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Mid 1960s, and A55 eases out of the goods yard at Dugort Harbour with the Tralee goods. On a drab winter’s day in the late 1960s, the midday train is seen crossing the boglands outside Castletown West. Must try to get the scenery finished…..

Superb signage! Equivalents for Ireland: STAY OUT Scumbags Shooting Up Room STAY OUT Very Smelly Room - You're on an ICR!

An interesting point in relation to this loco. Many times, in 00 gauge, never mind the lesser used 0 gauge, conversations like this take place: "It's a pity they don't make a RTR model of _____" "Well, it wasn't common / wasn't used widely / wasn't on the go in real life all that lonjg, so the market is so limited it wouldn't be worth it" .... There were but two of these things. One only worked a few years. The other only worked a bit more than a decade. Neither, with the exception of a one-off trial run to Carrickfergus, ever did anything on this island other than shunt trucks round Belfast docks - they didn't even pull actual "trains", as such. And yet - here we are; not just a model, but a RTR one; and not just that, but 0 Gauge! And superb it is too. Yes, I know it's just a re-liveried "British" engine - but - food for thought....? (did I mention UTA "Jeeps"?)

Tis a fishy concept all right; Brookhall had an ecclesiastical establishment too; the question is, of course, whether Frs. Jack, Ted or Dougal ever officiated there?

Are ye outta hospital yet?

The easy "get-out" clause is that in post-war years, many carriages (like also on the NCC) were turned out with no lining! So there's a prototype for (almost) everything..........

Senior never travelled on the CBPR (one of the extremely few lines he didn’t cover), but he was certain that just over 50 had been recorded. My own South African travels did not include a 16E, unfortunately , though I saw one - the various 15th & 12th classes, 24s, 19Ds and GMAMs that I travelled behind were decidedly pedestrian in comparison!

Looking great so far! Excellent work

I got some serious enough speeds on the metre gauge in India (with steam) in the 1970s!

Saw zebra 231 + 9002 on today; 208 + 9003 yesterday.

I ate the bogie. Sorry. I was hungry.

Absolutely fantastic model, looks great. Pity I couldn't raid the piggy bank when these were available....! Couldn't agree more.

Mighty odd looking track in those pictures..........

Right there…..

If it's a terror dog, I hope there's an 00 scale muzzle for it too.............

Methinks a londonium visit and pints therein is overdue for me…..! Thoroughly enjoyed the last, with Messrs McAllister, McMahon, Stacpoole, Dawson, Guinness of course and other worthies…..

Yes, as far as Killester……

NIR CAF, by the look of it - so no first class, and no standard; only cattle class. Last time I saw a 3K passing by, there were people standing in every carriage…

I’d love to have seen ANY Midland engine preserved, especially one of the two big express 4.4.0s…. we can but dream!

Superb stuff! Looking forward to this!

Awful. A big blow to diesel preservation - but you’ll bounce back! Maybe an appeal to battery manufacturers - or in the enthusiast world for the batteries?

This is going to be quite an operation!

Much better size. Due to brexit issues nowadays though, it would have to either stay in the north or go back there (at the borrowers considerable expense) every ten years. Plus, internally it’s another wreck! Much of what’s in Cultra is held together with Mr Sheen! But what a beauty! Best hope here is someone cough up a couple hundred grand, and send it to the Downs of Patrick (in a boat!). But the three locos they already have are way, way, way more economic to run than even that neat little yoke.

Don't forget my denim jacket with large "Thin Lizzy" logo on the back...............

So, a DNGR layout: a pile of Provincial and other wagons, lots of goods vans and cattle trucks, not so much other types, GNR brake vans, the above coaches and you're just leftr with locos. SSM GNR 2.4.2T kit, and perhaps for passing the three fut rule, some sort of 0.6.0ST painted black. An 00 Works 0.6.0 GN UG - if possible to get - would do well also. DNGR job done!