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It's a wannabe steam engine. Never liked those railcars, so I don't blame it a bit.

Replay announced....

As a matter of interest, has anyone ever modelled a Railtours Ireland yellow tour bus? There's a new one, a 161 CE, on the Cliffs of Moher run these days.

Mr cantankerous here, but am I the only person who thinks that the only competition ever to take place on that programme was "who is the bigger, and less watchable utter moron"? - Evans or Clarkson? Both insufferably irritating giant ego people. Never watched it, always thought it was a load of rubbish presented by attention-seeking know-alls.... Rant over.

Hard to make out, but the coaches behind the loco are probably the sort of old DSER 6-wheelers so prevalent on the coastal and Harcourt St suburban lines at the time. The coach in the background is a full brake in GSR main line brown and cream, while the darker ones are in the older all-deep-Crimson-lake used on all stock until 1929, and secondary / 6-wheel / branch line stock until after 1933. The 4th vehicle in the train is also brown and cream, and while partly obscured is almost certainly a DSER bogie third.

Steve, thanks for replying....I haven't yet anything UTA in my I tended to concentrate on more CIE territory, before switching to things 009 and Austrian! I had some original transfers some years ago and from memory they were about 12 inches width - 14 as suggested a hive might be about right. I gave my transfers to the RPSI and DCDR so I can't look them up now. Quite a few published photos, in particular of "jeeps", would give a better idea than I can. I commend you on issuing anything UTA at all, as it's a minority interest, despite some extremely interesting operations, locos, lines and rolling stock having come under their watch (initially at any rate, before they hastily closed most!). In terms of sizes, the UTA used standard sizes of both their original roundel and their later crest, on all things railway and buses alike.

Outstanding stuff! Wish I was there! Not possible this year unfortunately. I'm intrigued by Nelson's "new project"!

That's looking really good.

A layout based in the highly scenic areas round Ballinacourty / Clonea would be amazing, and quite possibly a much enlarged Waterford Manor station.....

That would have been a highly scenic line!

Wasn't there a one-time proposal for an extension of the Youghal line to eventually get to Waterford? Such a thing - direct Rosslare - Waterford - Cork, had it been built, would almost certainly have made it into the 1960s, possibly early this century for beet.

I would have thought that perhaps traders might be let in provided they paid a fee - like at car boot sales, many of which are held on church premises all over the place. Having said that, it's entirely the business of the church concerned to lay ground rules for who may or may not attend. As others have said, they deserve credit for their commitment to this event in the past.

Does anyone know why Bell containers had different coloured roofs? Was it just different livery variations, or to denote different contents?

A lump hammer and a computer..... excellent! Paddy power have opened a book on which wins.....

Hard to tell, Harry, with the lighting, but it looks exactly accurate.

Good stuff! The building looks great!

The mule shunted wagons slowly along the loading bank.

It was indeed lighter - a good bit lighter. The end bits were dayglow rather than yellow, and buffer beams were black.

The thing is, though, their delivery came thirteen years after the "flying snail" had been replaced by the "broken wheel"! However, their internal control desks had them, and still do. The NIR ones had them also, on delivery, and 113 wasn't delivered until 1981, getting on for twenty years after the "snail"....

And kept secret until about 24 hours ago, except for a VERY small number of folks "in the know"! As others have said, well done to all involved. What about a Mk 4 set in black'n'tan for their 25th anniversary! (Always thought that would have looked well!) Going through the seating plan for tomorrow, I see many of this community travelling as passengers. Good to see you all again!

The 071s had a unique shade when new, when the all-White vie logo had been applied in the USA, rather than the standard version with orange surround, white letters. The shade they were delivered in, like the logo, differed from the norm (but was repainted on first repaint). It was much more brown. The shade applied above is standard CIE from the time, and the logo, while white (as on delivery day) is of standard size rather than the slightly larger (non standard) vision that Illinois used. Overall, though, I am sure everyone will agree that this is an absolutely fantastic job. Huge credit must go to those who suggested it and saw it through. "The Wanderer" of this community has to take the lion's share of credit for it. Mr W, there's a few pints awaiting you the next time our paths cross in Killarney! What a change from some years ago. When the "A" class and later, the 121s, were nearing big anniversaries, suggestions were made from various quarters that one be repainted in original form. Apart from no Wanderer being available to "drive" the issue, management had no interest either. Congratulations to all involved. Can't wait to see her in the morning and enjoy a first run; it'll take me back to my first cab run down the Cork line in 077 (I think) in 1978.....

Very realistic - excellent.

Wow!!!!!!! Looks amazing! Very well done. Those red carriages in the background would look very much in keeping with the Inchicore Test Train, which it hauled when on trial. I've seen coaches like that painted in the older CIE dark green and they look very convincing. The loco is a masterpiece!

Where's the green restored cafe one?

I think you can get them easily enough, Harry. On those locos, a good idea to have them well weathered - J26 types rarely looked clean!