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https://www.ebay.com/itm/373025042983 Don't forget you can get a grant whenever the thatch comes up for renewal.

You would assume that the lads in the paint shop up in Inchicore would have that sorted by now.....

Who was that said "Be careful what you wish for"? Little did we know how it would affect us and our balance of payments. Still some one else said "You can't take it with you". I'd have to get some off the Mrs to take it with me, but I do intent to take my rolling stock with me. It'll put Tutankamun's hoard to shame!!!

The mm 121 class will be with us shortly and they can hardly be classed as current IR stock (black and tan, original silver seem to be popular preorders)) also the "A" class is eagerly awaited again hardly "current" rolling stock. Just because the 201 is currently running on our rails does not mean someone will want to buy it. If they want a 141/181 they want a 141/181. Regarding 141/181, when they were initially issued MM had the development costs to recoup. If they were reissued as is, surely having no development cost to recoup could be reflected in the price? Maybe that would allow a price point below the 121 or the "A" class. By all means keep additional unrepresented models coming but not everyone has the where withall to fulfil their needs when a model hits the shops. Me, I would like one of the small CIE shunters. It would be great for someone entering the hobby. Add in a couple of IRM wagon packs, some sidings and you are set up. Anyway it is refreshing that we can argue over something like this. Not so many years ago there would have been nothing there to argue over!

And it is not "The Sound of Silence"...

The Wife...….

To me I would accept a new 141/181 reissue as they are. They are still a high quality locomotive. If the moulds are in an acceptable condition there would be no retooling costs. I can happily live without some of the latest super dooper detailing. Anyone who missed out on the 141/181 earlier issue would be only too glad to purchase them as they are. If reissued as they are and if it is not up to the standard you want just don't buy them.

Not much info but here is the link. Any thing like this is good news. https://www.railwaygazette.com/freight/ballina-waterford-freight-trains-to-resume/56860.article

And then there's this https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/iarnrod-eireann-awards-national-traffic-management-system-contract/56766.article Remember the big investment in the 201 class? Then they had an about face regarding loco hauled passenger services.

Maybe next time the country has a "heritage week".!

Thank you, doesn't seem to be in a very convenient position for topping up!

I do like the grey (or is it silver). If you look at the photo you cannot but smile at the belt and braces approach regarding the lighting arrangements. There are the marker lights ,the main very bright lights high up and in the corner platform side we have...an oil lamp! Will the B126 model have the oil lamp? If so will there be a switch underneath to light it up? PS I never noticed the filler spout just before the high up hand rail before.

A police officer came to my door last night and asked where I was between 4 and 5. He seemed irritated when I said "Kindergarten". …………………………………………………………………………………….. My wife left me because of my obsession with horoscopes. In the end it just Taurus apart. How will I be able to pick up the Pisces? …………………………………………………………………………………………..

Reading lately. "They who dream by day are cognisant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." Edgar Allan Poe in "Eleonora". "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible". T.E. Lawrence "Seven Pillars of Wisdom". Both express similar sentiments though Poe put it more succinctly. Also methinks that Lawrence had read Poe

Is there any existing footage of CIE unboxing the 121's? I'm interested in how they got the loco out of the foam without damaging any of the fragile parts. Was the gantry crane used in conjunction with the plastic inlay? The Murphy Models site has this warning "Please ALWAYS use the internal wrap to remove AND replace the loco in its box. Damage caused as a result of rough/careless handling or body removal cannot be covered by warranty." I was wondering if EMD had a similar proviso for the 121 locos supplied to CIE.

The bottom line comes down to sales for Mr Murphy. If Mr Murphy gets his models sold then that is mission accomplished for him. I bought MM 071 and 201 locos from Irish suppliers and not even a thank you slip included in the order. If someone can save €20 on a MM 121 loco then that is a €20 discount on the forthcoming "A" class which they might not have been able to buy otherwise. This benefits the IRM contingent. 121 and "A" class locos will sell to a specific group of people. It does not matter how many of these models a retailer puts on the shelves they will hardly be an impulse buy. A father going into a retail shop with a son or daughter to get some "trains" is not going to buy either the 121 or an "A" class loco. They have a specific customer base. The C19 will have had an effect on this regarding people's finances. If it comes down to buying from Rails or Hattons or not buying at all because of the saving this is still a benefit to Irish Modelling as the sale has been made.

And it's a goodnight from him and it's a goodnight from me.

Right I have to do some drilling but I don't suitable oil to help the lubrication. I have heard that Ann Summers stock lubricating oil, would that do as a substitute or will I just grind away?

Might be worth setting the recorder...or as behoves some of us, getting the wife to set it. 1960. Factual. Directed by James Ritchie. The 'Blue Pullman', a new diesel train liaising between Manchester and St. Pancras is prepared for its grand inaugural journey. Then again it is probably on Youtube somewhere.

The Government in Egypt has asked the city's taxi drivers to drive around Cairo sounding their car horns. It is hoped that the familiar sounds of the city will induce a return to tranquillity and normality following the recent pandemic. Operation Toot 'n Calm 'Em will last for the rest of the week.

My work van went in for a service. It appeared the hand brake cable needed tightened but this piece of work was not on that mileage service schedule. So the garage doing the service phoned the company I worked for about this "additional" work and subsequent cost. My company phoned the lease company who owned the van. They phoned the garage to tell them to tighten the handbrake cable and to add in the "additional" costs to the bill.

As an addition to the above, while the book is in my hand. When the 141 baby GMs got the B645E upgrade this is where they came from. 145 from219 151 from 212 153 from 211 154 from 221 157 from 220 163 from215 167 from 214 170 from233 172 from 222 175 from202

129 received 654E, 1100 hp from 204 in 1984. 204 was withdrawn from traffic in 1984 126 got its engine from 213 in 1988 127 got its engine from 205 in 1987 128 got its engine from 192 in 1988 from the 1994 Irish Railways traction and travel

Came across this online. PROSES PLB-902 Rotating Loco Cradle https://www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com/Tool/Tool/PROSES-PLB-902/gb/modell_225212.html I put mine in some pipe insulation or in a notch cut into three Pringles containers taped together. I suppose if this were fixed to a bench it would give good access. I suppose there are similar items out there but I just thought I would put this up. 86,00 €

NMJ The above are HO by NMJ and are €199 for the basic. Sound equipped is extra. They do other liveries as well. Here is the NMJ Topline Nohab Collection https://en.nmj.eu/nmj/nmj-nohab-collection.html?p=5