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Over dramatic terminology; judging by the 17:50 Tralee - Mallow - Dublin yesterday, with the vestibules packed with people standing, there's no lack of usage.......though I suppose it has to be accepted that this doesn't necessarily represent any sort of financial surplus. The report is designed to get Shane Ross to cough up. Incidentally, buses now often have notices about how many seats there are for passengers. Also, how many "standees". This is the latest incarnation of makey-uppy words invented by half-literate idiots, or garbled transatlantic linguistic inventions. There is no such thing as a "standee". Any word ending like this indicates the party to which something is being done, not the party doing it. Thus, a person standing is a stander, not a standee. If the word standee DID exist, it would indicate someone who is being STOOD ON!!!

Senior had fascinating stories of travelling by narrow gauge to Bessbrook, Burtonport, Schull and Castlegregory....

Excellent!!!

Hopefully there's Guinness. And a well done fillet steak with pepper sauce.....

Many thanks, folks!

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.

When did the last relics of Summerhill station go? Is there still a buried platform there, I wonder?

I wonder what has been done with the removed woodwork? Has it been retained or burned?

Ah! I know it. It was under the main roof? No, that one wouldn't have suited the DCDR. Pity.

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?

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.

Those aerial photos make it look like the bay platform road is not there.....?

Or.....keep the thing under wraps and only fly it in rural areas when nobody's about!

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....

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.

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!

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....

Disgraceful. There should be some mechanism to make the RN pay compensation - and pay very heavily indeed - for such blunders.

That's an excellent archive of CIE wagons.

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.

Amazing! Looks so realistic!

Excellent work - very inspiring for those of us with little space to spare.

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....

Fantastic! Superb stuff - love the green 101....

That is a stunning piece of work.