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Time to start a savings fund for 18 months time so!

That last vid looks like it is the real thing! Maybe its the 'low' quality that makes it look like an old cine recording, captured from the road below

In Athlone, there was clouds (surprise surprise...), but still noticed the darkening of the light out in the garden. I used a cd to look through, as I had used this for the previous eclipse back around 2000. Ok result, considering the clouds fairly blurred the view

Wow - that is some change to the station since I saw it last - some 20 odd years ago when I was dating a girl from Kingscourt! Here's a vid we have probably all seen, of gypsum trains making their slow progress towards Kinscourt, what with having to stop for the many manually operated level crossings along the route: https://youtu.be/jxx5cij667o?si=eEa2sdo8rwopKLcq

Take some FOMO pills - they'll sort you right out!

Mbappe happy to get his two goals all the same, securing the Golden Boot award

Same lad selling them on Adverts too: https://www.adverts.ie/member/3407986/ads

No bother to tear up tarmac in the future if rails are to go back down. Sure the whole trackbed would need to be torn up & redone anyway, even if the old rails were still in place

I wouldn't worry about it! If Mexico don't beat em, they'll go on to meet either Brazil or Norway

I ordered a couple of the later, dual white stripe ones. I had already ordered several of the older single white stripe ones

Are they to provide power to the signaling in case of mains failure?

Are Silverfox still doing Irish items, or is Ebay etc the last chance to pick one up?

My offer was declined!

Go for it - I put in an offer of £15

Offer €30 for it

I hate managers. If I was in the army, I'd hate officers

Stored in the Thames more like!

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How about kettles in Black & Tan livery?

Temporary, as the platform & trackbed will need to be raised when the nearby bridge over the river is raised. Some dose had objected to the bridge being raised, even though this was the recommendation listed in a flood prevention scheme. The decision was made to install the bridge deck, so progress on the line could be made, then come back to raise it & the approaches at a later date

Could be from Sam's Trains playing with it on the carpet

Give it to a kid to play with?

"Those that can do, those that can't manage"

A frozen lasagne?