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  1. hurricanemk1c
    I was more pointing out about Guinness starting up their railway again, which is covered under the same law as any railway above 350mm gauge (Guinness being approx 560mm). It's a business decision, Diageo couldn't care less about the distance between the rails!
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    Lot more than just that, as the gauge is over 350mm would have to meet the full CRR requirements (for a loco have a look at document CRR-036A). Restoring it would be the simple part, everything else around it wouldn't be and probably not worth it when there's currently two heritage railways with steam, and more on the horizon
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    Frames and boilers had different numbers in the same series, think Guinness actually numbered the locos by boiler rather than frame just to confuse everyone!
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    Narrow gauge is "temporary" (operating cert covers the running of it for 5 years).
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    Gut instinct is the top one is a 2600
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    Current usable lengths are 146m for both platforms. Note that'll exclude ramps, and sections of platform no longer used (if there are any, been a few years since I was down that way)
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    True, but never operated by the Marineflieger, only the Luftwaffe He goes into it in some detail in his book "Wings On My Sleeve" and the rebirth of the naval air arm
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    Post war the initial Marineflieger used British aircraft as they used the Royal Navy to rehabilitate it. They still use Lynx and Sea King helicopters, and historically used Hawker Sea Hawks and Percival Pembroke (which was their first aircraft since the 1930s when all aviation moved to the Luftwaffe). They also used Tornados which were part British
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    And they were called Polo Mints because they reminded people of the sweets!
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    Good size for a money box......
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    Pretty much. The bowling ball didn't last too long, although 22007 was the last to be treated some time between April and August 2013 from my own photos. UIC numbers started creeping in with the 22047-22063 batch delivered in 2012 and progressively were added to the existing fleet. Blue doors (or more accurately a shade of purple) started with 22008 in November 2018 and was spread across the fleet as they went in for internal refurb. The last set was I think 22029 I am available for scanning! My big question is where the front number will be on 22302.........
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    You can put the fastest, most comfortable trains in the world on the line, and won't make any difference when some idiot hits a level crossing and takes out the barriers, or cuts cables etc. Until the infrastructure allows for it, not a lot can be done, simple as that. I'd love to see how others would construct a timetable with the required number of services on the current infrastructure
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    Slotting into a busy commuter railway (assuming you're measuring from Dublin) along with the restrictive single line from Maynooth onwards with time for crossings having to be included Of note is that average time end-to-end has decreased by 15 minutes since 1991, while service level has doubled for Intercity and increased several times over for commuter traffic to/from Maynooth, along with certain sections having more restrictive speed restrictions.
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    Because it's cheaper as part of a 400 vehicle order than a 30 vehicle order. Considerably cheaper
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    Evening all, September 2022 wasn't busy but had a significant event, in the delivery of 9 (out of 41) new ICR intermediate vehicles, which I was lucky enough to be permitted to observe and record. Additionally, I visited Paris for a couple of days although it was mainly a non-enthusiast trip. All photos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72177720302963051Regards, Regards, Kieran
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    Afternoon all, Late August saw me visit Lithuania for 10 days, flying in and out of Vilnius with Air Baltic on their Airbus A220-300s (a very nice flight both ways!). A fascinating, clean and on-time railway (although I suspect some routes could have increased services, looking at it with my timetable hat on), and still a mix of Soviet-style and modern rolling stock. Well recommended for a visit! All photos here - https://flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72177720302094465/page1 Regards, Kieran
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    My personal understanding was CAWS started to be installed in the early 1980s for work in DART area and progressively spread across the network, rather than being a requirement for CTC controlled routes
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    How did King George V travel from Dublin to Cork and Limerick in 1911? Genuinely don't know, there's a postcard with a photo of a GS&WR 4-4-0 dressed for a Royal Train but whether it actually worked no idea.
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    Kriegslok in winter camo!
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    Good afternoon all, In July I took my first trip to Germany, primarily for the Iron Maiden concert in Stuttgart but also travel around the general area, visiting Sinsheim, Amstetten, Rastatt and Göppingen. Click on the photos below or this link - https://flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72177720301100720/page1 Regards, Kieran
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    The two tone green livery, after a long long painting programme the last 10 or so have been vinyl wrapped
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    Evening all, June 2022 saw me visit RPSI Whitehead for some work, followed by trying to catch the last remaining 29000 sets in Commuter livery (at the time of writing 2 sets remained, 29022 in service and 29029 in Inchicore), and a trip from Loughborough to Manchester for a flight following the Rammstein concert in Coventry. Click on the photos below or this link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72177720300838107 Regards, Kieran Re
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    New B cars will have 68 fixed, 6 tip up seats and no toilets. After that the same general layout ("high capacity" always meant standard class 6 car units)
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    6-car fixed formation sets, not 7. The fleet being originally 3 or 6-car sets. New formations will be a mixture of 3, 4 and 6-car sets, the latter being 10x6 Premier Class and balance being high capacity sets with new centre cars
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    Photos from May 2022 now up, with the obvious focus being Inchicore 175, but also visits to Belfast, Cossington and the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Album link - https://flickr.com/photos/hurricanemk1c/albums/72177720300014258 Regards, Kieran
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