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The word "ambitious" seems to imply something out of the ordinary. So not just a loco on it's on, but a small loco with some wagons. So maybe a 401 or a 421 class plus three cattle wagons?

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Jouef. Elaine's Trains - Jouef HDI Made in Ireland CIE diesel loco 1306

Probably just a minor bump, but there will be a lot of questions as to the "WHY". Investigation launched after two trains collide at Westport station

I bow to your superior knowledge. Did not read the full description

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Said it before. A small CIE shunter and two or three cattle wagons in a set. Hours of fun...

"IXION" had to be returned. One of the motorised bogies was not working.

Ex CIE carts were also used by coal men delivering coal.

I remember the horses, the tractors then the Scammels. It was not unusual to see a horse drawn unit pulled up outside a premises, nosebag on the drive unit (the horse) while the driver was in with a parcel...not a scanner in sight. Don't think the unit had a tracking device either and I never saw on fitted with a tachograph either. Was not unusual to see one of the delivery units stopped on the quays while the drive unit slaked it's thirst at one of the drinking troughs on the edge of the footpath. Sometimes you would see a horse drawn unit pulled up outside the metal latrine that used to be there too while the driver used the facilities. Very quiet units with the rubber tyres but the drive unit could be a tad noisey. Marrowbone lane was cobbled at the time and the sound of the drive unit's feet clip clop reverberating off the nearby walls on both sides was a sound to behold. Funnily enough the horse drawn units were very advanced for the time. People marvel at the voice controlled ALEXA thing (don't have one) but these horse drawn units were also voice controlled. The horses knew basic commands and were easily controlled. High spirited units had blinkers to keep them calm. I mentioned before when I moved from Cork Street flats (very modern in the day. They were new when we moved in) to Drimnagh our furniture was brought on a horse drawn unit. This was exCIE, don't know about the horse. Yeah, fond memories. I ,

I will ask the wife if she has any recollection of this as she was probably around then

You would think that depot staff would still have knowledge. I suppose not being "drivers" as such, they would be precluded from the mainline. Seems to make a mockery of building products made to last.

Our house was built in 1976 so not a great BER rating but funnily enough it will hold the heat. A lot of people pushing the GREEN agenda live in urban areas. They rarely get long power outages owing to storms and only lose water due to burst mains or low reservoir levels during the summer months. Anyone in a rural area effected by the storms who has no power or water sees things from ground level. If you are in an area without power with an electric car that needs charging you are probably wondering why you spent so much on it and it sitting in your yard. You have no water and Irish Water are hoping to get a gererator to the pumping station to get you water. This will be diesel powered. The blokes and ladies out there in the thick of it trying to get your power sorted will be driving diesel vehicles. I have yet to hear anyone without power saying "I do not want anyone working to get my power back unless they are driving an EV vehicle." Also the crews being drafted in from overseas to repair our network will be driving diesel powered vehicles. We subsidise people investing in putting up windmills to generate electricity who are in it to make a profit. Our power went off this morning and has just come back on. This is probably due to someone out there in this inclement weather working to get more people on to the network. Like I said before we, and others in rural areas, are prepared for these little emergencies but there is another thing I must get for the next one, A clock work train set!

Like me, you will console yourself with the knowledge that anything you cut up after this storm will keep you warm during the next one! Tricky enough job to cut that up. Thread safely

Our entrance. There is another one down just around the corner. Some minor stuff up at the house. We lost power 9.00am on Friday but it came back on at 11.15pm. Always have a stock of candles in. Regarding heat, I had on a modest sitting room fire and a small one in the kitchen range. I ran the hot water occasionally to keep things right. We are well used these things up here. It was not quite a "Little House on the Prairie " situation as we had a small wind up radio to keep in touch with the outside world. Internet and mobiles were out. We have a landline but since Eircom "upgraded" the broadband the landline now comes through the broadband, ergo no phone. So much for progress. About 9.30pm the snow started. I was beginning to wonder if I had inadvertantly offended someone called Moses. I consoled myself with the thought that the snow would no doubt keep the locusts at bay. At 11.15 pm power was restored so we were lucky. I hear there is another storm brewing....

Track still looked good last I saw it. At least it is still in situ.

Clicked on this. Thought it might be in relation to your first date. Ooops!

Knowing Donald Trump's predilection for annexing things white, I'd delete that photo.

Newly arrived from ELLIS CLARK. D1 Scafell Pike D172 Ixion, in presentation box. I was admiring these last night when the wife asked me why I had bought two trains that were the same. Naturally I explained to her that though they might look the same, in real life they were classified as different classes of diesels. I then explained one was a class 44 while the other was a class 46 and listed the differences between the two types of loco. I was in full flight when I noticed the expression on her face saying " And I married him!". So if you are considering impressing your girlfriend or wife with your knowledge of different BR classes of locomotive...Don't! I can picture the scene in the court room. Judge "Tell me, why did you murder your husband." My wife "Well he had bought two toy trains and I asked him why he had bought two trains that are the same. He said that they might look the same but in real life they were different. He then went on to talk about engines in "A " form and "B" form and electrical equipment and things called traction motors. I could see a strange look in his eyes while he was talking and I did not feel safe with him any more. That was when I dedcided I had to kill him." Judge "Quite rightly too. Case dismissed."

Rails take off the U.K. vat for new stuff. All you pay is the Irish vat and the An Post fee. Story is they are going to do that with all of their stuff. ELLIS CLARK deduct UK vat on anything you buy from them.

Reopening and returning the line to every day usage seems like a no brainer but it will have constraints. The frequency of the traffic on the line will be determined where the final stop is and how congested that is at the moment, especially at peak times.

I'd keep an eye on that bite. Might seem innocuous enough but sometimes long term consequences ensue.

The big house across on the left is still there.

If you like them, want them and they are at a price you like, buy them. If you are happy that is all that counts.