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  1. I assume that’s the November issue. Stephen
  2. The middle photo featuring only the cattle wagons blew me away. Only the couplings give it away as not the real thing. Brilliant modelling. Stephen
  3. With the imminent completion of the double tracking of the the line to Midleton, we’ll have to see how the case for re-opening of the line onwards to Youghal deals with the greenway currently occupying the alignment. The greenway should have been built to allow reinstatement of the line on half of the double track alignment but I doubt it. Stephen
  4. Sligo had two platforms, one signalled for arrivals and the other for departures. Did this change later on or was it simply a mistake to say that, after running round, the train was propelled into the arrival platform? Mayner continues to be a mine of information. Stephen.
  5. Paul’s rendition of the summer 1959 timetable was most interesting and enlightening. I did a similar exercise when the SLNCR was still running its freight and passenger trains to and from Enniskillen, even more train movements. Stephen
  6. You continue to feed us lovely photos of the old Irish railway network. Long may it continue. Stephen
  7. I have a couple of Silver Fox 101’s and I am very pleased with them. They are very heavy with excellent slow running. Stephen
  8. Heljan, Accurascale’s recent acquisition, produce a model of the GWR diesel railcar, the forerunner to the GNR/CIE railcars. Bearing this in mind, maybe Heljan should be looking into the Irish variant. Stephen
  9. Wasn’t the RPSI preserved 121 painted in this livery for a brief period of time? Stephen
  10. The triple track west of Waterford was originally two tracks towards Limerick Junction and one towards Dublin. In later years there were three single lines towards Dublin, Limerick Junction and Mallow. The latter period would have been a lovely one to model to just watch trains go by. Stephen
  11. A nice piece of fiction but very convincing. Stephen
  12. RIP. Stephen
  13. So sorry to hear the news. I’ve suffered flooding but fire is a different thing altogether. It takes no prisoners but at least you and yours are ok. Stephen
  14. A lovely tribute, Leslie. Stephen
  15. I haven’t seen any mention of the scale. Whatever it is, the whole scene is quite delightful. What about North Wall (MGWR)? Stephen
  16. Where can we get new number transfers, I have two class 141’s looking for new numbers? Stephen
  17. The 7mm J18 is currently not shown on the Alphagrafix website. Interesting. Stephen
  18. Surely it’s a mk3 EGV. Stephen
  19. It is an incredible resource which I frequently delve into. Stephen
  20. What is more likely is that he does it for a living, lucky chap. Stephen
  21. Wasn’t the use rail transport a condition of the original planning permission! What has changed apart from the current unavailability of rail transport due to ongoing works in the port of Dublin? Stephen
  22. The tender is wrong, should be the same as on the N. Maybe Rapido will donthis version at a later date. Also, the K1a appears to be more an Irish N with 6’ 0” drivers rather than an Irish U. Strange. Stephen
  23. They’ve also announced the Southern U class 2-6-0, which has the potential for a GSR K1a version. Unfortunately, the tender is wrong, the N/K1 is correct. Stephen
  24. Yup, both Mark’s Models and Rails of Sheffield have them to order. Stephen
  25. StevieB

    B101

    Let’s hope it can be restored to working, nice to hear a Sulzer in the midst of all the GM’s. Stephen
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