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Well maybe actually out of stock now, I just hexed it didn't I? Still waste of a thread

It's a waste of time publicizing this as another member kindly informed that its available in store at STG170 DC kits I believe

No pressure, Eoin. Thanks for the update. Just didn't want to miss out.

Incidentally it must have been unusual to see two TPOs as opposed to a TPO and an adjacent luggage brake van 15.00 Cork - Dublin Heuston mail with two TPOs and passenger coach , 1989 https://www.flickr.com/photos/152343870@N07/27007784518/in/photolist-G7JqUX-dWH5WT-2g7pGZX-2g7pH5r-2gkPYUH-Q8PzsB-2hRQ8bd-oHYbdU-7eTrcU-9ujJnW-kuukAn-dHnJXx-DdRxvb-8nrYmi-EyDfZ6-eWSTkJ-9xFsRd-WKyVBY-nK4B47-H9zXpd-24cFmo7-25o55NT-2and6uS-2hFtuDg-CCXnAi-7GRxp2-bsonac/

Any update on the availability of the CW bogies? @murrayec

It's really coming along nicely now!

Lovely mix of containers @NIRCLASS80 and the MK2a with the rebuilt Dutch van

I hear you @jhb171achill. Should be more like this. I don't know if it the photograph, this appears yellow on almost black but usually was more of a grey or dark green maybe? EDIT: Another view, both would be 2972-8 series TPOs Still a decent model in the absence of anything else @Noel I must have a look at mine. I don't recall the red/white logos. ReEDIT: Yes, they're there but not as conspicuous as the model is moderately weathered.

Only about three years late to this thread but some nice photos of TPOs still in service in 1986 so I thought I'd post CIE TPO 2972-2978 (1958) 2973 on standard 61'6" post 1953 chassis with commonwealth bogies (10' 5.5" wide) ) CIE TPO 2979-2981series (1968) converted from 60' GSR coaching stock from 1935 and still on GSR bogies, Dublin (Connolly), 1986 (only 9' wide and no evidence of the redundant mail exchange doors) Offside of the 2972 series TPO (where the work happened, but note that it could exchange mail bags on BOTH sides the in use originally)

It's true, huskies can be a little more unpredictable than your average lap dog

Cowans Sheldon must have been a large supplier of cranes indeed. I noticed this larger 50T crane (1948) that was used on the Swedish railways which is not too dissimilar to the 30T CIE crane posted by Wrenneire above

Actually I had forgotten about this old photo of the crane at Cork yard suddenly without its boiler in 1960 but at least it has it middle match truck No. 99 in place. CIE grey I'd say

I don't know about the tram but here's a little about the Halmstad-Nässjö Järnvägar (HNJ) (between Malmo and Goteborg running generally towards Stockholm) History At the end of the 1860s, local stakeholders made the decision to connect Halmstad (which at that time lacked a railroad) with the then Southern pedestrian railway Malmö-Falköping. Jönköping was elected as the point of access and the company Halmstad-Jönköping Railway Company was formed. In 1872, the railway construction was finally able to get started. New end goal during work They started building the track from Halmstad and the east, but after about a year it was decided to change the course of the course and instead connect it to the main track in Nässjö. Construction did not go very fast and was hit early by financial problems. In 1877 the track was opened between Halmstad and Värnamo and in January 1880 also between Värnamo and Lindefors (current Hok). In December 1882 the entire line Halmstad-Nässjö was finally opened, but after only three years the company went bankrupt. However, it was reconstructed and resurrected as Halmstad-Nässjö Railways (HNJ).

It's from the Swedish system

Agree with Railer. The masses will never become interested in stock or eras that are not available to buy. Yes, some modelers will always create some amazing things but they will be unique to a layout or two for the most part. Availability brings its own market. Yes, please! Prototypically wide bodies that graced the broad gauges of Ireland, hard (not impossible) to recreate that from existing kit-bashes

Murray & McNeill's book on the GSWR lists 4 breakdown crane and 3 traveling cranes in June 1924 just before the first amalgamation of the major railways in the winter of that year but no more definite details For the Cork based GSWR 35T steam crane it can be seen here in 1987 with the additional match truck that didn't support the jib but allowed the correct spacing of the wagons (also a 1449 series laminate awaiting its fate in the yard behind)

So best info I have is that the GSWR ones were Carlisle built c. 1920 as 35T cranes and that one at Mallow was held at Mallow on its way from Cork to Buttevant to assist in the rail disaster of the August Bank Holiday weekend in 1980. Decaying in the yard for years it was placed on a plinth when the yard was converted to a car park and is still extant I believe

Great first post! @newman

I think this O' Dea photo (NLI on Flickr) is probably both GSWR cranes rebuilding the bridge in Cabra on the loop line (1930s). If recollection serves, it was the GSWR that build the line to link with the MGWR line and access the Irish sea or how many other cranes the GSR inherited from the MGWR, DSER etc. at grouping but both crane jibs appear identical. There is a suggestion that the Cowan Sheldon cranes date for the 1920s. Would the GSWR have acquired them that late just before the GSR amalgamation? I'll dig out the one from Mallow when I get a chance later and post a link later. EDIT: The steam crane at Mallow, looks to be the same crane to me Cowan Sheldon 1920. I believe that Westrail had it in Tuam for a while before it ended up in Mallow. I hope it is still in Mallow and Irish railway heritage hasn't gone to Hammond Lane for a song again? EDIT: there seems to be evidence of it still in existence in 2016/7-ish

I had the privilege of driving a 7-dog Alaskan husky sled team recently. The physical endurance of the dogs is incredible and they can cover at least 100 mile a days scooping up snow for quick drink on the canter. No yellow snow and brown is also a no-no especially if you're not one of the lead pair. Not exactly the Iditarod (1100 miles) but a superb experience with a steep learning curve on rough terrain. The Last Great Race https://iditarod.com

Most are either 1/43 or 1/50. Agree with Broithe I think 1/43

That's no good. You can't ski on that. What tundric steppe are you on? And don't sit too long in case the rocks get frozen

one of the most interesting things in Birr form the same era