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skinner75

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  1. Maybe spam comment the post, so he turns off comments? It'll only make it harder for him to sell...
  2. Murphy's Models have a technical section with details on the DCC values for their locos: http://www.murphymodels.com/Technical.html
  3. I've seen people bidding over the new price on vinyl records on Ebay that are still available from the record label's webstore!
  4. Hi Dane, I have the full boxed set, and would like to donate it to the carer of the young lad so it can make his Christmas. The funds can be donated to a charity of the carer's choice. As I only ride a motorbike, it'd have to be collected from Athlone. You can PM me to arrange a time -Andy
  5. I was on the Zoom call when this was shown - great footage for sure!
  6. Did a bit of googling on it there & you are spot on. Very weird stuff - fibrous mineral, with really tiny particle size. Fascinating, but scary to think of how it was mined, handled & used before the health threats were discovered
  7. He needs to take some pointers from AvE on box opening lol!!! (btw, he swears a bit for those who don't like that sort of thing!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztpWsuUItrA
  8. AFAIK, the ITG had to have asbestos removed from the cab walls of the B101 class they have at Carrick-on-Suir. It was blue asbestos I think, which isn't as bad to deal with as the fibrous variety.
  9. I'd say you'd be one of the few to buy one! Absolutely hideous looking livery on the A class, in my opinion of course!
  10. You are thinking of the DH class - three locos that the ITG had, but then sold off. Details from their site below: https://www.irishtractiongroup.com/formerlocos
  11. Doesn't the NI Protocol give businesses in NI access to the Single Market, as well as the UK market? Best-of-both-worlds so to speak? So no duties should have been leveled on the items in the first place - or am I getting that wrong?
  12. Very interesting looking! I have to say, it must be the handiest livery for the lads in the paint shop to apply. Looking forward to seeing it in the original as delivered grey livery though
  13. Nice - I just swooped on 036 to go along with 054 - I love the day-glo panels!
  14. Well K801 which was brought in on trial was based on the German V65
  15. I was just going to post this! I attended the event at the start of the week - very well put together
  16. I'm in Athlone too, but currently have no layout. Also, I've no car, so no way to transport anything either. @eeiknh - you don't happen to work in Ericsson do you? Your userid looks like an Ericsson userid to me!
  17. They sat down in the Sherrif Street yard after being withdrawn from service as far as I know, so they may have arrived like that. Either way, at least they haven't been cut up!
  18. Came across this article, looking for the station to be reopened: https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2021/10/27/calls-to-reopen-the-hill-of-down-train-station/
  19. I wonder how long it took for a barge to go from Dublin to Limerick - a lot longer than road or rail I'd be willing to bet!
  20. I read somewhere that, whatever about the Aussie govt not wanting to move to solar, there are 1000 domestic homes a day going solar. Makes sense really - with all the sun they get! Good vid here from lad in NZ, fitting solar & hooking it up to his hot water tank. I love this guy's vids - great for rebuilding/getting stuff going: https://youtu.be/r7g-27AXFEg
  21. I got my order in yesterday when I got the mail from the ITG! Really nice gesture lads - it'll help the ITG out no end!
  22. I was reading an article on EV in the States. I can't remember which State it was, but the author of the article mentioned in his cost breakdown, that there was a yearly tax on the EV 'for not using petrol/diesel'! The way it brokedown, was that it actually cost more to run the EV than the traditional 'ICE' car. That being said, he gave the cost of fuel as $2.80/gal - now, if you convert what we/most of Europe pay for fuel, it'd be around $7.50/gal - that would change the balance to the EVs favour!!
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