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  1. jhb171achill
    A question.... Anyone got any advice, good sources, or general thoughts on the reproduction of accurate looking alpine-type scenery, and station building kits, for a layout based on 1960-80's rural Austria?
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    Dare I suggest that in comparison to some other locos - especially their neighbours the Hunlsets - they were very much the ugly ducklings! I only saw them working a couple of times. The connecting rods were quite "clanky" on No. 1 when I saw her on a ballast train one time.....
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    Very substantial track upgrade would have been necessary, and added to the cost. In senior's time, when he inspected the SLNCR's PW (as a freebie, as they couldn't afford their own civil engineer!) he found their track, eh, interesting.
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    The "white" livery was actually the light grey NIR used on railcars in "maroon / grey" times. The maroon stripes were the same maroon they had adopted in 1967 for remaining steam hauled stock, and railcars.
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    Maybe BP had one leftover from, say, an Indian or Australian 5'3" order which was reduced?
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    That layout sums up the late 60s to 70s better than any I've seen. What makes it particularly good for me is the attention given to the goods stock. Very atmospheric, very realistic, excellent stuff.
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    It's going to be in a broad approximation to GSR maroon, which will match the older "heritage" stock like 1142 and 351. With blue stock, nothing technically matches as the blue is an RPSI-derived livery. Thus, GSR maroon is as good as anything!
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    In keeping with mod's rules, I'll need to name a price!
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    The rust bucket will very soon be retired, Noel. It's successor awaits shortly in the wings.....! I agree; not before time.
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    I'm in Amsterdam right now. There's fumes everywhere! I'm sure superglue is among them.....
  11. jhb171achill
    I'm the odd one out: a bit of both!
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    There would be quite a few posts here, chevron. Also, if you PM me, I've an idea for you.
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    There are three types of cattle in Ireland. The brown ones are for beef and dairy herds, the black and white ones for Guinness, and the cream ones for Bailey's Cream. That's what I tell tourists, anyway.
  14. jhb171achill
    Next stop in realism; cow poo in the field!! :-) Excellent work as always
  15. jhb171achill
    I suggest tartan. And I require €134,887.09 for my idea, to be paid by IE in the morning to my special account in Bertie's bank. OK?
  16. jhb171achill
    Is it the lighting that day or is she a slightly lighter grey?
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    All it needs now is a fella wrapped in a dirty sleeping bag " ehhhh can yeh gimme a euro for de hostel bud....."
  18. jhb171achill
    So where for a pint? It won't bother me, I'll be in Germany Thursday to Tuesday!
  19. jhb171achill
    I'll volunteer to drown everybody's sorrows. Provided you're buying. See yeh in Coppers.
  20. jhb171achill
    Green could be a modern thing. In childhood / adolescent hood, I was in signal boxes in Lisburn, Portadown, Kildare, Athy, Bagenalstown, Waterford (need a head for heights!), Kilmacthomas, Enniscorthy, Limerick Jct., Westport, Portrush, Ardee, Foynes, Moate.....etc etc.... and I don't recall ever seeing a green lever anywhere.....
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    The Society is facing having a record number of main line engines in traffic. 4, 461, 131, 171 and 85. The "Guinness" is progressing and in theory only very minimal work would have 186 in traffic too.
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    My recollections were (mainly) from former GNR cabins. Is it possible they had yellow for distants? Or maybe the UTA did?
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    I'm afraid I'd be lost in the signalman's world..... the one thing I remember from many an hour in many a mechanical signalbox is that the levers were colour coded - yellow for a distant, red, for a home, white for a spare, black for a set of points. I can't remember what blue was, and I'm pretty sure the aforementioned were the only colours. I've a dim recollection of seeing a lever somewhere which was white with a red band round it, but I couldn't be sure. Maybe these colour codings had some relevance to colours on a track plan. I don't know....
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    "I got us a little ornament for the garden, dear"..... BANG!!!!
  25. jhb171achill
    I wonder if there's any trace of it inside the Guinness complex? There's an "outing" for the IRRS - a walk round remaining railway installations inside Guinness. I love the medieval terms the IRRS has - "outings".... and the best, a talk is called "giving a paper"!
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