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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The thing is, though, their delivery came thirteen years after the "flying snail" had been replaced by the "broken wheel"!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!

Yellow submarines which I saw the other day. Just while we're talking ballast....

So 231 will have a new livery variation then. Those locos have had quite a few! Three varieties of orange, yellow and black, two 9three?) varieties of Enterprise initial livery, probably the same of the last one, and now two of the new one, as well as inter city green and grey! If this is a new "general purpose" livery, one wonders if all 201s in traffic will eventually wear it.....?

461 is an anagram of 146. That's today's utterly useless piece of information.

I wonder what the current thinking is on how long the refurbished grey locos will be in traffic? The 141s got to fifty - that's another ten years for the 071s....

Makes all the difference on a layout to have accurate signals....

Or 776-23.45566789/23223 223467718000001.4 5567 072.... (In case she gets lost on a 2ft gauge railway in Nepal....)

How come the black band is full body length? Is it not going to be the same as the others?

Wow! As speechlessly good as Arigna Road!

Looks great! Livery not quite right, but not bad....

Very nice models. For American / Canadian scenes especially, N gauge gives way better possibilities space wise.

In latter days, the centre cars and driving trailers were of a number of different types. Probably no bad thing, depending on the degree of accuracy you want, to research via photos an actual make-up of an actual set. They were much more comfortable to travel in than most modern railcars.