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  1. Niles
    Probably had various Thomas and Brio sets when I was small but my first 'proper' trainset was the Hornby "Diesel Breakdown" set... It was the Christmas of 1997 which as some may recall was during a big storm... we had no power for days so I couldn't use it. Quite a bit of play value in it to be fair, later discovered the 06 'never ran like that' but at that age I couldn't care...
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    One more, 1144 (the only GSR-built 1st) survives sans running gear at Dromod. Although there's a debate that none of these should really be called Bredins but it's too early in the morning for that... Re: AM13, I believe she survived as an RPSI spares coach into the early 2000s, at Heuston I think.
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    One point on the BR generator vans, over time they got so weather-worn and battered that I wouldn't worry if it doesn't perfectly match the Cravens. Some of them ended up quite patchwork when you looked close.
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    If you're not paying for the product, you're the product, et al...
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    The plated up windows were certainly removed when they reverted to standards (I remember stripping 1520 for parts for the RPSI set). My understanding is that 1518/20 didn't have lockups at the counter unlike 1508/9 and the mk2a ones, open to correction though.
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    In a way, the Talylln in Wales is probably an oddball for having 'normal' standard gauge-type buffers and drawgear.
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    B1 Sharon
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    Deirdre rings a bell now... Though what the GSR would have done with 3 additional route-restricted 4-6-0s is another thing altogether...
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    If you're creative, there was a list of names for proposed additional 800s never built... Aoife off the top of my head (my sister's name so it stuck in my memory more than the others). I think @jhb171achill might have info on them. Re: 'Cultra' edition 800, I believe it's CIÉ dark green with GS lettering, based on what supplies Inchicore had when sending her north.
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    NEW 00 WORKS J15

    Niles replied to popeye's topic in News

    A real life kitbash.
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    While I won't wager money on it, a model O&K with accurate valve gear and motion would be a thing of beauty.
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    Curious that Waterford Manor and Tramore weren't of matching length, given I assume they were procured at the same time for the same locos?
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    Future release?

    Niles replied to MD220's topic in General Chat

    It's obviously the measuring tape.
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    How was the loco turned in Belfast (Or did it work up with a 141/181 and split?).
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    I believe this continued to happen on occasion at Rosslare even into the early 2000s if one turned up on the Limerick/Waterford-Rosslare. The ITG journal records a few occasions.
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    Did the Waterford & Tramore have some perchance? Can't find my copy of Coakham's book, but it had a list of its stock...
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    The CB&SCR had a four wheeler, No.7, ex DN&GR. Later became a Signal dept van in GSR days.
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    now that does whet the appetite for the return of 7T.
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    Indeed, it's probably worth bearing in mind that even for GB-outline 6 wheel stock there wasn't a sufficient market to make specific tooling for each individual railway, as opposed to this generic type, much as I'd like some chunky MGWR 6 wheelers.
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    The real 850 was built using parts for an unbuilt Woolwich mogul, I wonder is there a kitbash to be had there...
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    Based on this lovely shot by Roger Joanes, 1077 appears to be the one of the 1964 tour (possibly one of the most well-travelled Irish carriages as such, widespread as they were I doubt many GSWR vehicles would have got to places like Ardee). Now you've given me an idea for a little headboard to go on my Woolwiches... if I only I knew the person who has the design for it though.
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    I was just going for some early green ones but I may have fell on the keyboard and accidently ordered the B&T one as well. I quite like those photos of it against a rake of bogies on the likes of the Grand Steam tour, I'm a sucker for 'wrong' liveries in a rake.
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    True, but it's still got a strong bout of anxiety from it.
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    Should be there at the end of each description, presuming '453' etc is the running number anyway.
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    Well I began today with a healthy debit card and now it's... less healthy. As for rescuing the real thing, DCDR have a six wheeler under restoration https://www.downrail.co.uk/rolling-stock/gswr-69/ and more on site. (seriously if anyone would like to help in some shape with these I can point you to the right people...)
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