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After a few days back in work, I was off again for a quick weekend in the UK, primarily for family matters but a bit of travel was undertaken too! Click on the photo below to view them all April 2024 saw me once again in the UK, with visits to York, Doncaster, Derby and Sheffield on the agenda this time: Regards, Kieran

And where would all these spare Mark 4 sets come from, considering they are all diagramed for Cork services? Nice - maybe. Practical - no

Final photos from my European trip, finishing off with a trip from Brussel to Luxembourg to catch my flight home. Click on the photo below to view them all Regards, Kieran

Sunday 17 March 2024 saw me heading around the Netherlands, starting out of Amsterdam and heading for Amersfoort Centraal, followed by Utrecht, 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Den Haag and back to Amsterdam, before heading for Brussel-Zuid. Click on the photo below to view them all

More photos from March 2024, carrying on my European trip. This time starting out of Ramstein, I crossed into Luxembourg and was able to cover pretty much the entire country over the course of two days (could have done it in one, but had things to do). One line was closed due to engineering work so a repeat visit needed to clear that small part! Then it was onto the Netherlands via Belgium, visiting Liege, Amsterdam and Amersfoort. Click on the photo below to view them all

Trying to catch up on a long list of photos waiting to upload! In March 2024 I went on a bit of a tour of Europe, taking in a concert, annual leave and a work trip all in one. I started off in Switzerland, for the launch show for the new Illumishade album in Zurich. While there, I spent some time in the Gotthard valley along with nearly getting into Italy via the FART railway. Photos below: After Switzerland I headed to Germany, staying in Munich and visiting Nuremberg, Braunau-am-Inn (just cross the border into Austria), Dachau and a few other places, before making my way to the last overnight stop in Ramstein, before heading to Luxembourg (photos to follow). German photos below: Regards, Kieran

Approx 85 on the Saturday, about 40 on the Sunday.

Photos from between January and early March 2024, featuring a UK trip to Nottingham, Birmingham, York and London, the introduction of the B2 ICR cars into traffic, Enterprise services diverted to Belfast Great Victoria Street, and a visit to Cultra. Click on the photo below to view them all Regards, Kieran

S7 1004 Wolfratshausen - Kreuzstrasse 1138 S2 1012 Petershausen - Erding 1142 S3 1024 Mammendorf - Holzkirchen 1146 Plenty of long S-Bahn trips in Munich with no toilets, overhead racks, charging points, tables....

But you can talk to them about the issues and how to solve some of them, considering members have helped other railways gain certification and also work professionally in the railway industry. Buying the loco is the very easy bit...

Nope, before my time

Yes Can always start out of Dublin

It was thought for many years nothing substantial of the Baby Deltics survived, until one power unit was discovered in a store at the National Railway Museum. It's this power unit being used (and has ran). With proper maintenance and care it should be a reliable performer (like the Class 17 has been, and hopefully the 28 and D8233). It's also pretty much a private project, and they sound quite different to the normal Deltics

I say that having seen numerous theories, all currently just that. You made a blanket comment about a steam ban in spring/summer too, completely unsubstantiated

Or, it's giving everyone concerned time to look at the incident and come up with solutions (if required) properly rather than rushed out. Not everything is a conspiracy or the end of the world

Booked move to overtake in Clongriffin

And also remove at least 50% of the services both sides of the border to have the freer railway....

The Nenagh split happens Monday-Friday, 0645 Limerick - Ballybrophy splits at Nenagh to form the 0753 Nenagh - Ballybrophy (continuation of 0645 ex Limerick) and 0749 Nenagh - Limerick. On Saturdays the 0749 Nenagh - Limerick does not operate, so the 0645 ex Limerick departs at 0700 and same path from Nenagh

Instead I just have to deal with it on a daily basis, and trying to explain to people who have no concept of how a railway works why certain things are done, while at the same time trying to prove the need for funding for various far smaller projects that would be far more beneficial and prove rail value

No the foundation analogy is exactly the point - additional capacity requirements on the Northern line stands without having an airport connection. Add an airport connection, even a branch with a connection (and associated increased dwell times to accommodate transferring passengers) and you're back to square 0, let alone square 1. In an ideal world, do both at the same time - capacity and airport. But capacity should come first, as it benefits far more people. There's not a willingness to fund this however within the political election cycle. It's a higher priority than an airport line (and if I'm honest double track Portarlington-Athlone would be equal priority). And there's no stomach for CPO, so Metro to the airport would be sufficient and likely deliver far higher capacity too than any heavy rail link

1 train out of currently 112 a week stop at 6 stops. 13 a week stop at 3 stops, the rest at 4 stops being relatively major population centres along the route and therefore logical for an Inter-City service. You need a good foundation to build anything extra. Part of the DART+ extension to Drogheda includes better acceleration/braking than 29000 units and freeing up some capacity that way, likewise with a new Enterprise fleet having better traction capabilities than a 201+DD fleet, and also making Howth-Howth Jctn a shuttle service. My day to day job comes up against a variety of capacity constraints that adding a spur from Clongriffin to the airport will only add to, resulting in a sub standard service. I want a link to the airport, being a regular user of Dublin Airport, but it has to be done logically. The only way without extra track between Clongriffin and the city centre that you are going to get a decent service to the airport is divert services from other locations. It's not a "circle of negativity", it's being logical about the problem. Otherwise we build a spur, can't adequately use it, and the only winner then is newspaper headliner writers saying another public transport screw up. You don't randomly build a house without checking the land and whether it can support the proposed structure, why should provision of a rail line be any different? It amuses me that a shuttle is fine to the airport, ie changing trains with suitcases in Clongriffin, but not elsewhere. Either it's OK or not. Why would I get a train from Howth to Howth Jctn, change to a train to Clongriffin, and change again to get to the airport when there's a near direct bus? Same from various other parts of the Dublin area, such as my own on the Maynooth line (when BusConnects reaches us we'll have a direct link to the airport by bus, rather than two interchanges as proposed above. Even today it's just one).

Just putting a spur from Clongriffin to the airport (and I saw single line mentioned, a mad bottleneck of capacity) will not solve anything without fundamental changes between Clongriffin and the city centre. Otherwise you're just adding congestion, or diverting trains which then will upset large numbers of people. It would only work with additional track laid on the existing corridor, or tunnel it. A relatively low frequency DART service would not be sufficent. And I've crossed the road many, many, many times between Connolly and Busaras, easily done if you wait for the traffic lights. And a good proportion of bus services that serve Busaras also serve the airport

BS08E51 Warning Yellow RAL7043 Traffic Grey (Underframe) RAL9005 Jet Black RAL9006 White Aluminium (Bodyside Grey) RAL6036 Pearl Opal Green

They are exactly the same seat they were built with. Only covering changed, and refreshed cushioning where required.

Not sure about China, but plenty of model shops in Japan (such as Plaza Japan and Hobby Search) are full genuine retailers who sell a hell of a lot more than model trains, so just because they sell other unrelated things doesn't mean they are fake. This is a general comment, not about the specifics of Murphy's or Dapol