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Yes, I do like that 20 footers myself

Really beautiful job, Eoin! Shame it's not a mould and we could all have one. lol I'm sure it's going to a good home. Envious of the recipient!! Lovely job!

Surely you'd be better off outside Marks collecting a few bob towards the loco and if you really make a nuisance of yourself they might pay you to "P*** off", loco in hand?

I couldn't really think of a good reason why I had been banned and since I didn't really know about FB site, after rebooting my router, using several different browsers etc. I had to email a member in NZ to see what was going on. So the site was down for a week? (It's taken me about three hours to write this post due to the delirium and the shakes.... )

I had assumed that the loads would be removable so that the ferts could be run empty but of course I had forgotten about the center bars. In regards to the loads themselves there must obviously be a single pallet and a double height. Looking at old pictures these were never stacked more than three high in the yards before loading but I doubt that the plastic loads themselves would stack easily on one another unless a single were glued on top of a double. A pretty realistic yard would be made with a number of singles and possibly more doubles with Hyster forklift stuck in the mix. Not trying to nitpick but the IRM boys have made the palletized load too good. The detail of the individual bags is excellent but when the loads were shrink wrapped this obscures a lot of this detail as you can see in Noels photos above. If I had an option I'd prefer the load model to retain printing detail on the individual bags. If available as an option (like additional Bell, B&I or CIE containers etc) it would be nice to have a different print option for Goulding or Albatross

Sorry about that Ernie. I Just posted the link. Great photo

They'd got nicely behind an A, BnT not yet in Supertrain in 1974 or if I recall you have a BnT141 equally good The albatros yellow bagged fertilzer seems to have been bagged in clear pallet bags initially but a white cover with Albatross logo later on

From Mr Dean in case you're not aware of this Flickr album

As long as those graffiti freaks don't show up

Not to hi-jack your cattle van thread Leslie but John Mayne did a nice MGWR horse box in metal a few years back I have the book but had forgotten about that picture. Several others have been posted up on the site in the past often mixed with cattle boxes but obviously the latter would have predominated Great info , John. I suppose you could also convert one to PW van

Ah yes working your way quickly into the mother in law's heart by showering her with 'gifts'

Leaving out the 'rear' (bonnet-side) cabs windows would be a major omission (don't worry). Some of the horizontal ones were blanked out in later years on 131 & 134 (at least) so it's likely you're seeing the sample for that. 134 in IE is due in Oct 2109. Grey, BnT, Supertrain IR all had those windows present. https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/5768419772/in/album-72157677789896957/

Incidentally what language is the graffiti in?

Unfortunately this really isn't seen as crime by many including the Gardaí and courts. I wonder why we discourage gricers from 'benign' trespassing when this reckless destruction occurs (rhetorical)? Interesting to see them continue with people in the trains looking on without apparently doing anything. When was the last time one of these idiots was run over (we can only hope, I suppose)?

.... under the 'fakes' section (just for clarity)

Nice one, Tony. Enjoyed that trip back in time.

Not a bad likeness but missing some detail especially for O gauge

Thanks for posting that @DERAILED. Maybe so but we should applaud some efforts at remembrance/restoration all the same. All too soon, few will remember the line first hand at all. From another source, I understand that there were some questions about reopening the line (maybe as far as Bandon, I'm not entirely sure) in recent years. The are about 130 land/property owner that now partially occupy some of the former trackbed and even viaducts. Monetarily this would have been a nightmare to agree on anything let alone the 'compensation' required to facilitate something like that. Then there would the problem of the City South Link Road having been built on the trackbed of the former CBSCR. It would have been interesting to see a LUAS style tramway on the initial section to Albert Quay!

I already counted on this being in next year's budget 6-9 months will be a year before it's done realistically. PM sent @Mayner

Very interesting thread indeed. Thanks @heirflick. So regarding the color of the signal themselves does this sound correct? Initially home signals were Red-White Red (RWR) (from post outwards). Distants were chevroned Yellow-Black-Yellow (YBY). When paint was replaced by reflective surfaces, was this a paint or plastic and was the red replaced by Orange at that point (OWO) or did it remain RWR? Was the Orange a replacement color or did the original red paint or reflective material fade (sorry to revive memories of debates on shades of orange and weathering again) ? At what point did the signal become 'tipped' in Red (OWR) Apologies in advance for the alphabet soup

Such an oddity so different from the standard BR version in all these respects would surely be an essential component for anyone modeling 60s and 70s era especially if there an array of appropriate traction about to be released ....

Not ideal as you'd have to add the solid portions by hand but just in case you don't find an alternative? Bachmann 44-562 - 5 x Model Plastic Metal Fencing Grey 00 Gauge

I don't 'need' them (but that doesn't mean I wouldn't be buying one of each especially BnT )

Actually I need the bonnet end for the shed so if you need the cab that'll work out ... The grey livery frequently ran singly as did the BnT. In later years with more need for faster acceleration and train speeds or on freight they were equipped for multiple running and paired to each other or the 141s which always looked odd because of the height mismatch (love it!)...... and I'lll still be getting both of course

I'm not sure if it would be Alphagrafix which I believe does a lot of Irish outline in card and does not have a website but has a catalogue. They advertise in Railway Magazine. Contact address: 23 Darris Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7QY, UK