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  1. jhb171achill
    Disgraceful. There should be some mechanism to make the RN pay compensation - and pay very heavily indeed - for such blunders.
  2. jhb171achill
    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!
  5. jhb171achill
    Excellent work - very inspiring for those of us with little space to spare.
  6. jhb171achill
    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....
  8. jhb171achill
    That is a stunning piece of work.
  9. jhb171achill
    Absolutely brilliant as usual, Noel. Your imaginative genius mirrors Tara Junction's brilliance!
  10. jhb171achill
    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.
  13. jhb171achill
    The miserable halt in Rosslare is an absolute disgrace in itself.
  14. jhb171achill
    Wrenn, what would you typically be charging for a black 141?
  15. jhb171achill
    Excellent stuff, really outstanding!
  16. jhb171achill
    Whaaaatttt!!!! That thing's a BEAST!!! VERY well done!
  17. jhb171achill
    I always think accuracy of goods stock makes or breaks many a layout based in any era. Much is concentrated on locos and coaches, but all too frequently the goods stock is very much in the "repainted Hymek" league. Three is much information on here about the correct ways to depict non-passenger stock, and you've the likes of Provincial's (and others) wagons on sale now too. All good. Just avoid the black chassis and cream goods van balconies and ye are grand.....
  18. jhb171achill
    Just a correction; copyright is Barry's. The photo is from "Rails Through the West".
  19. jhb171achill
    Most tracks were removed in the 50s, though a few stretches can still be seen about Sandymount where the tarmac has worn away.
  20. jhb171achill
    Aaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me being STUPID! Getting them mixed up - both uninspiring halts.....!
  21. jhb171achill
    Very misleading layout. A passenger - sorry, "customer" - will assume that a train can get you from Docklands to Pearse in two minutes.
  22. jhb171achill
    Just curiosity - is there a reason the trains cross on opposite sides to normal? There were a few rare examples in real life.
  23. jhb171achill
    Lovely. Brilliantly atmospheric. What a layout should be. I'm looking at that scene and thinking that if I can find 35p in my pocket, I can get a pint of Double Diamond and a packet of King Crisps in Foley's down the road, before the long drive back to Dublin through small towns and villages on narrow potholed roads in my Morris Minor. And there's the daily "E" class red and cream CIE bus in the square delivering bundles of the Irish Press to the newsagents....
  24. jhb171achill
    Wow! That's quite a beast!
  25. jhb171achill
    Twenty? So it's going to be out and about almost constantly? Fair play to the operators.
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