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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!

The way things are going in this country these will have to be rebranded as "Alternative Green Energy storage unit", otherwise they will be banned!

Was at a sportsday/funday today. My daughter was taking part as the unit she attends was taking part. There were other units for people with special needs there. Anyway it was a nice day, the grass was dry, the rules of the various competitions were not that strictly enforced and none of the participants had to undergo a blood tests to see if they had partaken of illegal substances to enhance performance. The welly throwing competition was interesting especially as the aim and trajectory of the wellies seemed to be an unknown quantity, interesting for the spectators. One of the participants came over to me and the Mrs. I thought he was going to apologies for almost decapitating me with a wellington boot during the welly throwing contest. Instead he promptly told me and the wife that he was my daughter's boyfriend. I immediately told him that there was a form to be completed for that. Never a dull moment.

Might sound like heresy but I have no particular interest in it! I watched the football instead. Some years some spectators opened a gate to a field and parked their cars in it. Others saw them and did the same. All without permission from the farmer. The farmer got his digger and dug a trench across the gateway. When the spectators returned they could not get the cars out until every one in the field paid the farmer for parking in his field. Another farmer had a similar issue. He locked the gate after he went in with a tractor and slurry spreader, ready primed for action. When the spectators returned he would not unlock the gate until he was paid for the use of his field. Some of the car owners got mouthy but the farmer said he would let loose with the slurry spreader over the cars if not paid. There was no slurry in it but water. However this would have had a nice slurry odour from the spreader.. They paid up.

Service area just up the road. Started off dry but very wet from early afternoon. There is one crash, up on line, before the rain.

The Donegal Rally landed this morning. It's been a noisy day!

Thank you for the clarification.

When washing the car, the space around the lug nuts on the wheels can be hard to access. I find a soft 2 inch paint brush perfect for cleaning my nuts. If you are busy you can always ask your Mrs if she would mind giving your nuts a little tender loving care with a soft two inch brush

Thanks for that

What is the final price of a DC ready version in Ireland?

Got this from DERAILS. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Shop Soiled Boxes Sale! Welcome to our shop soiled boxes sale! Here's you'll find a range of locos of which we have a small selection of models with slightly damaged boxes - nothing too serious, just a small dent or scratch here and there - but we're offering a signifcant discount on them! All of the locos themselves are in pristine, brand new condition, it is only the boxes that are damaged. The prices you see on the product pages are the pre-sale, pristine box prices. The discount is automatically applied if you select one of the discounted locos, the shop-soiled box prices are listed here: - 32-852A Bachmann 9F Early BR (W): £149 - 32-859A Bachmann 9F Late BR: £139 - 32-929 Bachmann Class 150 Provincial: £209 - 8643 Heljan Class 86: £159 - R3681 Hornby 'City of Edinburgh': £149 - R3832 Hornby A2/2 'Edward Thompson': SHOP SOILED BOX MODELS SOLD OUT @ 19:11 - R3843 Hornby Rebuilt W1 LNER Blue: £159 - R30010 Hornby Sentinel Hitachi: £64 - R30025 Hornby Class 60 GBFR: £139 - E83024 EFE Rail Arriva Pacer: £169 When we have sold the shop soiled boxed locos that option will disappear from the item, so be quick, there's only very few available....

Initiative

Tractor run yesterday. Funs raised go to charities. Over 300 tractors were involved yesterday.