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jhb171achill
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I certainly did, Jimmy! But I left Australia............... ;-)
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Excellent articles, Jimmy. Congratulations!
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An Australian train!
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What was that as a matter if interest - a service train? Or a GAA or pilgrimage special? I think the most I ever saw was something like 11 + two tin vans, and another time 12 including a BR van......... Recently saw a pic of a Youghal summer seaside special probably about 1960 with about 16-18 six-wheelers behind an "A" class! -
I wouldn’t have thought that a 3D print at that small a scale would look anything other than crude - but those lol superb!
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Anyone able to identify this item?
jhb171achill replied to irishthump's question in Questions & Answers
I can’t make out a CIE device, but it’s unlikely as they simply bought things like this from a standard hardware supplier. -
Glenfarne on the SLNCR is also worth a look. This had the goods bank facing the passenger platform, like at Dunsandle (itself an EXCELLENT choice for a minimal layout). If the modeller just used the main through line, plus one set of points backing onto the goods siding, that would do; while there was other track, by the end it appears to have been mostly weed-covered and unused.
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Mine too!!!!
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I have a bona fide address on a neighbouring island as well as here. I get stuff delivered to Neighbouring Island (no, it's not Achill - it's a bit bigger) OR to here, depending on which shower of tax-gougers I perceive i will have to pay less to. If the GNR drivers could smuggle butter, poitín and stockings in the 1940s, who am I to break an old railway tradition.
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No, they're standard (darker) wagon grey, but covered in a patina of cement dust. Same colour as the brake van - BUT - the sun is shining on them and that also makes them look a bit lighter. Up close, they did not look that light at all. Very soon after, they started painting the bodies orange, though the chassis would remain grey for another generation until they started painting the "bubble" bit cream - and THEN they painted the chassis black - a rare thing!
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Best evidence so far that U2 are railway enthusiasts!
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TWENTY percent? I very much suspect that is blatant profiteering by some parasitic Bezos type in the USA. I have already vowed to boycott anything "amazon" on principle, even if it means I have to walk to Patagonia to collect a spare coupling for a Z gauge cattle wagon. Ebay are on notice now......... Trade between north and south cannot, should not and must not be infringed or interrupted.
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That really is a mighty fine world for N gauge!
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I note you’re keeping your Irish 00 stuff. Given the amount of money you’ve invested in both the stock and the track, if it was me I would try to use that. Maybe a branch-line type of 00 set up? You’ve more than enough space. Sometimes in terms of realism less is more - much more! No prototype in real life in Ireland has quadruple-track flyovers every quarter mile….
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Two grey for me; one with snail, one with roundel.
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I would certainly take a couple of those if they were a reasonable price!
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OK, let me get this right - it's ON again?
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I have to say I’ve always found Hattons to be superb.
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So what now? Will this be back? Does this mean that the only goods trains now are the Taras, the timber and the Ballina - Waterford containers? (Yellow things don't count!)
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Indeed; there will be enthusiasts (!) saying “Sure who’d want a RTR ICR - there’s nobody alive remembers them….”
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Lost on me, DJ, a Mk 4 to me is a 1960s Ford Cortina!
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Galteemore, I had a look in my "stuff" but was unable to find signalling information. However, being the CDR, I doubt that whatever was there was likely to be "standard"!
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I’ll look it up……
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There were several stations in rural areas where crossing was done with a siding only - even with passenger trains, as in Inver, Co Donegal, where up trains served the platform then reversed back into a siding to allow a down train to arrive. Once it had proceeded west, the up train moved forward out of the siding and headed towards Donegal.
