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  1. Build it and they will come ..... I'd say more will become available if the new 141/181 has an inbuilt speaker and better access to the rather cramped previous edition
  2. I've ordered some but did anyone find any photos of them or the Tea
  3. Are there any photos of the Lyons tea on 42' flats. I've seen two on 20'? Any photos of these Harp containers?
  4. It’s hard to believe that there’s a market for an O gauge model from NI when relatively few RTR models have been released in OO. Nice model though I have no track to put it on
  5. Any reason that the keg loads in the Acc. EU site are not visible on the IRM site to buy with some forklifts? Stock In physically different locations?
  6. Not a fan, I think we got that part. Entitled to your opinion of course, guess you’ll have more money left over for more IRM products or to donate to the Ukraine where that bomb would be more useful right now
  7. Very nice! Wonder if there has been improved tooling for conversion to 21mm?
  8. The Hornby is code 100 and the conductive and insulated joiners above will join them. But Peco also does a code 75 track and if you need to mix them on the same layout, there are joiners that will Segway the two different height rails together. You might do this if (say) you had existing track you wanted not to waste and placed it in tunnels or on a ‘behind the backboard’ fiddle yard etc. but wanted to join it to Code 75 track that you had selected for use in the main viewing area as it looks a little better ( more prototypical height)
  9. Were they commonplace in Ireland in the 50s? Far fewer road vehicles then. Interested to know what was popular on Ireland’s road from a modeling perspective
  10. Finally got my order in with abebooks but tic-toc on this side of the world
  11. Although the quality has improved over yesterdecades, as a generalization, B&W from the 1950s has a lot better quality than many color shots from the 1970. If the garish blues or newer PW stock offends, best stay with the B&Ws? Hadn't realized that they Tara’s had the last 2 digits emboldened high on the side to ID the wagon
  12. I’ve also had this issue propelling the Bachmann RPSI green coaches run with A42 just because they were to hand and green and with the 42’ keg liner if I recall correctly when the A class is coupling to and propelling the rake. Same issue loco running under the wagon coupler and lifting the wagon which may run straight but propelling into a siding is a no-no. Once hooked the wagon cannot regain the rail even if the loco then hauls the rake as the vertical bar on the loco TLC is now within the circumference of the wagons TLC.
  13. Photo is 1992 or after as 181 was in CIE/IR transitional livery in 1991
  14. Not a scholar on the derivation Of Irish place names or anything but to be fair to the GSR, the term Bri Cualann was in usage by a Irish scholars of the time for several decades prior to this, the term Cuala being an ancient regional territory added to Bri in an attempt to counter the anglicization of local place names. Seemingly Bre, Bree or Brea can be traced back to at least the 13th century in state and church records so CIE’s bilingual place names may not have been too far off the rails after all
  15. Many happy returns to you and yours.
  16. The Global Shipping Program completely ruined eBay. It’s easier for the seller not to have to worry about shipping Internationally. They just ship it to a UK address and GSP then makes a huge markup sending it abroad. In addition eBay will charge VAT when the item is for export. GSP ‘handle’ the “import charges” and all that upon arrival at the destination country (there are none for US). Of course some sellers just set the shipping themselves as a little sweetener for the trouble of sending it abroad. ‘If you need it you can pay for it’
  17. You can get them from the usual secondary UK retailers for far less than than without the additional eBay charges. A46 available last time I enquired but that was a a few weeks back I suppose.
  18. It's the 4w TPO/Sorting Van that I'm having a hard time finding, mThe older type TPOs were in lined green for sure but the 2962 series vans should have been after the silver livery they had
  19. I was just wondering, Ken, if this is the same wagon at Cork in 1960, some differences but seems remarkably similar although I'm not a DSER aficionado
  20. The HLV and Hooded(LV) vans were in green for sure from photographs. The TPOs were rarer and I think yes but don't rely on that unless I revert having seen a photo. I think JB is saying all three types did but some within each type may have skipped a livery direct to BnT
  21. Someone is, certain member of this parish did very well on a sale of a MM 071 recently https://www.ebay.com/itm/133955138337?nma=true&si=efY1JuCzv24Yr1b%2Bm%2FQIZy%2BPSMk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
  22. Run up to Christmas, all our spouses are paying top dollar for our under the tree gifts, ……
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