GSR 800

Might as well at this point

So seems like the first few PRs may have been in dark green? The image certainly appears to my eye to be dark green, though admittedly 1959 is quite late for what seems to be a full dark green rake! The dark green currently on 1944 seems very dark in good light, darker than Maedbh indoors.

Is this not the dark green?

"Bollocks, wrong platform!"

All I did this time was buy them and advise all to be silver! Great work from Tommy, quick postage too! Funnily enough, while I agree, I'm also interested in what CIE had in mind with the American streamliner inspiration. What they got was about the furthest thing from the 20th century Limited or the Hiawatha!

They did indeed, I'm considering adding it! Interestingly I came across a photo of staff at Mullingar unloading the down Galway Mail down at the 6 foot rather than onto the Galway platform, presumably to make transfer onto the Sligo quicker! No such thing would be allowed today, anyone between the platforms would be a full meltdown!

Maedbh makes a spirited departure with the Day Mail Latest addition to the train, one of the two IFM bogie TPOs Really wonderful models from Tommy, very impressed!

Looks like I'll need to be painting a few roofs green!

I use both Mid Brunswick and Racing Green, both of which I've found quite suitable and very similar. It often seemed to fade lighter on the locos, and its unlikely any got a repaint of green other than Maedbh after 1955, albeit without the snails (described as 'spruced up' but in poor mechanical condition during the period after dieselisation) It's interesting, it 'seems' like the dark green got purged rapidly from rolling stock from 1955, with very few colour images of them or photos of them with the lighter green coaches, bar the example shown above. This may simply be down to many of those coaches being retired in large numbers as the newer PRs, laminates, Bredin mk2s, came online.

2008, then Raspberry Ripple. Really dislike the original livery, especially on the 201s.

4 pin holes could mark the 16.5 and 21mm buffers

If she was in O gauge it'd be some laugh

And yet I've seen footage of single 121s absolutely flooring it on trains in the early 60s, including the Enterprise.

Going to get two for myself! An essential part of a layout like Mullingar from the 50s until the end of mail by rail.

Nearly 700 euro! Absolutely bonkers money

Looking fantastic Killian, truly A class job!

There are some truly wonderful railway/railroad focused youtubers, thinking primarily of the likes of Anthony Dawson, Jago Hazzard, Train of Thought, Railway Mania, High Iron, The Imagination Station, Distant Signal, Amtrakguy365, Boston and Maine Historical Society, Flying Scott, and Chadwick Model Railway to name just a few. There's also many channels that I can only watch on occasion (or actively avoid altogether) due to silly tropey nonsense and overexaggeration ad nauseum. The point made regarding echo chambers is certainly true, and when thats not the case theres often a salt mine of drama and shitslinging as a result, all unfolding on the platform! A useful aspect of video reviews is of course, being able to see (and hear) the model running, as well as seeing it on a layout. I nonetheless consume vast quantites of traditional print media for railways, locos, rolling stock, etc, whether real or in model form. Especially when researching its useful, and I like the tangibility of it, especially in an age where everything is becoming a subscription to extract as much value from the user as possible rather than allowing single purchase. To 'gauge' the issue regarding scale, I find myself consistently impressed with American outline manufacturers. It puzzles me that it seems to be more advanced there, whereas here in Europe housing is generally smaller and people have less space, surely N would be in higher demand! Do have to agree regarding kitbuilding/scratchbuilding though, 00/HO and indeed 0 scale seem to be the ideals for such, hats off to those 2mm finescale modellers!

It's called 'ragebait', bad reviews, angry rants, etc get the views. They're rewarded by the algorithm and so they continue to do it. I don't mind Sam's Trains for the most part, some of his antics are a bit childish but most of his reviews are fair enough. I think its important to have reviewers to help highlight some of the absolute nonsense some manufacturers try to get away with, and also bring light to some hidden gems, but often it turns into a trope of good and bad manufacturers. It's not limited to youtubers either, seems like many N gauge modellers are smarting over Kohlers comments regarding the scale compared to TT. I think N gauge is very much slept on recently, some of the newer models (Green Arrow) look as good as any TT scale model. American N scale (specifically steam) is coming in leaps and bounds with the likes of Broadway Limited Imports and Kato. I have a PRR T1 duplex in N scale and its probably one of my favourite models, excellent performer and comes with all the bells and whistles! A great deal more in a much smaller space.

The coolant leaking from the roof is giving me nightmares thinking about it, the smell must've been atrocious. The 29s have a problem with coolant leaking into the underfloor due to burst seals and overfilling, one of the reasons their floating floors have needed replacement, getting rotted from the bottom up. The smell is absolutely shocking. Significantly worse around the WCs, I'll leave that to the imagination...

Lovely work Mol!

Quite possible many could go over to oil firing too! Drivers tend to prefer railcars over locos these days, considered a great deal more reliable. We'll all be laughing when the FLIRTs come along, but until then its whatever will do!

the 29 will get you home at least

From Roger: Sorry to have been out of touch for a while, but I've been working on the 4mm scale artwork for the J18 and MGWR coaches and I think these are now ready to go to the etchers. It isn't just a case of reducing everything by 4/7ths - all the hole sizes and bending allowances have to be adjusted and the support tags increased in width. But it's all just about done now so I'll let you know when we get the delivery from the etchers.