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IIRC the business was bought by the man who runs the "Peckforton Light Railway" YouTube channel, and rebranded as RC Trains. I'll see if i can find a link. Here it is: RC Trains Homepage

Ivor predates the 1984 TV series by a decade at least. It may have taken a little inspiration from the Railway Series, but is generally quite a different experience from watching Thomas. There is a running joke in the Thomas fandom going along the lines of “Say it with me- not every show about talking trains is a ripoff of Thomas”. It’s true, and in fact Ivor doesn’t even talk!

The Sheehaun Railway Historical Society is delighted to announce the discovery of several colour photos, the only known to exist, of the pre-closure SLR. Below are the two clearest found. Above is No. 3 shown at Sheehaun Quay. This photo was not captioned, but appears to show Number 3, one of the imported German saloons, and Railbus 1. The SRHS has also been notified of rumours of 8mm film of the SLR taken by Seán O’Sullivan, known to most enthusiasts of the SLR for taking the haunting photograph of No. 3 on the last train of the pre-closure SLR. No comment will yet be given on the credibility of the rumour. LNERW1, SLHS Chairman

The line at the end- "Thomas seems unlikely to run out of steam for years to come". Little did they know, thirty years later Mattel would be finishing up the short, swift and painful process of running it into the ground. The fact that this year marks the 40th anniversary of a series that is still going (In some form), really impresses me.

That story would probably be the beginning of the Season 2 episode “Moo!”. I can’t remember the name of the story it was based on. Also, the Season 5 episode “A Better View for Gordon”, or involves a crash through the end of a terminus that took heavy inspiration from Montparnasse, but may have bern partially inspired by the 1900 Harcourt St. crash.

Correct, more or less. All seasons from 1984's Season 1 to 2008's Season 12 used Gauge One models to represent the standard gauge locos on the North Western Railway (North Western Region under BR), with 0 gauge being used to represent the narrow-gauge locos of the Skarloey and Mid Sodor railway when used in shots with the Gauge 1 models, but larger more detailed Gauge 1 (which at that point is basically being used as G) used in shots displaying just the narrow gauge. There were also Gauge 3 models made of Thomas and Percy, in about 2002 IIRC, for use with the Gauge 1 narrow gauge props and the larger scale models used for the short-lived 2002-or-3-I-cant-quite-remember spinoff, Jack and the Pack. There were also larger scale models of the engines cabs built for use with larger model figurines, and a full-sized version of Thomas' cab, bunker and firebox, albeit painted entirely green, for use with human actors in 2000's Thomas and the Magic Railroad. So yes, mainly gauge 1.

One of the many horror stories made by Thomas’ community- this one based around more shock and gore than anything, but many of the spooky tales made by fans are based more around psychological horror. Search YouTube for “The Half Engine”, I would recommend [thebogieboy]’s video. And yes, that is the formatting used by the channel. This video is an overview of notable ones.

Funny actually, I’ve always thought that James’ TV series model looked far closer to the DSER’s Woolwich Moguls than his supposed basis, the Lanky class 27. As in, he looks nothing like the L&Y loco and almost identical to the DSER one. Also, wow! Really shows how accepting and open-minded ye are that this conversation is entirely positive. If this was a US-based forum, I shouldn’t wonder it would be different…

See title. There is a huge following for the children's TV show "Thomas and Friends". I am one of the people who make up that following. This is an area created for Irish Thomas fans (and they do exist) to share news directly related to the show and any Irish links it may have. Slightly worried about putting this on a serious model railway forum, but hopefully nobody's going to extract the urine out of me for it. I'm not going to try to justify it because people have a problem with niche hobbies...

Noticed the tweet was by TheBuriedTruck, a YouTuber who is a notable and well-respected member of the Thomas fandom, which some of you may be familiar with. In fact, I think I'll go start an argument about that now...

Get the cross ready lads- heavily bodged+shortened BR Class 58 as an 071? (he says while writing up his will) You know what, just to avoid extreme violence, I’m going to make that work.

They’ve no right to be complaining- they stole one of our 1949 BnM Barclays and turned it into the Tallyllyn’s Tom Rolt!

I really want to test that… there may not actually be a limit, as I doubt there’d be anyone on this forum trying to do anything malicious by typing up a ridiculously long title.

Ok, let me try. Thanks.

Yeah, my 7 brain cells can’t work out how to edit the name of a topic.

Will I make a new thread then?

I’ll give ye a clue, my nearest station was Lansdowne Road. I’m not proud of being from that area though, as most people who are seen to be arseholes. I wonder if the owner is a railway enthusiast?

Yeah, I don’t believe Catholics are more likely than Protestants to be nationalists, but something tells me discriminatory big business in the 1860s wouldn’t have agreed with me. I meant Mountmellick, but I have the memory of an amnesiac goldfish and I’m awful at Laois geography, being a still-relatively-recent (2017) blow-in from the land of sourdough and SUVs. (Guess where that is).

I know the line went via Portlaoise, but it was officially, initially at least, the line from Mountrath, but I don’t know whether through trains were run at any point. The thing about Durrow is just an assumption, given the fact that I’m like 95% sure it had a higher RC population in the 1860s/70s (my dumbass forgot when the line was built). I’ll check a couple of statistics and I’ll make another post here. Yet more evidence of me being an idiot, misremembering place names and not doing my research- the line began in Mountmellick.

That’s a good point, some food for thought there. I actually think I can give a good example- Abbeyleix station, serving a newer, posher estate town, was as close as possible to the town- the line actually ran directly behind the St Michael and All Angels church and the rectory. However, the next obvious station on the Mountrath-Kilkenny line (it did actually begin in Mountrath, not Portlaoise), would be Durrow, but to my knowledge it had a higher percentage of Roman Catholics, who would have been perceived as being more likely to cause insurgency, and so Durrow did not have a station, the line instead running through Attanagh, a mile or so east. That’s just one example that came to mind because, as I write this, I am sitting about 200m away from Abbeyleix station, but I’m sure there are other examples. Obviously, the railway bypassing Durrow may have been simply a matter of convenience- reaching Durrow would have made the line longer and therefore more difficult to build- but it’s possible the company may have pushed a little harder to reach Durrow otherwise. Note: @Broithe and @Metrovik may be able to clarify if I’m wrong about the distance between Durrow and Attanagh.

At least he got the record in the end- I think these guys had it worse: Guardian article I actually lost sleep thinking about this. All that work!

Ballast is down, and so work is complete for today. Here, B135 (erroneously referred to in previous posts as B134), is moving ballasting equipment to the Ardree Quay goods shed. See ye tomorrow. IMG_0065.MOV

So I’ve been having some fun, any advice on ballasting points? IMG_0064.MOV

B134 ready to make itself useful again! Edit: I don’t think I have to clarify this, but it’s a ballast train. Just to be completely sure there’s no confusion. Just wondering- is it OK to put the ballast in the wagons, and then apply it from the wagons? (As in, scoop out the ballast with a spoon and apply it normally)

Siding clayed. 72961952404__88BA0612-695B-423D-A74A-C4913E40A33E.MOV