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How am I only seeing this masterpiece now!? You have a beautiful thing going on right there.

Excuse the inexperience, but am I correct in assuming the only difference between packs 1-3 of the cie grey examples are the running numbers?

The Little blue tank engine, helped by COVID-19 boredom is what got my interest in Railways going, and despite my interest in the railway series being overshadowed by the real thing in recent months, Awdreys creation still holds a place in my heart. Looking forward to seeing whose names come up in this thread.

Thanks very much, for your help, much appreciated.

It's not so much that Im bashing progress but I can see ICRs in my doorstep and can't see an Loco hauling coaches in the enterprise livery.

Plan on making my first visit to Bray tomorrow, Any chance somebody their would have GSR Station green paint for sale?

I plan on booking a trip on the enterprise, but am really only interested in riding behind, the "real" enterprise not these Railcar replacements. Is there anyway at all too ensure this happens?

So, having read all this, I'm guessing I should preorder a pack for my little 50s Branchline?

Some Society needs to charter a rail tour to this guy's garage

Nosey and grimey, as railways should be.

Magnificent, love these old multiple units

Id say that the lines closure date comes with the train used to pull it up, and take it away. Can't get much more closed than that.

Finished roofing the station today.(Finally!) Needs to be weathered to hell and back though. Far too shiny. Quite happy with how the galvanised sheeting turned out. However the joins along the top will need disguising on this side. As I said, it needs serious weathering, not only because it's Cie and this is far to clean but because I don't like going blind whenever it catches the light!

Good place to "try before you buy" then

Are these new additions to the malahide fleet Permanent?

No obvious names standing out, but there is there were a few numbers and letters stamped on the side, I searched them on Google and found a similar lamp for sale in Japan. However the seller also had no idea where it was from, he also guessed india. A picture of the cleaner lamps stamp

@jhb171achill Any info on its origins? Also thanks very much.....

Too big for one post apparently.... It has to glass sliders, one for green one for red. The red picture is annoyingly blurry but I'm not going back out into the cold tonight... It was like the worst birthday ever, trying to blow this out.... And that's not to mention the fumes

Picked up one or two things myself a while ago, One of which is this Lantern. Nice little piece if do say so myself. I'm highly doubtful that it's Irish though. I've a funny hunch that it's Indian, maybe some of you more knowledgeable people might shed some light on it. Enjoy the photos of my Kitchen too! Now for the potentially controversial part, I actually use this lamp, I get things should be preserved safely but I feel that since I've paid for it, I might as well use it. Plus it looks fair nice in the dark. I've only just realised how rusty it looks in that light. I can assure you it's not that bad.

Not sure about the distance between Durrow and Attanagh but Mountrath station is actually known as Kilbricken and is situated a few kilometres outside the town, as for the line to Kilkenny starting there rather than Portlaoise , I'll have to disagree with you as I've checked the old O.S. maps which show the track going from MaryBorough (Portlaoise) and when overlaid with modern satellite maps it's possible to trace the trackbed right to Abbeyleix. The reasoning about Abbeyleix being a posh town so that's why the station's there is interesting. It fits in with a similar story that I've heard being that the De Vesci estate gifted the land for the line to the railway company for free, in exchange for it building its station there. Interesting about Durrow though, never heard that one before.

I can see that the wagon bodies are made from either plastic or mount board but how may I ask, did you get the chassis together for them to sit on?

This may cause offence, but are those triang coaches being hauled by the GNR tank?

You can say that again!

https://www.cie.ie/CIECorporate/media/HistoricAnnualReports/1971-1990/CIE_1972-1973.pdf This has probably been discovered before but it makes for a very interesting look back in time.

Having just learned about the 30th anniversary of the 2600 railcars, it begs the question, will these receive a similar retro livery treatment?