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  1. This is part of an interview with Jim Meade the Chief Executive of Iaranrod Eiteann. It is a very wide ranging interview. Hope you can read this. It runs to six pages in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International.
  2. Something useful for keeping your tracks in order, but I do not think it is compatible with Peco track.... TransAlert.Com Bookstore
  3. What I got from this is the following. It may not be a "new" flow per se but with the volume of 20 containers a day it would be a dedicated stand alone flow. Also the rail connection to the company's premises implies a steady flow of traffic.
  4. Iarnród Éireann has begun transporting containers of medical products from Ballina to Waterford for Baxter Healthcare and XPO Logistics. Planning is underway for a rail connection to the Baxter Healthcare site in Castlebar, with traffic envisaged at more than 20 containers/day. ‘We know Baxter and others are ambitious to do more, which is why our Rail Freight 2040 Strategy envisages a five-fold increase in rail freight services’, said Glenn Carr, IÉ’s Director of Commercial Business Units. ‘We are working with industry, logistics companies, and government agencies to develop the infrastructure and ensure the policy framework exists to meet this demand.’ Taken from World rail freight news round-up | News | Railway Gazette International
  5. It seems with model trains getting more technical with decoders and powerful speakers the ESB are recommending you upgrade your electricity connection if you plan on running more than one locomotive on your layout.
  6. Three different forms of propulsion to enter service, battery, diesel and hydrogen. Joule battery loco unveiled ahead of trial | News | Railway Gazette International First Dr19 diesel locomotive enters service | News | Railway Gazette International Hydrogen shunting loco plan | News | Railway Gazette International
  7. Well according to the news tonight there is a shortage of over the counter medicine. Probably claim it is to relieve stress caused by wrongful arrest...
  8. spudfan

    00 wagon sale

    Because my order was over a certain threshold I got to chose something free up to a certain value. I chose this to help the track maintenance crew.
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    00 wagon sale

    Modellbahn Union have a freight sale on until 15 May. In the Dapol section they have inner Yeoman O and K JHA wagons for €25 and outers for €30. Tiphook telescopic rail wagons for €20. Yellow IOA bogie ballast wagons for €12.99. As they are in the EU ordering should be straight forward. Delivery either DHL or UPS. Dapol - Freight wagons » Gauge H0 & 00 | Model Railway Union (modellbahnunion.com)
  10. The Mrs had hung some washing on the clothes line, including some of her underwear. All I said was "Who owns the parachute?"
  11. I do not think that electrification of our rail network will happen. A lot of our tunnels and bridges just have the bare minimum clearance for the current stock. To get over head catenary throughout would probably need a complete rebuild of these. That effects the road as well as raising the bridge or tunnel means a complete new road approach and alignment. This would not be a close the line over night or at weekends effort. This would be a major shutdown of the line for months on end. Even if there are parts of the network suitable for electrification there will be other parts where non electrified traction would be needed. Maybe third rail electrification might suit but that has other issues. I do not think it is anyway "green" to ditch the 071 class purely on emissions based reasoning. They have been modified since first entering service and no doubt will continue to be. To mine raw materials, manufacture parts, transport them, take into account emissions caused by people travelling to work to make a "greener" loco it will be better to leave the 071 locos in service. If we lived somewhere like India where they are building new railway lines, some specifically for freight, then buying new traction makes sense.
  12. Fair enough the heart wants what the heart wants. Some of this pricing brings to mind the old adage "A fool and his money etc...." or in some cases "A fool and his wife's money..."
  13. Yes, I got some of this stuff a few years ago in kit form from Hobbylinc, in the USA. Very easy make. Here they are. They look very well even if they are to HO scale.
  14. spudfan

    Customs & VAT

    The replacement loco arrived this morning. Great service from Hattons.
  15. Would not be enough head room.... Could have got a job on the old CIE pilgrimmage train to knock. Penance would start as soon as you heard him over the loud speakers. Listening to him is bound to be worth more than any bare foot and tea shennanigans.
  16. The difference between Donald Trump and me. If Stormy Daniels had an affair with me I'd be telling every one about i
  17. spudfan

    Customs & VAT

    Well the loco failed to arrive this week so I contacted Hattons yesterday. The paperwork for the missing loco was completed by them. I was offered a refund or to have another loco sent to me. I opted for a replacement loco, to be sent to my daughter in N. Ireland. This was sent today. The service and communications from Hattons has been superb, especially as it was an issue not of their making.
  18. A little snippet of info here on some safety equipment installed at Connolly Valeting Plant in Dublin. Connolly - Warning System - Zonegreen Some more stuff here, if you have a slow day. Zonegreen Products - Zonegreen
  19. During the early 80's I was in Belfast. It was the time when you got searched going through a barrier to the city centre. There was always a male officer and a female officer present so the correct officer could do the frisk down. I had long hair at the time. When I approached the barrier I was asked "Male or female?" I was tempted to say female as I'd get frisked by the female officer.....
  20. Bye bye Johnny Fean. Great memories of the local dance hall in the early eighties...
  21. Bonnet catch seems faulty or do we just need to slam them closed?
  22. I would like some one to produce a track maintenance crew that includes the bloke with the bottle of meths and a rag cleaning the railhead....
  23. This arrived this morning. Don't know how I have managed to keep my layout going without these gadgets. I don't think Marks Models are a stockist yet. Full Range of Clipping Equipment - Pandrol
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