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Yes, and all the more reason that it’s a shame none survived! There were at least two in traffic right to the end of steam.

Absolutely superb info. Hadn’t thought of this spherical approach - was thinking of putting buildings or trees in corners to hide the sharp right angle. Any thoughts on that?

Many thanks to all above for those valuable suggestions. The corners are actually an issue I hadn't thought of. Mine will need to go all round an L-shaped area so will have four corners to negotiate.

Ideally I’d like a bleak western landscape with turf bog and very distant mountains, but the ID ones look good, as do a couple of other manufacturers. Peco have just unveiled a nice photo one.

A query.... I remember seeing a description somewhere of a layout which struck me as having quite exceptionally realistic scenery. I think it was in a report of some exhibition in England. The owner / maker of it was asked about his backscenes, which blended perfectly with his 3D scenery on the layout and he mentioned that he had the scenes actually photographed of a particular location where his layout was set, and there was someone who could take the images and print them out as 00 scale backscenes. Does anyone here have any thoughts on this? I can't help feeling it would be expensive and barely worth the trouble for general open countryside - but I would be interested in any information if anyone has it.

I've been talking to more and more British people who use addresses of friends and relatives here, and Irish people who use addresses of friends and relatives in Britain or the north, when dealing with issues outside the jurisdiction within which they live. Personally, I'm among them. Talking to a few friends over last weekend, most of them do the same, and have suitable contacts. Methinks neither Leo nor Boris will get quite the cut they might have hoped for. I certainly hope so.

Happy Christmas to all here.

And superb photos of them, too!

Wouldn't surprise me!

Someone told me that the GSR's "Bri Cualann"* is a tragically incorrect translation, but CIE's "Bré" is even worse! (* excuse missing fadas etc)

You mean la vida loco?

I can offer you one at half a billion, Warbonnet - but I don't want to discuss the price...... Dang. So Leo Martin has them........

Good thinking We’ll agree to differ, flange - I’m just glad I got mine from IRM at the time…..

It’s a JM Design one…. Excellent models.

I think I’ll advertise €5 notes for £234 each. Please don’t ask questions about price. Seriously, this guy is downright offensive with this blatant attempted robbery.

Cheek of him….. “no comments on pricing”! 375 in brexitpounds is €440 - more than doubling his money BEFORE charges are added. Blatant gouging - I sincerely hope nobody buys it.

The "Flying Woodlouse"...................?

Yes - can't see the point myself of yer man posting it either - but that's the photographer's business, I suppose.... I liked the shot because it shows an ancient MGWR brake 3rd with a brand new tin van, and a wooden-bodied GSWR bogie....

Convert to euros and add routine post and customs, and you're pretty much exactly at €300..... Here we go again!

Saw that!

Yes, the farmers often got beet pulp back as animal feed. Some beet trains I’ve seen pictures of in the 1960s had up to half a dozen vans.

The weathering on the 2.4.0 is the work of “Dempsey”, of this constituency……

Looking very well….

The more whiskey you had in Manorhamilton or Belcoo, the more likely you’d see those guys on the last train home….

”…..ah, don’t get me wrong, the diesel’s way easier, but I’m too long in the tooth to learn them things. When it goes diesel in February I’m off to England, job in a bakery near me sister’s in Birmingham…. yeah, so this is me last beet season…”