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    Many thanks, folks!
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    Yes, I think I heard years ago that the tracks were never fully lifted. I would be interested in information on what that station actually looked like.
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    When did the last relics of Summerhill station go? Is there still a buried platform there, I wonder?
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    I wonder what has been done with the removed woodwork? Has it been retained or burned?
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    Ah! I know it. It was under the main roof? No, that one wouldn't have suited the DCDR. Pity.
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    Platforms 1 & 2 look ghastly now, and totally out of place. What does this about-to-be-removed signal cabin look like? It might do for the DCDR?
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    Jimmy O'Dea's stuff can all be viewed at the National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar. Amazing stuff. You need to make an appointment though, and it took me several days there to go through his entire collection a few years ago. there's a good lot of railway stuff in the Lawrence Collection there too, dating from the 1880-1920 period. For those interested in trams or floating things, there's much to provide interest as well.
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    Those aerial photos make it look like the bay platform road is not there.....?
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    Or.....keep the thing under wraps and only fly it in rural areas when nobody's about!
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    Many thanks, Patrick. There's a third one in planning stage, Patrick, but so is a history of the Clifden line, so I'll just have to see what time I have. I'd like to get Clifden finished. After the next "picture" book, I've a long term plan for a fourth. The next one will be a collection other than Barry's; while the last one will be a mix of photos from several contributors stretching from the 1920s to the 1990s. Now, none of this will happen overnight as being "retired", I'm exceptionally busy with all sorts of stuff....
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    This will be launched in the Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, on Saturday 26th November. And none of the pictures in it are upside down......! All welcome. Probably about 2pm.
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    Ah! Now I understand it all perfectly......... hmm......!! On the subject of the wagons, I was wondering if a grey version with a tan / white roundel going to be one of the options? I think you had also said that extra strapping could be added to the roof - obviously from photos, there were a couple of varieties. Again, congrats on this venture; folks, this one deserves our support!
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    Just out of curiosity - I've seen references to "memes" before....what, exactly, is a "meme"? This sort of stuff is too new-fangled for old, old persons like me....
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    Disgraceful. There should be some mechanism to make the RN pay compensation - and pay very heavily indeed - for such blunders.
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    That's an excellent archive of CIE wagons.
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    WOW!!!! Excellent! A much needed addition - arguably the most important wagon yet produced by anyone as they were the most common goods vehicle of all - and by a long way - for several decades. Well done Leslie.
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    Amazing! Looks so realistic!
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    Excellent work - very inspiring for those of us with little space to spare.
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    I'm just imagining what was happening that morning in Ballybeg. 383 is being prepared for the morning goods train, while the 101 is trundling through light engine to Limerick Junction to pick up beet empties....
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    Fantastic! Superb stuff - love the green 101....
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    That is a stunning piece of work.
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    Absolutely brilliant as usual, Noel. Your imaginative genius mirrors Tara Junction's brilliance!
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    They were about the same size as a Hunslet. A search of the internet reveals four preserved. At least 2 are in working order, one on the West Somerset Railway. Must nip over some time.
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    In the 70s, when I saw that Hymek repainted in orange and black I was physically sick, had a severe attack of the Screaming Fits, and suffered for 18 months from Enhanced Heeby Jeebies. However, of necessity I had a BR-based layout, and I was quite partial to those locos (more so than their maintenance fitters were in real life) in their natural blue and yellow setting. Out of interest, does anyone know if any are preserved? Off topic I know, but as I said, Murphy's are to be commended.
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    I think that the enterprise of Murphy Models is to be commended, and needs no introduction here. If they are prepared to do a 1916 comemmorative model, it is to commemorate 1916, not necessarily be actually available in 2016. Naturally, it's ideal if it is, but Murphy's are at the mercy of producers, who increasingly take ages and ages.
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