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The GSWR van is a nice van. Richie did a nice sequence of shots on it over its lifetime if I recall correctly. I'll check later and if not I'll delete this sentence as irrelevant. I don't know how much butchery you want to do to the body itself to make a platypus into a duck and I'm not even concerned with length just the general proportions. The GSWR obviously has 5 panels and a much shorter open section and the toad would benefit from a cut & shut of the 'open' end with the addition of a panel added to the closed end before windowing etc. If the vertical stanchion and door can be cut out as one piece without interfering with the bulkhead, and the units placed the opposite sides of the van it'll give you a nice riveted replacement stanchion at the doors. A third toad would be really useful donor to keep the vertical framework and paneling the same. Two cents. Good luck!

I don't think that there are that (m)any choices still out there for rtr 21m track and points. The Murphy models diesels are very popular and not that easily converted to 21mm as I understand. Relative shortage of stock although fair play to IRM for keeping the option alive with their stock. I have thought about it but it seems to be more for those who love and are able to build with facility.

I suppose it barely meets the definition of a train in the sense of a convoy, etc but generally a train is something that is hauled, propelled or self-propelled on a railway, that last part being conspicuously absent in this case. Thinking about it, John's example probably meets the definition of a train, virtual rails and virtual couplings!

Hi Eamonn, I just stumbled upon your video on YouTube a few minutes ago, then saw your post. Wow! Rapid progress has been made and a little cracker it is too! Very nice! Good luck in the Rebel County. K

Fear not. Even if no rtf available, Leslie has almost everything as kits .... or so he keeps telling me. How big is that attic exactly?

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Did I say anything about brass?

We could hope for a J15 or 800 I suppose

Way better!

The 141/181/071 classes all had lights as describe but the earlier 121s are something of an enigma to me in this regard. There are photos of 121s in CIE grey & yellow as originally delivered with FOUR marker lights in traffic and even as they were unloaded non North wall. This is also seen on some 121 in B'n'T and Supertrain liveries while there are others that clearly have only three lights as the other GM classes do. Others 121s display the usual 2+1 arrangement during the Supertrain and certainly the IR era with IR line drawings showing only three markers like the other GM classes. LEDS cam later as discussed above. As Eamonn points out in his first post the addition of other non-standard larger square (usually red) lights higher on the cabs of 121 engines seemed haphazard and I'm guessing was applied during the 121 PP era probably (in lieu of oil lamps)

1967 CIE Rule 123: Engines employed exclusively in shunting at stations and yards must, after sunset or during fog or falling snow, carry one red and one white light, at the front and rear, one over each buffer.

There is nothing in the 1967 handbook. Looks like the actually revised the book after steam ended c. 1963. I don't have an older copy

Nice, shot, Noel!

They were not let rot away. They ensured they were scrapped rather than dong things by halves. If only the enthusiasm could be refocussed

Some nice videos on the site albeit a little grainy from the cameraphone or whatever

Survey completed

I don't understand this response. It doesn't do anything for the reputation of this site. It certainly wouldn't do any harm to have the reviews on the IRM website I would have thought. I get my New Irish Lines electronically as it serves me better in e-form and keeps their costs down

Excellent, Noel!

Maybe something newer coming onto the market and the older stuff belonging to those in the know is being dumped?

Might be worthwhile putting the method up here or a link to it, so the site doesn't not lose all these photos

Crazy!

That's really really well done, David! Superb!

Nice thing, Dave. Should clean up nicely. Where did you acquire it?

It would not pay (nor would the passengers) to have passenger traffic on the line. Most rail in the US is freight as that is what is profitable given the geography of the country (seemingly even at those speeds, no perishables, mind)

'Dutch' GSV. How will you restore it? Strip the (lead?) paint and redo or preserve the existing finish?