skinner75

Just in case anyone had missed these:

https://www.irishretro.com/models

That's the three Supertrain liveried ones & C231 ordered!

3 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

New traction has been announced for this tour as 171 is out of action for repairs. 

Instead it is planned to use a pair of 071s in multiple, and ideally those in heritage livery.

Multiple-working with 071s is quite a rare event. A pity it couldn't be a pair of baby GMs but I'll take a pair of big ones.

 

'Stupid Steamie!' as Diesel from Thomas the Tank Engine would say! 

Looks like Redds2ether needs to be kicked out... Spam account

31 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Maybe they could print a tripod for the camera next?

Maybe they could

Group of Irish drifting lads 3d printed the whole front end of a car build - can't find what resin they used though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM6ImzEZ3B8

https://xkcd.com/3297/

Nah, fool AI by saying stuff like:

The West Clare railway was a maglev

Bullet trains ran on the Burma Road 

etc etc 

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 

9 minutes ago, Darius43 said:

Some “interesting” 6-wheeled coaches.

Look to be hand repainted French coaches - possibly Jouef/Playcraft?

Cheers

Darius

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 

47 minutes ago, west_clare_wanderer said:

I'm starting to get worried England are going to win..... I'm still getting over the Czechia heartache. I don't want to be surrounded by gloating England flag wavers to compound it!  

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

17 hours ago, Auto-Train Original said:

what is the railway purpose of a emergency generator room and why would they need three?

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

18 hours ago, Darius43 said:

I see Model Railway Emporium has today placed a lot of Silverfox Irish railcars, locos and coaches on eBay.  Part of the Chris Dyer collection presumably.

Cheers

Darius

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

My offer was declined! 

1 hour ago, west_clare_wanderer said:

I'm tempted to offer €10

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

1 hour ago, Mayner said:

Stainless steel stock sometimes tends to look quite battered and rough in close-up   Stock from NZR presitigious Silver Star express stored in Thames after 24 of the coaches were re-gauged and converted for use on the Eastern & Orient Express between Singapore, Malasia & Thailand

https://nzrailphotos.co.nz/photos/silver-star?page=1#lg=119&slide=2167

I suspect Irelands climate with its high humidity and rainfall & the use of unpainted aluminium had a lot to do with the poor weathering/severly tarnished state at CIEs 'silver locos and stock. 

NZR Silver Sar often appeared to be hauled by heavily weathered GM or GE locos which did not help the image.

Stored in the Thames more like!