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On Kingscourt, I used to go out with a girl from there around 15 years back, and remember visiting the old station building while the tracks were still in place. I found some old square freight shipping slips in the old office, which I have somewhere up the attic

https://www.discoverboynevalley.ie/plan-your-visit/things-to-do/boyne-valley-lakelands-greenway Even if the greenway hadn't replaced the track/trackbed, the rails would've all needed to be lifted & replaced, plus ballast replacement. Athlone-Mullingar would be the same

The stone wall really helps blend the backscene in with the layout!

Here's the Belfast Telegraph reporting on it: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/rail-buffs-shocked-as-irelands-first-us-made-locomotive-makes-surprise-appearance-in-co-down/a1551687763.html

For anyone still looking for one of these, I spotted one on Adverts on a trawl though: https://www.adverts.ie/other-antiques-collectables/oxford-die-cast-irizar-bus-eireann-expressway-1-76-scale/37320312 Not bad at €34 & €6 postage

It's a shame, as the baseboards looked decent. Only a couple of months ago, I was mulling over getting some from him to start a layout - glad I held off now after seeing this post!

China doesn't recognise IP unfortunately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

Ian at the helm of the Blue Thunderer tour - about to depart Connolly

Yep

A hell of a lot were destroyed by fire too down in Cork, Kells Transport Museum https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/gallery/haunting-photos-show-corks-abandoned-26935945 https://www.corkbeo.ie/culture/whats-on-news/gallery/abandoned-bus-graveyard-16432007

I'm sure if they got a shout they would just smash the glass, and release the handbrake? Would still use up their time all the same

Looks like the Orange One has done away with the below $800 thing: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c939q47xlleo

Hi all, I don't know if I posted this link before, but for those who may have missed it, here are pics I took on various railtours over the years: https://www.flickr.com/photos/renniks75/albums/

AI can lie too - don't think it can't