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That's just pure madness alright! Very clever using a refurbished loco bogie as the basis for the new shunter

Look like kegs to me

I was thinking radio train myself, but didn't know if they had it back in the 'steamy' days

Just grabbed 054 - the dayglo panel one I missed, having picked up 036 previously

Ordered - you filthy temptators!!!

I think it should read Proto 2000 chassis - probably of the EMD BL2

Test run it on a bit of carpet, down the back of Inchicore Works

Same here - blue with the yellow ends

Ok, just seems weird that's all, if you are based in England

Weird that he's posting on the Spanish ebay site, even though he's located in England. You'd think he'd post them on ebay.co.uk

Eh, there are 37 left in stock on the Irish Railway Models site: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/locomotives/products/a30-a-class-locomotive

Get the spray gun out!

I've seen lads in a bidding war against each other on Ebay for a vinyl record that is still available from the record labels website

Is that small or far away?

Will these be available in Irish livery soon?

You're not wrong - I remember seeing them on the Silverfox site alright. A google search brought up this hit from Marks site for the full 3 car set: http://www.marksmodels.com/?pid=18517

Serious potential for wave generated power off the west coast, though I'm sure the Nimbys will stick their oar in...

That kinda defeats the purpose no? Even the hybrids - you still have all the problems associated with petrol/diesel engines - servicing filters, oils etc, that you don't have with pure electric. Using the other rotating wheels to generate power would act as a brake - this is how the regen braking works - the motor becomes a generator, which resists the rotating wheel motion to generate a charge to send back into the battery. Solar panel in the roof is ok during the day, but no use at night. How many people actually do more mileage per day than the capacity of most BEVs range? Very few I would imagine

At around the 12.30 mark, the points appear to be set the wrong way for the loco - are they a kind of spring loaded point that the loco can drive through, without the need for the points to be manually set, then set again after the loco passes? For shunting purposes I guess?

A damn sight less than dino-juice going by the Kia page below!: https://www.kia.com/ie/about-kia/experience-kia/technology/electrification/electric-car-charging-costs/ "Assuming the cost of electricity to be €0.17 per kWh, here's what it would cost to charge the batteries that are used in both the e-Niro and e-Soul, and also the cost per 100km driving for the e-Niro, fitted with these batteries, based on the WLTP average range figures. The 64 kWh battery has an average range 455km, and the 39.2 kWh battery has an average range 289km On the long range battery: 64kWh (64 X €0.17) = €10.88 to fully charge: €2.39 per 100km (€10.80 /455km *100km). For the mid range battery of: 39.2kWh (39.2 X €0.17) = €6.66 to fully charge: €2.30 per 100km (€6.66 / 289km *100km)"

My dad got one of the Kia Niro all electric cars, and is well happy with it. He was always into his motors, and would have always done his own servicing, but is well happy since making the switch. Range is around 530km, which should be more than enough for most people here in Ireland! His view on hybrids is that they still have all the hassles of petrol/diesel engines - that still need regular servicing, compared to pure electric. Pure electric needing very little apart from the consumables - brakes, tyres. With the engine regen charging, even the brake pads will last much longer. I heard of a Tesla driver who was still on the same brake pads after 100,000 miles! Also, when charging at charge point, be it at a petrol station or on street, getting the charge up to 80% will be a lot faster than 2 hours, but after 80%, the charging rate slows down

I've not done my driving test for a car yet (and I'm 47!), but when I do, I'll do a test for automatic, as that's all there is going to be in the electric future. Also, when fully automatic driving cars come out, will you still have to do a driving test to use one?...

On my BMW R1150GS motorbike, a typical spin from Athlone to Dublin and back, will take about 20 liters. This works out at 8L/100km or 35mpg in old money. Speed would be a steady 130kmh on the motorway

Don't know, but I was watching the 24hr race at the Nurburgring over the weekend, and the figures for a GT3 car are shocking: 1.75L per minute - 14L per lap. The winning car did 159 laps, using approx 2226L in total. The mad thing is, each fueling, the team gets a docket with how much went in, and at the end of the race, all dockets are totted up, and then the team either pays the balance, or gets a refund (they pay a certain amount before the race). Tyres work out around 70 grand for the full race! Racing - definitely not cheap!!

Did these get produced & delivered? Anyone with a second one they want to sell/trade?