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This was lunch today. The tea didn't stay warm for very long.....

Not enough pixels to capture the wife

If you ever decide to have nudey nookie in front of the fire, ALWAYS make sure the spark guard is in place.

Remember a while back I mentioned that plans for the "A" class and the "121" took a knock owing to the fact that the felt and tiles on the roof will need to be replaced this Summer? Well all is not lost. Talking to the Mrs it seems that if I forgo getting a Velux window installed while the felt and tiles are being replaced that would allow the purchase of an "A" and a "121". All is not lost and it seems every cloud does have a silver lining .

Regarding the "coronavirus" outbreak in China. I wonder if it will get to a point when goods from China will be suspect. People will worry that if someone sneezes on a packet in China and it ends up over here maybe they could contract it. Don't know much about it but it does not take much to get people concerned. I was just thinking of it from our end of things like the IRM stuff and the Paddy Murphy stuff that will come from China. I am sure that the boys at IRM and Paddy are following this with interest. Governments like to be seen to be doing the correct thing and might put a hold on imports from China for optics sake.I suppose it will all come down to knowledge of the incubation period etc. Imagine getting your long awaited 121 or "A" class and finding disposable gloves and a face mask included in the packing.....

Here is the link to schedule for this week on Talking Pictures TV just to give you an idea of there programmes. https://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/schedule/

"The current ranges would seem adequate for things like An Post vans, etc." An Post do not use any electric or Hybrid vehicle for rural deliveries. Dublin between the canals yes .

Sun 26 Jan 20 18:30 BFI: Fully Fitted Freight 1957. Factual. Director: Ralph Keene. The story of the fast freight, 4:48 pm, Bristol-Leeds, vacuum braked throughout. Conveyed in crisp black & white images by veteran cinematographer Ronald Craigen It will be on "Talking Pictures TV." I came across "Talking Pictures TV" by accident on the Free to Air box. There should be enough time between now and Sunday if you want to search for it.

I am afraid to ask. After years of "searching" I have not found anything that serves that purpose.

Body work still looks better than the wife.....And as for the chassis...

Here is some DART news...the DART in Dallas https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/dart-awards-stadlers-first-us-maintenance-contract/55511.article

It is not quite that simple. It is like insurance companies being obliged to have enough reserves to enable them to cover all claims. Well if I were to cover even half of the claims on my organs I'd need multiples of everyone of them.......

What do you think financed the 071's? Got a letter from a debt collection agency during the week looking for a kidney.

Sitting in the kitchen yesterday evening when something caught my eye...a drip coming through a crack in the ceiling plaster. A quick dash to the attic and there it was. Rain running down one of the roof timbers. Shifted as much insulation as I could and got a basin in place to catch drips. So tomorrow the roof tiles come off and new felt laid in the effected area. The lads said first thing Saturday. Yesterday morning I paid for 1000 litres of road diesel and 1000 litres of heating oil. Ho Ho Ho, it's the season to be jolly etc etc P.S Bang go the "A"s and the 121's...

Warbonnet wrote "We will have a firm delivery date confirmed once all snags and testing is complete. Last thing we want to do is put a substandard loco on the market." Eh, I thought the idea was to give us the most accurate model possible.....

Review of the forth coming Hattons 66. Scroll on down to the Jenny Emily review. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/133954-class-66-in-oo-gauge-new-announcement/page/47/

Regarding our recent wet and windy weekend. Sitting on the sofa watching TV I told the Mrs how well she was looking and that I had definitely made the correct decision all of those years ago. "I'm not going out for turf", was the response I got. Drat, foiled again.....

Brings back memories. I remember levelling across a bridge in Co. Cork when the staff began to look blurred through the level. Yep you guessed it, there was a train coming. Had to put the level and tripod over my shoulder and run like mad closely followed by the bloke with the staff. Looking back it was like something from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. At the time it was adrenaline pumping to say the least. Ah the late 70's, wonder how I ever survived into the 80's....

Then there was the shop up a side street between O Connell bridge and the Halfpenny bridge. It was a post office as well as a model railway shop. He used to stock HO continental stuff. Remember the shop in Capel street that used to do a lot of Fleischmann stuff? But Monck Place was my favourite.

In my letter to Santa......

Do you think the hierarchy at IRM towers have watched the video and hatched their next release? Imagine the cost of a working model as per the video!

Remember the auld days when a group of blokes would go out with picks and shovels to work on the tracks? Well have a look at this. Scroll down to the section headed "First Building phase: 142 kilometres of track" then to "Permanent way newly constructed". Now that is some serious gear, but there probably is a bloke with a shovel somewhere about......https://www.plassertheurer.com/en/media-library/documentaries/face-lift-for-high-speed-lines.html?utm_source=rg&utm_medium=mail&utm_campaign=NL1912en

€13.80 from the Book Depository including delivery. https://www.bookdepository.com/Irish-Traction-Iarnrod-Eireann-Colm-OCallaghan/9781445688442