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skinner75

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  1. Article probably put together by an AI
  2. I paid for 4 in full back in May last year, and last week paid for the extra one I had preordered the week before
  3. Meeting will be shown online by Zoom meeting. This evening from 6pm. This should be a cracker!
  4. Or 'normal' for the 0.03% of people with Achromatopsia
  5. I have ordered online with Marks a few times, and have never had a problem with any of the orders
  6. RIP Paddy. Thank you for your incredible models
  7. I caught 171 blasting through Newbridge this evening just minutes before my train to Athlone arrived. Amazing to see passing by giving it the beans!
  8. Here they are, courtesy of Pete & His Bus channel: https://youtu.be/-_lsd3YWz04?si=IwEDlb-_rRATElqL
  9. The set we started off with was the truck racing one. One ended up damaged, so we took the body off, and taped a couple of batteries to it - made it so that it could take pretty much any corner at full speed without flipping off the track!
  10. I must keep an eye out, as I'll be heading up to Newbridge - arriving 10.55, so should pass it on the way
  11. Back when I was renting with mates, we got a Scalextric set, and then one of the lads got a load of track for free off a guy in work. I'd say we ended up with around 20ft of track - it made for some cool track layouts!
  12. End of the West Clare Railway, from the RTE archives: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2026/0123/1554748-west-clare-railway-ends/
  13. Ah ok, it's probably been 15~20 years since I was there last!
  14. Kilrush to Kilkee is being done first - afaik, the railway hadn't got that far, so no harm yet
  15. The London branch of IRRS are doing a Zoom meeting this Friday at 6pm on the SLNCR, real & modelled
  16. Thanks, but I don't do Facebook
  17. Can't see that link
  18. Speaking of Barrack Street, I came across this vid the other night (the start is a slideshow, but goes into video later): https://youtu.be/A0hXzVPfhvY?si=x5QfJpweflM4hcsG
  19. Order for replacement of 1980s Dart trains comes after years of indecision and delay – IrishCycle.com https://share.google/ZcXmqecPeUx3AqrL2
  20. No doubt them RMweb admins running a DDOS attack on us here!
  21. On the pic above with 113, what are the two devices on the rails?
  22. Link to the story on a non-rag website: https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1215/1549100-conamara-galway/
  23. I came across this story on my phone, and thought it'd be interesting to people here: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/12/07/unique-history-of-mayos-railway-network-from-times-past/
  24. I had a Meccano crane set back in the 80s & had great fun building the various cranes
  25. AI has a problem with peoples hands too
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