as things turned out)
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    Difficult choice of locations, though: Westport: most operationally interesting with a junction to the Quay Line plus the "main" route over Altamont Street bridge Newport: fairly cramped site, plus the challenge of the Seven Arches viaduct and two small connecting bridges either side, and St. Patrick's above the station. Mulrany: high up on the hillside, with the possible need to replicate the Great Southern Hotel on the adjacent site below Achill Sound: needs space for the sea around it, I'd have thought....
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    Any news?
  4. Horsetan
    Any movement since September?
  5. Horsetan
    Aha. In that case, I'll refrain from signing up for one of Leslie's re-run.
  6. Horsetan
    Did any of these spoil wagons make it into preservation?
  7. Horsetan
    An achievement never to be realised
  8. Horsetan
    Ah, I was there, so. Was on the Adavoyle operating team that year. That was in 2001, and I actually heard the roof canvas give way and dump quite a lot of water onto one of the stands. Messy.
  9. Horsetan
    That's the other aim, as I have a CIE snack car here
  10. Horsetan
    I'm going to see if these can be fitted to the Murphy / RPSI Mk2 trio
  11. Horsetan
    Which year was that?
  12. Horsetan
    Just after buying 4 sets of B4 bogies...
  13. Horsetan
    Now you know how Continental HO modellers have coped for years. A decent RTR German Einheitslok 4-6-2 is now the best part of £350 to £400, whilst the kit equivalent (Weinert) is 1100 Euros-plus. Coaches are getting on for £100 to £150 each. UK modellers are only catching up with the kind of prices Europe has long been paying.
  14. Horsetan
    A telltale pool on the floor by the toilet bowl?
  15. Horsetan
    I think that's going to need some 4mm scale food and drink to go in there....
  16. Horsetan
    I wonder if I could use Guinness as a fuel additive?
  17. Horsetan
    The era when Claremorris had a track layout worth replicating Compared to how it is today from the road side....
  18. Horsetan
    That's not much less than I paid for my 1988 Citroen CX back in 2017!!
  19. Horsetan
    Looks similar to the ones that were used as mountaineering equipment
  20. Horsetan
    ...and the grudging, surly service?
  21. Horsetan
    Not if you're a railway accountant. If you look at what the LMS did when creating the first two "Rebuilt Claughtons" (i.e. leading directly to the "Patriot"), the engines were to all intents and purposes new, with only the Claughton driving wheels, bogie wheels and maybe the bogies being reused. Doing it that way seems to mean the capital account is unaffected, as you count it as repairs instead. 'Tis all creative accountancy.
  22. Horsetan
    That "...mental turf-burning locomotive" is several shades of insanity, but might work as a conversion kit to be added to an existing 355 class.
  23. Horsetan
    Looks like it was superheated as well, owing to the extended smokebox
  24. Horsetan
    Did he keep the reject etches? There might be enough viable parts in them to create one or two more sets....
  25. Horsetan
    That may have been coincident with Backwoods Miniatures, which was also trying to make narrow-gauge more finescale
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