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  1. Horsetan
    The last regular use of the branch was in 1948. Track lifting hasn't started here, but would have done by 1955 because that's when the girder bridge at Stranorlar was dismantled by Hammond Lane Metal Co. Incidentally, Hammond Lane feature so heavily in the records of scrapping railway infrastructure and equipment that I wonder if there was anything that they weren’t involved in cutting-up one way or another.
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    56 was just the service number for that route that day, so train number 56.
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    'Tis true what they say: you should never meet your heroes. You'll only be disappointed.
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    It's a lot of money to be paying for a static model. About 10 times too much.
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    Hardbrucke / Hardplatz is familiar to me as I stayed at a hotel there in 2006. Quite a lot of Turkish-run eateries near the bridge.
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    They were only there for one thing, and it wasn't the show. Now watch eBay to see the wagons reappear at four to six times the show price.
  7. Horsetan
    This is Ireland. Smuggling was quite an industry and sure people haven't forgotten the old *kof*"skills"*kof*
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    Sounds like she was having a bad day. Wonder if Chris might have escaped attention if he'd come in via the North and crossed the border by road.......
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    Was 143 scrapped at Broadstone? Rods have been removed, along with buffing gear and coupling. Tender axlebox covers missing, so it looks as though it was being used as a convenient parts donor. Cut-off at the left edge of the photo is the unmistakable shape of a Woolwich Mogul, but which one was hanging around at Broadstone in October 1960?
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    Doubt it. They'll probably try to hoover up as much of the new production as possible to protect their investment. These are people who don't worry about utility bills or the cost of existing.
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    Anecdotal info suggests the engines are a bit shite performance-wise, and can barely pull themselves. Problems with quality control as well. Might not be the bargain they seem to be.
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    One thing I would say about the appearance of Irish gauge track is that, outside the city/suburban areas, rail often looks quite corroded, so you'll need a decent orange/brown mix. As for gauge, my view is that it should be 21mm if you're lucky enough to be starting from scratch. 5'3" is simply too wide for anything else to look correct.
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    New name, same staff....
  14. Horsetan
    Not much different from how Herpes and other couriers handle deliveries, so maybe not that remarkable
  15. Horsetan
    ...but it has now.
  16. Horsetan
    Going Spanish/Indian gauge?
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    Dunno. Marcos Sr. ran a pretty corrupt operation until 1986, and I'm sure his son will be doing much the same
  18. Horsetan
    What I'd like to track down are the RPSI Cravens pack.
  19. Horsetan
    Might not be a good idea now that there's a Marcos back running the show. He'll be every bit his father's son. And his mother's still pulling the strings.
  20. Horsetan
    India. Good luck with that.
  21. Horsetan
    Nobody seems to have offered those beet wagons as a guess. As to the next powered model, who knows? Would be grand to see something steam outline, though. Something along the lines of a J15, mqybe.
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    It occurs to me that 1963 was probably the last time we saw the Irish network at anything like full strength in terms of track layout before the system began to be run down / shut down / mothballed / lifted. I'm particularly interested in the miniature "pointer" colour light signal shown at 49.43/45. Belfast York Road famously had a number of these miniature signals, mostly on the entry/exit gantry, but very few photos have ever been published of them close up. Hardly anywhere else was equipped with them.
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    When the news broke, I thought we were getting the Return of Triang.
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    It seems to me that TT, pound for pound, works out more expensive than HO.... Not by much, but the price tags are still sobering.
  25. Horsetan
    It may have been heading for Australia
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