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  1. jhb171achill
    Ahhh! I see it now - I missed that, Garfield! :-) Instead of watermarking them, I'm going to guinnessmark them.
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    No idea how, Garfield! Ping me privately with details?
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    Ah! I had thought it looked a bit smaller. If purchasing things like this, always look at the back for signs of corrosion. If none, it's probably a replica; the market is scourged with such things being passed off as genuine, especially "doctored" GSWR trespass gate signs....
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    Very good point indeed, junctionmad; I wasn't thinking of that when I took them!
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    I have to say I never heard the nickname "Long Tom" applied to anything Inchicore...... as mentioned above, nicknames were few there (or York Road or Dundalk) compared to Britain. Inchicore men invariably referred to locos as the 101 class, 530 class, 400 class, 60 class and so on. They rarely (if ever) even used the GSR designations such as B1a, D17 or J15 in conversation.... An exception at Broadstone was No. 666, which attracted several highly uncimolimentary nicknames!
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    That GSWR one looks the part, Weshty!
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    That's been known to happen, Old Blarney, but not for the last 20 hours.....
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    I did, Noel, believe it or not! A lot of what I posted today worked all right, but not those..... it does MY head in too!
  9. jhb171achill
    Tis indeed, Horsetan..... those pics are certainly in the Outback!
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    €5 plus postage.
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    No animals were harmed in the taking of these pictures. HELP, josefstadt; these were ALL right way up before I posted them!!!!!!! [ATTACH=CONFIG]21424[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]21425[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]21426[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]21427[/ATTACH]
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    No animals were harmed in the taking of these pictures.
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    I'd say an 00 gauge one would be worthwhile, David. As you know, the GSR and later CIE often loaned carriages of this type to the SLNCR for excursions. Flying snails were indeed seen in Enniskillen!
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    For sale - this entire lot €5 plus postage
  15. jhb171achill
    The typical and numerous MGWR 6-wheeler; an essential component for any pre-1964 layout. Kit, anyone? And a GSWR six wheeled passenger brake. Also essential. This is the DCDR's No. 69 in original condition.
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    This'll do ye. I'm on me tea break now, ok?
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    From the catacombs, again!
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    DSER caution tickets are now exceptionally rare. This one €5 plus postage. I have about half a dozen of these GSWR wagon labels - also extremely rare nowadays. Each €5 or €15 for the lot. The following stuff €5 plus post for each "job lot" in each picture. Some of these are very rare too. Both the following two are together
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    During the 2WW, or "Emergency", despite the south being neutral, certain precautions had to be taken, usually in partnership with neighbouring UK for the mutual benefit of both. Part of this was the blackout and removal of all station names, to assist in confusion of possible foreign spies wandering about Irish soil. From the jhb171 catacombs.
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    Ping me accordingly; just cover post cost. For the general interest of anyone interested!
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    Staff circular, from the Catacombs..
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    There's a lot to be said for that, junctionmad...
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    Regarding such things making a profit.... On the contrary, unfortunately.... having supervised the finances of the RPSI bar and catering operations for some 15 years (and DCDR's lately) had the societ(ies)to pay wages out of the profits, little would be left. Given my own experience in this area, I look at the "Enterprise" and Galway line catering in particular - such as they are - and I doubt if they would do much more than cover costs. Tis the world we live in.
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    Only the one ever built anywhere. It was an experimental demo vehicle.
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    I suppose some might say of trains (and airlines) that feeding people is not their business; any more than getting people from A to B is a restaurants business! This is unarguable, but a pity nonetheless.
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