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Wow - that is really well done!

No, sorry. He's only 45, so wouldn't know any of the vintage stuff.

He is driving concrete trucks - all Volvos in the company he works with

FYI, my brother drives trucks, and he told me that Scania drivers are called 'Tangs'. 

Such a massive case of shooting yourself in the foot.

Funny thing is, the UK govt didn't even have to follow the outcome of the referendum, as they are non-binding in the UK!

47 minutes ago, Murph said:

Talking of ordering stuff, ordered some stuff from UK recently, great little shop on The Isle of White called Upstairs Downstairs, because of feckin Brexit we now have to pay Import Duty, the charges on my package with An Post were as follows....

Import Duty €0.00

Tax €0.00

VAT €6.70

How in Christ's name can they get away with charging VAT on nothing ????  

You'd want to get on to An Post - they didn't even charge you their 'fee' for processing the extra charges. Remind them to charge you on the combined cost of the item plus postage cost!

That's a top tip for a grassy landscape!

2 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

 

Maybe if the (1) was (I) I might have been convinced

 

I'm surprised they didn't put Connolly Station! 

I thought I hadn't ordered them, but turns out I had! 

Still four in stock on Brian Collin's website for those who missed them on IRM:

https://briancollinsenterprises.ie/product/oxford-diecast-irizar-i6-bus-eireann-expressway/

Hopefully they didn't make the tunnel too long so that they can't reach in with an arm to recover the stock! 

There is always the minature railway in Marlay Park in Dublin, which has both 5" & 7.25" lines:

http://www.dsmee.ie/about-us

I can't see any of those pics when I click the links for some reason

How long would it take to get to Letterkenny at any rate - 4 hours? 

Mad for their cars up there anyway - especially the ones with the yellow rear plates on them...

Shame Murphy's Models website hasn't been updated in a long long time

I spotted a repro sign on either Donedeal or Adverts a few days ago - railway was spelt 'ralway' on it...

If you are going to make fake railway signs, at least run the text through a spell-checker first! 

Interesting.

I take it that the reason for double-heading on such a short train is incase of a loco failure?

18 minutes ago, Broithe said:

 

Edit - Blimey! Just realised that today is July 20th, the day of the landing - that must have been an omen...

I only watched this last night about the Apollo missions - some craic on Apollo 12!:

https://youtu.be/tX3tJb5WUjE

On 16/7/2023 at 1:34 PM, Branchline121 said:

Reminds me of these Swiss yokes:

They used electricity to heat the water, without the use of fire! Although looking cool, I'd imagine they were a bit of a hassle, as they were only built like this for the war and reverted soon after.

So, an electric kettle then? 

Chips arrived this morning! Super-fast delivery!!

I've been in IT support for 25+ years - this gave me a chuckle!:

Sounds great! 
I pulled the trigger on both the Crossley and EMD variants for the A Class this morning

I remember seeing it on the Green line when it was under construction now you mention it & posted the pic in its previous livery

Anyone else think that GPX Rail sounds like an American railroad company?

My brother sent me on this pic, taken in Osberstown Industrial estate in Naas. The home of GPX Rail (https://gpxrail.com/)

Plus brexit tax if you are in the EU don't forget

Single point of failure with a loco though, compared to a railcar set with multiple smaller engines