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I think I'd get a new, less enthusiastic girl friend....

How old is the baby 56? Wonder how long it will take to reach maturity? Spitting image of it's mammy.

Would the cat be named "Pandora" by any chance?

Well that it how it was when I was there. First time I ever saw wheel being chocked.

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I took the photo and the blocks were lying on the ground. They were picked up by a small rope attached to them. There were two chocks joined by one piece of rope

I know we beat them to it, but I wonder where the logic is considering the congestion on the UK roads. Now Royal Mail to stop deliveries by railway after more than 200 years (msn.com)

NASA the EAGLE has landed. Just to confirm this Royal Mail just sent me this.."You have received your parcel LG............ from ELLIS JAMES CLARK ."

Got this this morning from Royal Mail Your parcel from ELLIS JAMES CLARK has now arrived at your local office and is being processed for delivery. .............................................................................................................. So I checked An Post tracking and my package is indeed out for delivery today. I will inform NASA when the Eagle has landed.

I put up a post elsewhere regarding this. It was not Hornby's idea. They were approached with the idea. Sorry, messed up with the link, but it is in the topic on Mark's Models Jinty

Wonder when it will appear in Murphy Models form? I presume they are just vinyls/stickers applied? Wonder if we will see a 201 running on HVO painted up like these?

Many years ago I remember there was talk of trying to get Hornby to do an Irish version of the class 58..with 071 numbers and liveries. The reason being that both classes were "dog bone" type locos. It never came to fruition as Hornby at the time were not interested. The numbers talked about were very small. It was not a very well presented business case either. Imagine talking to Hornby about this...on a pay phone. The operator cutting in to say your time was up or more money was needed. Ah well they meant well! There was no such thing of an investor in the wings. It was more a question of (and I quote) "How much do you have in your post office savings account?". Sounds funny now but believe or not the people involved were deadly serious about this. Me, I was not involved just knew a few of those involved so I heard some of the conversations. Ah the innocence of it all!

Here is a clearer pictures of the wooden chocks in action on an 071. I put this up a number of years ago. They were lying on the ground with a small length of rope attached to each one.

Got an email from Royal Mail telling me " Your parcel LG**********GB from ELLIS JAMES CLARK has now arrived in Ireland. Checked An Post Track and Trace and got this " Your delivery has been sorted DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12" No shortage of updates from Royal Mail!

Just a little info here. Hope the link works Dublin – Belfast boost in Irish timetable recast | News | Railway Gazette International

When I was tracking my packet from Ellis Clark with Royal Mail, there was a link to continue tracking which automatically brought me to the An Post track and trace page. The packet number was there with the An Post status. When the packet was ready for dispatch, Ellis Clark sent me an email with the tracking number. Clicking on this number automatically linked to the packet status on the Royal Mail tracking system. As I paid the VAT to An Post today, it will be interesting to see when it arrives with me.

This is the description . Preowned as they say. Their grading is always good and I have bought from them in the past if they have something I want to get. Hornby OO R3778 DB Schenker Co-Co Class 66 '66097' - Clark Railworks

Have a loco from ELLIS CLARK TRAINS on the way. Got an email from An Post this morning that there was vat of €23.78 and an An Post charge of €3.50 to be paid. Just paid it. Ellis Clark deduct UK vat.

If you look closely at the first loco (170) you can see the wooden chocks wedged against the wheels.

That is the "local" one to me.

Details here Postal Pickup

Yes I checked with RAILS. They deduct VAT from the new stuff but not from the preowned stuff.

From "RAILWAYS ILLUSTRATED" December 2004.

When Irish Rail took delivery of a new locomotive, what did they do with the cardboard box and polystyrene or foam insert? They must not have kept the cardboard boxes otherwise all of those class 201 locos sitting at Inchicore could have been put back in the boxes and stored when not in use. That is what I do.

Just a smiling face which covers a lot!