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    Hopefully he can now devote himself to a re-run of the Atlantean Ds in navy/cream Tbh received two of these in tans from Derek ( incl. Ringaskiddy) but would love some navy cream especially with Cork routes from schooldays. No 8 or even No5 would be an instant purchase
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    It would have had a strong freight service to ferry the roads back and forth to the east side of the island for storage in inclement weather, transporting the impermanent way so to speak. A ‘lifting train’ would have been necessary of course
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    Poetry? Live steam(ed), I’d say
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    Seems like these always pop up when someone in the know is offloading to make way for newer stock. Rails has never been particularly cheap with used stock either , that’s about $320 at the moment
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    I konw I know the photo you’re referring to, the color scheme seeming quite out of place with any other opens or flats even as a PWD
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    It’s actually quite shocking how underutilized Irish railways are
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    Can anyone shed some light on the nomenclature used by CIE for freight wagons? What does LB mean (actually say LP on that photo, typo I'm sure) And why a H-van? etc.
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    I bought a substantial number of As based on the variety of liveries making a rerun unlikely in the near term. Unlikely to buy another and would keep further funds for better variety in the forms of B class, the long-lived early CIE stock, early rail cars or a steam locomotive(s)
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    Sure, you never know what would have been tacked onto the back of a Belfast-Cork Enterprise
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    Can anyone GSR era identify the vehicles here, Ford Model 78? well before my time for sure
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    Quite right Its inside the wall rather than outside which would have been flush to the asphalt Yes indeed this is the location I was thinking of but scahalane having modeled this area extensively is quite correct on the previous photo location
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    Are you able to date these for me? (year) Alright, you're 1/3 of a step ahead as I don't have the red Anglia lol It's outside of Kent Station on the south side, Horgan's Quay. Rails from Cork Yard extended over the Quay road to 2 or three sidings right one the waters edge. If you go to Google Earth, find Kent go south to the key there a big excavator sitting on the rails
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    It was the last one to bear the name Henry Ford & Son Ltd. rather than Ford Motor Corporation
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    Wonder if someone could identify as many of the cats from right to left. the Anglia is obvious but I’m not so no so good on Zephyrs, Zodiacs, Prefects and Mk 1 Consuls etc
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    That would be me! Nabbed the last one thanks to a heads up from some cat lover among the Canaries thanks
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    John, is there any coach or kit that is currently available that would work well with these, the original 60' kit intended to work with your overlays is OOS
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    Tornado Reloaded? …. Or would it need and electric motor?
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    The Magnesites are beautiful wagons, I already have two rakes
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    If I understood correctly there is rumor of a steam offering from IRM. This will tell you all you need to know about the future of modeling 21mm .
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    … and by kettles you mean steam powered locomotives, right?
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    Do you mean ACC-ura-scale versus a-CURE -a-scale? I had assumed the company was named for the accuracy of its models versus being a CURE for model manufacturing. The railway magazine hosts seem to favor the latter pronunciation
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    Hattons sent me my trunk items to USA last week with no charge. Probably needed the space
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    The earlier GSR bogie stock mostly had 57’ under frames on compartment and clerestory coaches except for a few unique coaches on the Rosslare boat train with 60’ and 66’ frames. Later coach production switched to 60’ which persisted into only a few early CIE era coaches after which 61’6 became the standard length for decades to follow. I’m a long way from any of my references books and I’ll try to post more detail when I can, but the vast majority of CIE coaching stock after c1953, PRs and laminates to follow were all on the Inchicore built 61’6” chassis
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    OK, OK,.... despite my earlier post regarding the lack of motive power for this era, I had forgotten how good the coaching stock from GSR look and yes I would obviously buy a rake or two if they were available. I'll be honest though, I'd be happier if IRM had taken a stab at these rather than Hattons. So the expectation would be a rake of various 4 and 6 wheel bogies sufficient to make the Cork-Rosslare Boat Train. I have a red-lined Black loco that has been sitting idle for a decade Actually Hattons could throw in a Pullman while they're at it
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    . poltergeist is actually just his eBay handle. You can find your stuff there
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