Horsetan

Hopefully it won't end up like the exhibits in the Moyasta Graffiti Gallery...

My ideal list would be: - one of the Caprotti 400s - one of the 500s - one K1 - one K1a - the sole P1 2-6-2T - a J26 - possibly the VS ...and obviously CC1. How could you not have that? CC1 would be a massive study aid for alternative fuels.

That's a shame. If it wasn't for the WT wheels and spare bits of original motion, there might not be a new-build project in the first place....

Does the new W not benefit from a spare set of WT wheels; wouldn't those have some sort of grandfather rights ?

There's that unmistakable sense of semi-neglect in the photos that only Ireland can do.

Probably didn't want the hassle of international post anymore.

Hmmm......

Dialysis has never been such fun.

Given that some AE86s have been imported into Ireland, it might be an idea for it to carry county registration plates.....

That's the only time I've seen a MTK Western actually built.

I'm surprised they haven't named one after the Lord High Badger himself, Professor Sir Brian May....

Imitation is sincerest form of flattery. The Chinese: a great bunch of lads.

Yes, but almost anything can be forged nowadays. Who's to know unless the model goes pear-shaped? You can have business, or you can have ethics.

Someone clearly wanted a slice of the action.

Outside admission valves. That's very similar to the arrangement used by the Great Western Steam Railmotors.

The question is when the glass roof was removed. Are there any surviving records indicating when that was done?

That Werner Heubeck was one of a number of ex-Nazis-made-good after "The Emergency". They were a different breed alright and some seemed to have this almost suicidally-blasé attitude towards dangerous situations, probably because - after the horrors of a full-scale war - anything else was trivial by comparison. Any Man City fans will likely remember their legendary goalkeeper Bert Trautmann who famously played the last 15 minutes of a game with what turned out (three days later) to be a broken neck. That fracture could have either killed him or led to paralysis, but he still played on. Sometimes you just have to stand back and wonder how they did it.

That almost primeval taste for things going on fire has never really gone away.

Try this link

Driving wheels still transposed, though.... looks a bit mad when the balance weights are in the wrong place

Are the driving wheels and rods the wrong way round? I see the balance weights are in the wrong place, which suggests that the leading pair have been mounted on the rear axle, and vice-versa....

The general wisdom is that horses travel better if they don't see the scenery or other traffic going past, which is why horseboxes and trailers tend to be mostly solid wall, with vents higher up. That said, some equines don't really mind having a look out. I've followed trailers where the horse or pony is enjoying a haynet whilst watching out of a window, and at least one converted Renault Trafic van which had a pony facing the rear, watching me through the rear windows!

It's tempting. What would really complete the illusion is a widened footplate - the Woolwiches were 6 inches wider - all of the extra being added between the frames - than the Southern Railway sisters.

Also this link here and this Google Search result

Some links here, but not sure if they all still work