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Fantastic effort! Vote cast, Roy

Noel, if that sells don't repaint anything just stick them on eBay to offer to a collector Brand new at Marks for equivalent of Stg100, hard month to sell. He's looking for a Hunslet

You may have reached a sufficient tissue level of alcohol that embalming fluid would not be required. Of course, If you're opting for cremation, I'm standing a long way back.

Not sure about Shannon but the 141s are not making more than E110-E120 or its equivalent. Other liveries are going for even less than that. There are some on there for up to STG115 but they are still there. In the last few months I have purchased 187, 184, 171 (twice) all at less than Eur121, but I agree that if you chum the waters enough, someone will eventually bite. I realized that would likely be the case. It's not my thing but I have seen several rebuilds of the Class 80s on the fora so I thought someone might be interested

Class 80 MIR kit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221775627763?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I does appear that the final stage of closing the lid can be completed from the inside, ………… you just can't leave the screwdriver in the will!

Jim, it was your birthday, you're not dead (yet)! I suppose luck favors the prepared (with a set of instructions in hand)

THat's the second time in several days. It's still there but there may not be a third restock. If you really want it, I'd BIN!

Meanwhile back at the ranch...... http://time.com/3881656/russian-proton-m-rocket-fails/

Nice loco, didn't know anything about her before you posted. Seems like the prototype was pretty powerful for an engine designed in the 60s but just too heavy for BRs requirements.

Not to mention Pink at 0:45,………….. and she started from about 5 inches higher than the men Disclaimer: 18, L, viewer discretion advised after 1:00m (language)

Post a photo of the new baby?

Aren't we all getting closer to getting the old age pension?…………. no, wait! I'm under no illusions that there will none when some of us get there. It's 'retirement', Jim, but not as we know it. Happy Birthday, Jim! :disco::cheers:

Any photos? ……. (if I promise not to criticize the white balancing etc.)

I was thinking of using Code 82 due to easier availability and I suspect the difference scale wise between Code 75 and Code 82 must be minimal, not sure if the rail, chairs etc. is the same on these or not?

Ouch!, that's gotta hurt, although marginally better to be run over by a restrained crowd than the Dart, I suspect MIND THE GAP!

Photo of the Dingham coupler flipping to the uncouple position when the track magnet is energized From Dingham website here http://www.dingham.co.uk/how_it_works4.htm

I often wondered what they were for and need to file that away because I'll never find you post in this thread when I forget again. Thanks!

I know it's hard to standardize the lighting or control the weather, Noel, but the photos cannot be fairly compared with the first in shade and the face of the second loco in 'bright' sunshine from the top right of the photo. These could easily be the same shade of yellow given the very obvious dissimilarity in the grey shades alone. Didn't even know there were different shades of yellow on the front of the grey 071s but hard to appreciate that from these shots, although latter definitely lighter

THanks for that, Tom. Never even noticed so maybe with Noel on this one. Lovely model, may take a wire cutters to the handles;) Incidentally, why were they removed? H&S wouldn't allow anyone to climb higher than three feet hence no longer required?

Can you explain which grab irons should not be there? They are a little more expensive and I suspect probably approaching a price that not every modeler will pay for unless its your modeling era...

No, she's a little beauty alright. Actually I got 7071 only because I got 0078 the other day (as if that made any sense, but anyway…). I know you love the baby GMs but I was running my new 0078 the other night and she a lovely runner too, comparable I would say and I have not got her on DCC yet! I probably wouldn't buy a 141 right now (only because I finally completed my collection with the final recent acquisition of 187) but I say that and I'm pretty sure that I actually would. I have most of the 071s (on the way) now after the Marks sale and may give the pocketbook a rest for a while. No 201s but a single LIMA River Flesk (which I purchased for sentimental reasons). When I ran her it immediately reminded me of the sound of old ringfield motors in train sets as a child and reminded me how far these models have come mechanically. I daren't bring up aesthetics here

Ha! So much for CIE B'n'T.......... (but actually I bought her too and she's on the way)

Certainly raises some security concerns also. I noticed on other threads that several episodes of arson or vandalism allegedly occurred in the Dublin main stations in particular over the years. Obviously this poor man was not a threat but the fact that he was left there certainly demonstrates a potentially severe deficiency in securing the safety of both passengers and equipment.

Amtrak's Northeastern Regional train derailed on Tuesday evening killing 8 and injuring about 200 people. The electric train was doing 102mph on a curve with a speed restriction of 50mph and 80 mph on the approach and accelerated from 70mph to 106mph in the minute prior to derailment, being braked back to 102mph just before impact according to the trains data recorders. The driver survived with a relatively minor head injury and has retrograde amnesia and doesn't recall the events just prior to the accident. To complicate matters further, Amtrak was supposed to install a train control system, to limit speeds similar to a CAWS system on IR (feel free to contribute/correct the information if that is incorrect from a technical standpoint).