gph2000

Found this on ebay: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/297011500569?_skw=0-6-4&itmmeta=01JM57ZJBDST137GKFKMYH6EJ8&hash=item452743d619:g:nREAAOSwaxpnrRqC&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fzNDzaZRgEOeJNZ0lanAEe7IvIH9NmlM4IXXt4K4yh6nhLp0vvW1pFbO377XVzUf727uyV2Ha55%2BQUZMkkpz0uPpmuTiVs282C6yXB8tmpAdlLUMJjpRCWQzthC6EU3RVKSL%2BYPVsCPHFFC55MU39ikh9DxAsE6%2FX8i5CWlSKKBxZZ%2BuvAFPGR1Q7e4t04hcElK0w%2BCLtLHY2XgpfFHgoUHFe1zVfgTsrzLm7xaYj3fwtJAoKoVvyS2VLcVHpPWr0rPGlLyjUUgJ1JR7LRnfs1|tkp%3ABk9SR_Kl_qehZQ&autorefresh=true It looks like it could be dressed to become an approximation of Lough Erne.

Surely, it's the Mullingar County Westmeath Railway!

Or buy and not pay then ignore contact.

A couple have been preserved a Lough Boora as static exhibts. Tom O'Hanlon has some excellent shots on his site.https://www.tomohanlonphotography.com/Scapes/i-jN3vfm2/A

https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/local-news/1487076/momentous-day-as-last-bord-na-mona-train-switches-off-engine-in-offaly.html

I must look out for a Great Eastern mockup. I fancy s sign where GER issues a stiff notice!

Sorted. Got a Virgin MkIII from TMC that donated both a bogie and a box for about 35 euro. The box was a bonus. That coach spent the past 20 years in the tired bubble wrap you see in the background.

A great price. I was the only bidder at 114 when I bought it. Genuinely did not expect it to break 100, and when 102 went on, I thought that was it. Unusual for an ebay auction, most bids were in the early days with a lone late one coming in early on the last day.

Even if it stays at 102, it will have been more than I expected.

Exactly, taking the hit. Not enough time to work on that. If the Mk2 EGVs had not come available so soon, I might have.

I bought it, spent about Eur 35 on buffers and couplings, mostly postage and customs. But could not get genuine spares. I have it relisted (the money for a pair of Mk 2 generator vans has to come from somewhere), but I expect it will not cover the cost of both.

I was thinking 'bones'. It's almost a phonetic for the irish word 'cnamha'

Thanks Robert. On closer examination, I realize that the pocket was attached to the coupling and the chasis that needs couplings also needs pockets! It was only when I looked up fishtail that I noticed that it must be a two part assemby.

Does any of you know where to get buffers or the tension lock couplings for an MM201?

How do I remove the bodyshell from a Murphy Models 201?