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  1. jhb171achill
    Excellent pictures - Loughrea extremely interesting!
  2. jhb171achill
    That, Jawfin, is a REAL catch! As rare an Irish railway photograph as you'll ever find!
  3. jhb171achill
    The photo above would have been post-1959 transfer to Bray, as she's in black (as repainted from green about 1962)...
  4. jhb171achill
    I'm not, Garfield; all the electronic wizardry is beyond the wit of a simpleton like me - clockwork might be more suitable.... I was simply told by someone (possibly here, though I can't remember) that conversion of 1980s H0e / 009 stuff to DCC was at best problematical, and probably not feasible. Further thoughts or theories on that would, of course, be very welcome.
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    Any idea where I'd get one, John?
  6. jhb171achill
    If it was Finn McCool, they must still have been in Ulster Railway locomotive maroon.....
  7. jhb171achill
    Excellent information, gents, many thanks. It is indeed 009 that I'm looking at.
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    A blast from the past. I found an old Relco thing, intended at the time it was sold as so etching that would improve current pick-up for 2-rail layouts. It's about 1976-80 origin, if I remember correctly. With a layout using older equipment (locos all 1980s), is there any advantage in connecting it up, or would a modern control system be better? The locos are narrow gauge and (I am told) unsuitable for conversion to DCC.
  9. jhb171achill
    Looks "finished" enough as opposed to undercoat.... anyone know?
  10. jhb171achill
    Got my copy today - excellent - well done to producers. The drawings are extremely interesting!
  11. jhb171achill
    The fitter's lot was indeed not a happy one then. All of the railcars NIR inherited from the UTA had been poorly looked after due to severe lack of Stormont funding, this in itself contributing to comparatively short lives.
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    Can't wait!
  13. jhb171achill
    I've seen a pic of a train somewhere with four MPD cars hauling it..... four! Like Union Pacific or something!
  14. jhb171achill
    I remember seeing similar elsewhere - shunters and signalmen......
  15. jhb171achill
    Genius, NIR, I have that book upstairs....
  16. jhb171achill
    Indeed, GSR.... Nobody ever needed a PTS course to drive "Maedb"!
  17. jhb171achill
    I always thought "completely knocked down" must have been the most bizarrely odd "brand" ever!
  18. jhb171achill
    Now that you mention it.... Yes, while I never saw it myself, I saw a picture of something like that. More I think of it, definitely not 80s though.
  19. jhb171achill
    And this man didn't die. We've become a nation of cowards and claim chasers. In a normal world, it would be OK for a railway worker to be on the track, equipped with common sense instead of endless certificates, day glo clothes, hard hats and steel capped boots. Sense is more efficient at preventing accidents. And a judge would tell a person who slipped on the floor to go chase themselves and watch what they're doing more carefully in the future. Any takers?
  20. jhb171achill
    I wouldn't be sure that they worked the goods..... Air braked. The Derry goods - any time I saw it - was always MPD. I never saw a 70 on it either, though it's possible they did.
  21. jhb171achill
    Well, if "passenger trouble" is in itself a disgrace, lack if response by gardai is totally, completely unacceptable.
  22. jhb171achill
    Love the Hornbly thing! :-)
  23. jhb171achill
    Pondlife rubbish........ Recently saw a lovely young lady spitting at people on the Luas. Worthless druggy scum.
  24. jhb171achill
    Many thanks Leslie
  25. jhb171achill
    £51 sterling for that is an absolute bargain!!!! Normally double?
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