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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

I remember having a basic Airfix one of those when I was a kid.

Thought it was a good idea to use the top oven as a 'hanger' - unfortunately, it hadn't cooled down enough, and one of the wings got a bit 'melty'...

I came across the page below, but it doesn't appear to have the Belfast-Dublin:

https://digital-rails.com/wordpress/2020/09/09/making-tracks-routes/

1 hour ago, Flying Snail said:

which is ironic as its the most land-locked county in Ireland because (fun fact) Laois is the only county that has two counties between it and the sea in every direction!

Apart from if you head south, there is only Kilkenny between Laois and the sea!

There are no counties as far as I can see where in some direction, there is only one county between it and the sea

I can remember a lot of the 70's Van Hool busses in Dublin having a reg with BIK in it, and also cars with ZV.

So much easier with the modern license plates!

Anyone any idea whether the car license plates are from NI or ROI? 

Just wondering if the Donegal attitude was the same back then as it is now - buy car in NI, then don't bother getting a ROI plate on it