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  1. Niles
    I thought 174 looked particularly yummy...
  2. Niles
    The miscreants will return that line any day now I'm sure...
  3. Niles
    It'll get to the point where it'll be cheaper to preserve a real NIR 111 than get the MM model version...
  4. Niles
    Táilte Tours will be attending our first exhibition, you'd be a mug to miss our stand...
  5. Niles
    This month's Zoom features Ed Fahey from the Model Railway Society of Ireland. He will be telling us about the clubs' history, activities and future plans, as well as giving us the low down on the return of the annual Model Railway & Hobbies Exhibition As always, everyone is welcome to join us on Zoom via the below link. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3040263673
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    As an aside, anyone up for replicating that 90s fashion on their 4mm scale passengers?
  7. Niles
    not my snap but should suffice for 086 (Jim Ramsay on Flickr). I'm pretty certain I've seen photos of it in this guise in older Irish Mails (ITG journal). And 076 by 'Leighton Logs'
  8. Niles
    Indeed, and the yo-yo thing doesn't even make sense. They go up and down? Like, every train? I'll admit ICRs don't do much for me as an enthusiast but can't fault them on performance and comfort. As much as I prefer locos, generally anytime I've got them on the morning Belfast lately we've got into Belfast ahead of time.
  9. Niles
    100%. Preservation/railtours have given rise to all sorts of weird and wonderful combinations that weren't seen in service. Be it 201s hauling laminates and Park Royals on transfers, double-headed 071s, Gs hauling ballast hoppers, 141s and Cs in multiple... It's all canon, as they say in fiction.
  10. Niles
    Beyer with me while I think of more...
  11. Niles
    Anymore puns? I Deutz it.
  12. Niles
    Indeed, far superior...
  13. Niles
    Good idea, the same tooling could be used to make Paddy from the West Cork system.
  14. Niles
    In my RPSI days I recall having to excort a few northern colleagues down from Heuston to Inchicore. One of my Dublin teammates suggested 'take them down on the 79, it will be a cultural experience for them'.
  15. Niles
    and sounds from the back 'any smokes bud?'.
  16. Niles
    They should make a Finger too though. I need one for my Fenit Pier diorama.
  17. Niles
    No idea if a G ever met a plough van in CIE days, but they sure look well together (I suppose it possibly happened when a G was the unofficial Limerick Wagon Works pilot?). The pair have already had a few wanderings together. Plough van 24582 was preserved by the Downpatrick & County Down Railway back in August, along with ballast hoppers 24122, 24145, and 26633.
  18. Niles
    Pretty certain I've seen a pic of a MV/C and a Hunslet double heading on one of the early ITG tours (I presume two drivers).
  19. Niles
    At least one DSER 2-4-2T tank seems to have wandered to West Cork in GSR days; a photo of same adorns the cover of Ernie Sheperd's book on the Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway.
  20. Niles
    Ah, didn't realise it predated the GSR itself. Interesting background there on the benefits for clerical staff.
  21. Niles
    Some Sunday afternoon book browsing reveals it was 118.
  22. Niles
    Lovely. And interesting how the numerals are placed over the 'fold', a tricky modelling proposition with transfers.
  23. Niles
    Always wondered by the GSR chose I for 0-6-2T when it otherwise followed the LNER convention (which would be N). I think, unless there were other examples. (Or did the LNER follow them?) Edit: it occurs to me that G didn't follow LNER convention either.
  24. Niles
    The most handsome too.
  25. Niles
    Interesting, didn't realise non-preserved CIE steam locos lingered on in existence as late as 1966.
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