Junctionmad

Good to see the 201 class back hauling a decent rake of mk3s. It's what they were bought to do. Whatever the livery

If anyone cones across any cie early 07 series photos , perhaps you could post links or pm me Thanks everyone

thanks , failing everything I hope to have a bash at that tamper as a scratch built, probably etched brass and some 3D printed stuff, its a long term project, photos of early ( 1975+->) ice tampers are rare to non existent

thanks , still doesnt seem to throw up specific CIE pictures, hard to determine the differences between the CIE and the NR 07s , I remember that the early 07s didnt have the roof covering the centre which laters ones have my search continues

This is a medium term scratch build project. I was wondering if the NR 07 series tamper at BCDR in NR , is the same as the 07 cie tampers brought into use in the mid 70s Ive done a image search but can find very few pictures of the cie 07 serirs

Of course modern carriages sets have far more incompatibilities then just couplings. incompatible AC , heating , door controls , train announcements , train information. Systems etc. Essentially unless you are prepared to strand your carriage design on a particular technical epoch , you are going to have issues with forwards compatibility in particular.

The GWR round post , was very common after grouping and was very similar to more modern Irish railways semaphore. Who was the supplier to cie of semaphore bits ?

Stay away from lead-free solder , it's far harder to use, requires cleaner joints and higher temperatures. Get a roll of conventional roisin cored leaded solder for basic electrical work. Lead free is only needed for commercial products. For brass , I would highly recommend Carrs products, and their 170 degree solder. Electrical solder melts at around 220 degrees and in my experience requires a 50w iron to provide sufficient heat when used on brass . the flux is key to good soldering. The iron you got , would be aimed at simple electrical work. If you find you are using an iron a lot. Consider upgrading to a 50w temperature controlled one.

Excellent , I love the under frame detail , well done

Keep one for me des

I was thinking of a scratch built 07 tamper model, and building in a track cleaner, but they are very complex to model , anyone know of any general arrangement drawings. I emailed Plasser , but not a dickey bird

given the injunction against places like pirate bay, Id suggest the ECJ ruling is quite a landmark decision. in fact fortune magazine stated "That could have huge implications for sites that don’t host pirated music and videos themselves, but direct people to sites that do. It could also have an impact on the future business of search engines such as Google" The situation in the US was always less restrictive then Europe, but this decision has significant ramifications for european legislatures The big advantage is that people with blogs and forums and what like now have reasonable legal cover that links in themselves are not copies of the original material but anyway , i posted it as a mere interesting piece that I read over lunch in the IT , thats all

I personally have not found a method that is both strong and invisible

thanks , I shall follow that up

lovely lining, whats your technique

really nice pictures Its great to see pic from the pre-digital age, film was expensive Ive just found around 200 pics of waterford station , particularly signalling , from my survey in 1982/83 . The are rather badly exposed , so I'm trying to work out how to scan them successfully

The issue tends to be that in many cases . the original material is on a web site where copyright info is not obvious , nor does the poster of the picture repond to any request. IN the past , the originator of the material could then request removal of a link or the status of that link was unclear. what that judgement says is that a link is not a copy and therefore no copyright is infringed and the material can only be removed if the original linked to material is itself removed . its protects both the website with the link and the poster that posted the link. Its not a catch all , but its helps clarify a situation where links where claimed as copyright infringements, It also supports the view that material posted on the Internet is placed in the public domain, which is good thing for net freedom IN regards to any other situation thats entirely different, the ruling is not a carte blanche to infringe copy protection However I do usually find that people think copyright offers complete protection from uncontrolled use of the material , this is of course not the case , there is the concept of fair use etc anyway, my post was merely to bring attention to posters that might feel , unacknowledged linking was a breach of copyright law. the ECJ essentially says a link is not a copy

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/web-log-linking-not-same-as-uploading-copyrighted-material-1.2608920

Good news for posters and bloggers. It's entirely legal to link and therefore display material already published elsewhere on the net. This removes a gray area where copyright holders could potentially claim links were breaches and request material be removed. This does not extend to hosting the material independently of course Good news for forum posters , bloggers and all online junkies around Europe Also clarified the position re pirates bay etc

Not to get too current but taking the luas drivers , it's hard to see the sense in your last line " ie minimum wage ). Arguably a private operator migh have to pay more then the state ones

We need a comprehensive tomb on freight in my view

nice unit. I have the same grit blaster and need to make a sand blast cabinet . I was thinking of MDF and a perspex top ?

interesting, I thought from my memory the other tracks/platform were not removed till later then 1981

Just a comment, the gradient transitioning from top level to bottom level occurs over what looks like 2'6", if thats correct and I apologise if Im missing something here, thats way to steep a gradient to be practical. IN reality 1:50 is about what can be handled by reasonable train lengths in model terms. With 75mm clearance , that 3.75 meters or the best part of 10 feet. Its even worse if you have curves on the gradient. its doable in 8 feet with transition curves and diesel only stock

Irish railway profitably was always a touch and go thing. Even In the very short heyday of pre ww1, after ww1 , the civil war , the encroachment of private cars , buses and trucks , meant Irish railways were not self financing , even if technically in profit , or at least solvent. Solvency being somewhat irelevsnt , given the asset rich, cash poor nature of railways.