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  1. irishrailways52
    season 4 of michal portelo great railway jurneys has some episodes in ireland (michal palin great railway journeys derry to kerry) (channel 4 program about railways in ireland 1980s) (history of irish railways by RTE 1990s) (off the beten trac RTE 1997)
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    this year so far i can think of the following 40 years of the dart 20 years of the LUIS 30 yers of the 201 class 30 years of the 2600s 60 yers of the RPSI 190 years since the opening of the Dublin to Kingstown railway 60 years since the end of steam in the south 80 years since the transport act which lead to the formation of CIE thats all I can think about for now. are there any im missing
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    got a wooden pallet and took some wheels off some skateboards as flanges. then i got some barings and used them as the main wheels. one one of them i had a chain which connected to a line shaft and then another chain to some peddles. i did most of the edenderry system and a large amount of the Shannon bridge system. some of the track was really bad. despite that i had no derailments.
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    i have done this on some of the dissused BNM lines. it is a very nice experiance. also the track does not need to be in a good condition
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    must give it a visit
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    thanks very much. that answers a lot of questions
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    i was recently at farmleigh bridge in palmerstown and i found a peace of old tram track beside the bridge. i don't think the tram line crossed this bridge though it did get me thinking where exactly did the lines run and what is left of them. does anybody have any old photographs or maps that show the tramway or where it was
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    does this replace the screens above the carriage end doorways
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    reminds me of a story from inchacore. every year seagulls make there nests in the running shed roof. all the company can do is try preventive measures. apparently it has caused some trouble over the years
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    does the Passenger Information System make the 29000s look any different. is there some sort of panel on the inside.
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    pritty sure the isle of man bought one of those for upwards of 20 grand. sure will sell cheeper here
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    really sad to see it decay to this. if I'm down that way i might try and seal off the carage so vandles cant get in
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    my best guess is that it is built like that in case there should be a need for extra capacity in the future. it that is the case though surly it would have been beater to leave the space for a 2nd building and build it when required. perhaps it will see use with dart +
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    another company that thinks they can revolusinise rail transport
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    indeed that would be a good spot. i wonder if theres any hope of buying/renting the line of BNM
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    any ideas on what a good streach of track for preservation would be.
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    hears a few I found in a skip. I'm nearly sertan they where cast in inchacore. they where in use on the Navan to kingscourt line and had there last train run over them in 2003. they where ripped up in 2022 to make way for the greenway. there are still some in use on the Navan to drohida line up until last year and will lightly continue to see some permanent way traffic for the next few years. imagine. the oldest one on the line to Navan that i found was from 1902. still in use today.
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    I have been down in Belleville many times and seen the very sorry state of the railway. of corse it would take a lot to get steam working but I am curious on how much it would take to fix up the carriages and run it with diesel. also would there be an interest in it being run with diesel.
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    punishments. first of all give them some flavour of what a days work is like. since they like work they can knock down a chimney brick by brick like Fred Dibnah used to do. once that has been completed find an empty room in IRM towers and leave them in there until the all Ireland strategic rail review has been carried out in full with peat sods as there only source of food and also make them listen to the best of the tulla ceili band for the whole time. i know the tulla ceili band sounds good to most of us but these young ba*ter*s hate it. once that has been completed they must tamp the ballast on evry railway in Europe by hand. after that burn evrything that ever had any value to them. once that has been completed they must clean every railway platform in Ireland with a toothbrush. during this punishment there only sorce of food will be chewing gum they find on the platform or under seats. after that other punishments such as burning them at the stake and feeding them to pigs can be carried out. of corse the police will probably give them a small fine, a lollypop with "im rehabilitated" on the packet and a wee pat on the head. god help the poor people who worked on that layout. my heart goes out to them
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    anyone have any sort of ruf timetable for it on sunday
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    navan. and reopen the line to kingscourt. re open gibstown halt. my grandad has memories of beet trains there.
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    count me in if it is indeed a BnM preservation society inaugral meeting
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