Niles

Found these while doing a bit of scanning this evening, stored ferts at Portlaoise PW depot, 14th October 2006. They were out of use by then, while not a close up it might give some ideas for those looking to weather theirs, the random 'patches' of faded paintwork etc.

The numberwanger in me twigged that 174 and 191 had something in common (and 125 already done).

As one of the stallholders over the weekend, have to say we couldn't have asked for more. I know @Blaine & team were run off their feet but put on a top class show nonetheless. It was a great social event too, seemed to good vibes all round. Having worked in the Commercial Events sector, I can confirm that venues like RDS, Convention Centre etc are likely to be well out of reach of the budgets of most voluntary organisations these days (In fact, I know of Event companies that would struggle to justify their hire). Actually, I can think of at least one 'big business' that lost money on RDS events, and these would have had big sponsorship...

Or retro 071 with the modern green & orange logo...

I might scratch build some instead.

Don't worry give it a week and the scones will be commanding silly money on ebay.

MM even had a few Woolwiches and NCC Jintys for sale, the former are about 20 years old now, had to do a double take.

I thought 174 looked particularly yummy...

The miscreants will return that line any day now I'm sure...

It'll get to the point where it'll be cheaper to preserve a real NIR 111 than get the MM model version...

Táilte Tours will be attending our first exhibition, you'd be a mug to miss our stand...

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

As an aside, anyone up for replicating that 90s fashion on their 4mm scale passengers?

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'

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.

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.

Beyer with me while I think of more...

Anymore puns? I Deutz it.

Indeed, far superior...

Good idea, the same tooling could be used to make Paddy from the West Cork system.

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'.

and sounds from the back 'any smokes bud?'.

They should make a Finger too though. I need one for my Fenit Pier diorama.

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.

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).