jhb171achill

"Red Bull" probably wouldn't suit them, but black'n'tan would..... UTA green, anyone?

"Bring back the black'n'tans"! ...has a very different resonance today than it did fifty years ago! I totally agree with the modern incarnation - that livery was half a century ahead of its time....... It would suit a 29, a DD, a Dart or a Mk 4 equally well.....

Interesting..... have to say I never liked the lime green and navy.... Maybe this will spread to the 26 and 28 class too?

All over green? Like the experimental one-end of an old Mk II coach? Is Inchicore going back to its roots? Grey locomotives and green carriages......! Flying Snails next..... Or GSR maroon?

"........Rails Through The West has been a huge inspiration and resource and I am eagerly waiting a follow up......" "Rails Through North Kerry" should be on the shelves in late autumn, in time to come to the attention of Mr. S Claus... It will tell the story in colour of that line, plus Castleisland, Fenit, Foynes, Croom branch and Castlemungret.

And a good idea that will doubtless be, weshty!

I have to say I always thought they were brutally ugly things too, but a sighting of one was always of interest to those of us who didn't live down in Cork or Waterford!

Absolutely stunning stuff as usual!

The 121s wouldn't have been silver, folks -just as a detail- they were delivered in grey (not unlike current 071 grey, though a shade lighter, and yellow).... The silver was on the A, B101 and C classes, as well as the first trio of G (601) and first batch of E respectively.....

As a former financial volunteer for both the RPSI and DCDR I would thoroughly endorse Leslie's post, and the efforts of the "Syndicate". I would thoroughly recommend to all here to support their sales activities, wherever you see them! And, yes, they do have an amazing selection......

s u p e r b !!!!!!!

Wow factor at Ballykay - yet again!

When will we as a society learn to just cull these people.... Worthless rubbish that they are....

Indeed.... jhb171 senior drove a 1951 Ford Prefect from new until about 1965...

Excellent work as always, Nelson.

It just shows the occasional one-off, sometimes even very temporary, livery variations which have cropped up over the years. A single solitary GSR loco, for example, had "G. S. R." (complete with full stops) in very light grey or white on its otherwise blank grey tank sides for a while in the 1920s or 30s.... (I'd need to check which one!)

Looks like the Germans arrived in No. 90!

Mr Flick, it's good to know there's a fellow martyr out there.

Aaaaargh. I'm not allowed cakes by the doc..... no cake, no choc, no sweets, no bikkies, no desserts, no sugar, no fun....... So I have little choice but to resort to Guinness. Life really is hard.

Heirflick, you'd be the first in a procession; I'm not sure how many long-term spare rooms ttc has!

Hope the DT's gets 'im bud.....

All sorts of bulletin boards occasionally have posts to which people react on how they would deal with the matter in hand. Some would slaughter culprits en masse, in as unprintable a way possible, others would witter on about their rights to be treated as human beings, their unfortunate circumstances, and how we should all give everyone respect and a chance. Twice in the last few days I have seen (in one case two, in another case four or five) drug-fuelled, mobile-twitching gentlemen travelling on the Red Line. To describe them as scum, pond life or bottom feeders would do a great, or even actionable, disservice to small bodies of water and films on their surfaces. Naturally, they were so engrossed in their texting (to find their next hit?) that they appeared to inadvertently forget to pay a fare. The group of 4 or 5 were ejected by the bouncers at Smithfield; the other two were left alone as there were no bouncers on that service. Can we ban them from owning mobiles or using public transport? No, they have rights. In banning them from transport, can we prevent them from leaving their own street? No; they have rights. With regard to the two extremes of opinion mentioned in the first sentence, I'm with the first lot. A permanent ban from all posting boards for me would follow even an outline of what I feel is an appropriate way to deal with such citizens...... Rant over....

Four of those vehicles were converted to passenger brake vans about 1969. One was numbered 2177, I seem to recall. So use on a non-mail passenger train is legit for a black'n'tan one 1969-73 or so.

The GSWR trespass looks authentic too, though numerous duds of this type are found round the place, often with letters of older and more obscure railway companies.

I'm sure it would be great to travel from Amiens street to Cork on the Great Western Railway.....