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  1. jhb171achill
    Yes, very definitely. CIE got one Y5 - No. 469, which would have become 469N, and it lasted until 1962 (in green). They had three Y4s at least, one of which made it to 1965, and for all I know might therefore have been repainted black'n'tan; and one Y3, for what it's worth, which lasted to 1966.
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    I hadn't actually thought of that until I saw the pics. The all-black livery for these locos wouldn't have been the most visible thing in poor light, especially in pre-halogen-headlamp days. And the all-grey is simply a regurgitation of the utilitarian equivalent into which almost all steam engines were painted from late GSWR days onwards......
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    Not my layout, but at a friend’s house this afternoon:
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    It’s pretty much at the limit of mine, as it’s more of a late sixties thing. My own interests needed steam and diesel, so liveries primarily of the mid-fifties to mid-sixties are appropriate, but I agree there’s something about it. I’d be using this one and the “low tan band” when operating in a “later” period, with green carriages put away….
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    “OK, ye change at the junction onto the Dublin train, and get off at Mallow. You’ve a twenty minute wait there for the Rosslare train. You get that one for Lismore….” . B141 hurries the midday local train along the Dugort Harbour branch on a dull afternoon in October 1966….
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    “I’m sorry, Mrs White, there’s no parcel for you tonight…. It might come down tomorrow, so it might”…. . “First of the transplants in here! I hope they’re going to be better than the Crossleys! This very heap sat down on me in Cork tunnel three years ago….”
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    “Looks a good bit better than the dirty silver - only out of Inchicore on Tuesday….” . ”Damn Crossleys - Damn thing’s not only broken down again, it’s off the road too, and the beet empties are supposed to be coming in this afternoon!”
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    “We need to hold the train five minutes, Father Donnelly‘s on his way to bless the new diesel!” ”Ha - did ye tell him the driver’s a Protestant?”
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    Very true!
  10. jhb171achill
    Inspirational stuff, Colm!
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    That's what I would have thought, indeed....... haven't been able to run mine yet as they need to be chipped still.
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    Are these "A"s any more prone to this than other models?
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    Just reading the attached article; ex-GSWR J15s - far from being "ubiquitous" in all of the former MGWR territory, were quite exceptionally rare - and would as good as certainly never have been anywhere near Westport Quay! The J26 class could well have been there in the early MGWR period, but the line was usually worked by a goods engine like a J18 or J19 0.6.0. A kit of a J18 is badly needed.
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    Fenit Pier, Co Kerry, from “Rails Through North Kerry”: Note the curved siding - a way to save space on a small layout - or a real Fenit Pier! Pictures - Barry Carse
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    I think the galvanising appeared during the 1960s. It still had black bases though.
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    I thought it was something to do with measuring incontinence….. (I’m in me sixties…)
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    It is - but vans if that design were to be seen in many places until the very early 1960s!
  18. jhb171achill
    Indeed. I have several Silverfox bits myself, two “C” class among them, plus some coaching stock. They fill a very valuable niche, even if the liveries aren’t always right! And I have more on order….
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    Good to see that the Lakeview district is keeping both St James' Gate and CIE busy!
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    Nice!!!!
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    True indeed; I have a big interest in Indonesian, Brazilian and Indian railways myself and yet In those countries it's all Bachmann LNER, Athearn USA stuff, DRGW or Hornby GWR....because it's available.
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    There’s a very disproportionate amount of Bandon wagons, and even a couple of Muskerry ones and a West Clare one! Hard to see how that could have got lost….!
  23. jhb171achill
    There was all sorts of mad stuff happening then!!
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    As well as that, a modeller here who has, for the sake of argument, long ago settled on N gauge Union Pacific or an 00 gauge Welsh branchline, is much less likely to be on IRM, or even know of it. I knew a guy in Dublin who had a great big LMS layout, no interest at all in Irish stuff. He’s gone to his reward a few years ago, but he isn’t the only one.
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    Better check your layouts, spares box and all those green boxes on the shelf and in the cabinet…. Incorrect or late returns will be punished by a stern letter from Kingsbridge, and ye wouldn’t want that, would ye?
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