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Or the fourth coach, depending on the direction the train is travelling! Stephen

JHB, does this help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPtPbkXB4No? The second Cravens has the original broad band (6") above the windows and the second narrower band (3") below the windows. It adds just a little variety. Stephen

Couldn't agree more, David. Stephen

JHB I bow to your superior knowledge. Incidentally, there was a variant carried by some Cravens of a white line added at waist level with the original, thicker white line above the windows. Stephen

Hi I think we'll find that at least one Park Royal received tippex livery http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/96992-park-royal-coaches/ Stephen

I would imagine that the initial intention would be to run fewer, but longer, trains to reduce running costs in order to make rail freight more attractive economically. If that proves successful, then is the time to worry about enough wagons. The infrastructure is not there yet to run longer trains on many routes, so careful timetabling will be necessary. More freight running at night will free up paths for passenger services. Stephen

Has anyone come across this before http://www.attix.co.uk? Stephen

There are four pages on the turf burner, 0-6-6-0T CC1 as OVSB designated it, in Brian Haresnape's A Pictorial History of Bulleid Locomotives - fascinating stuff. Apparently he had obtained approval for the construction of 50 turf burning/oil fired steam locos, the intention being for these to be a production run of the turf burner when that had been proved in turf burning mode - sadly it was not to be. Stephen

It's the same with secondhand books - my local shop told me recently that railways are the one area where the market has shrunk dramatically - the younger generation are still interested in cars, planes and ships but not, it seems, trains. Stephen

I've always found them very good people to deal with, so good luck to them. Stephen

Not the SSM kit but the Silver Fox one.

JHB, the problem is that the erosion protection has been put in place by one authority to protect what look like buildings, and where it ends that's where the problem re-emerges - seems like there is no joined up thinking in Ireland, just like the UK - not my problem! Stephen

You can fit Kadees to MM coaches in two ways, either by straight swap in the NEM socket, or by attaching #5 to the underside of the body. The latter is, strictly, the more correct, since it replicates the way that the prototype operates with the bogies just carrying the body, but it's horses for courses, whichever suits your situation best. Stephen

You can also add: http://www.thehobbyden.com/index.php?cPath=107 http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R5.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xmurphy.TRS0&_nkw=murphy+models&_sacat=0 Stephen

David Assuming we are talking about exhibiting, to some degree it also depends upon your audience. Mr average knows not the first thing about railway operation, either ancient or modern, and gets very bored very quickly if something is not running. The nuances of run round and shunting are lost to him, which is a great shame. The likes of Iain Rice and Frank Dyer have written very eloquently about various aspects of railway operation, but even then you have to adapt to the model situation. You can't propel a rake of wagons into a siding and expect the shunter to apply the brakes! It's the same with model track, especially if you use ready to run. You lay it according to prototype practice without having exact copies of the prototype. Stephen Stephen

Thanks for that. Stephen

In these modern time, when openness and transparency abound, just what has the guy done wrong, express an opinion different to others and then reiterate it? Stephen

We touched on the subject of handling Knock specials in this thread http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1453-Manullla-Junction/page2?highlight=manulla+junction. Rather than uncoupling locos from the trains they had pulled and coupling up to the one in front, this suggests that they ran round at Manulla and then shunted the train towards Westport? Stephen

The story goes that they thought they were buying Tower Bridge! Stephen

The name thumper originated with the Southern Region DEMU's, which, incidentally, were compatible with the region's EMU's. The 80 class were, essentially, Irish versions of this technology. Stephen

Some wonderful photos of a clearly, much loved prototype. What you never seem to see are drawings of any of the versions of railcar: * The GNRI 600 class/CIE 2600 class DMBC, * The CIE 2648 class DMBS, * The GNRI 700 class DMS, * The GNRI 900 class DMC, * The Bulleids, * The CIE rebuilds? Stephen

I manage to go to the Warley Show at the NEC every year - this year was particularly enjoyable for a number of reasons - it seemed to be not so busy on the Sunday, good for the visitors' point of view if not the organisers - a varied selection of Irish stands from Marks Models, through IRRS to four, I believe it was, layouts. I saw Valencia Harbour in Cheltenham at the end of October and it was just as enjoyable second time around. Some of the detail on O'Connell Street was quite remarkable, in particular the cyclist with moving legs! Almost unbelievable in 4mm. There was also a most enjoyable lecture by Tony Wright on making the prototype fit the available space, he who has a shed 30' x 12' in his back garden! Stephen

So, the next question is does anyone actually make a ready to run model of the Y33 bogie? SSM produce a kit as part of the container flat kit, but more than that I know not. Stephen

Considering how close Killala is to Ballina, there was considerable duplication of facilities, turntable, two-road engine shed and carriage shed. It was clearly intended to part of something bigger. Stephen

The enclosed refers to the later bogies as Y33 http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5077-CIE-Ride-Control-Bogies but many of the photos around seem to show something more along the lines of the Y25 produced by both Bachmann and Hornby. Can anyone give a definitive answer, please? Stephen