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  1. GSR 800
    Very handsome model! Excellent work all around.
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    I'd be inclined to align quite closely, Mol! Midland represent! I think I'd go with a G2 myself, though as rebuilt. I think the crews would thank me! Regarded as the 'best' MGWR locomotives, they are surely the most fit to represent the company in preservation.
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    Might have said something else too.
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    @Mayner has mentioned similar before as a proposal under the GSR. MGWR trains would've run to Kingsbridge instead of Westland Row. The impact of this would be quite interesting, depending on where the line departed. One wonders if it would have prevented the changeover of Western services to the GSWR route to Athlone in the 70s
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    D301 Class

    GSR 800 replied to ger711's question in Questions & Answers

    I wonder if Southern influence had anything to do with it. Bulleid was only a few years from joining, and Maunsell and Holcroft had worked closely with Inchicore in improving the 400s, and it's thought the 800s were likewise influenced by Maunsell, who visited Inchicore several times after retiring (in 1937).
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    Website still says international shipping is offered, may not be up to date, though.
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    Very strange indeed, considering they shipped to me last year.
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    Light Railway Stores do excellent custom etching, everything from name, number and works plates to headboards
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    Looks like Olympic's and later Britannic's slipway. Titanic's had the same ofc. AFAIK there were small carts and flatbed wagons used (unsure of motive power) to bring material, steel beams, etc wherever they need to go, to be picked up by the gantry crane and lifted into position. You can just see them far left under the hull right next to the ramp.
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    Wonderful work as always, Killian!
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    I've little sympathy for their plight. Disused railways that are very unlikely to ever see service again, fair enough. Achill, Clifden, etc. Significant link lines and main lines turned into greenways is just absolute madness.
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    Daft idea anyway, Irish Rail has even said they'll be happy to accommodate the cycleway if it doesn't impede the ability to run trains. Can't wait until they set their eyes upon the Mullingar-Athlone stretch for reopening.
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    Would certainly be cheaper. Often they've an edge knocked off them, are broken in two, with the odd one dislodged or even missing!
  14. GSR 800
    Another win for border parcel motel..
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    https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/lx035-oo-laser-cut-concrete-lineside-trunking-oo4mm176-516-p.asp?srsltid=AfmBOoq6c0fwER-a_pVYcOJeMD8le6uyFaUhF2bCaXleZMVw6IKGz7S4
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    AFAIK plan is indeed for Drogheda to become the depot for the Dart + and for Connolly to take its place with the 29s. Maybe Limerick will get some of them too.
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    the white band on the coaches looks thick as all hell
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    joshs workbench

    GSR 800 replied to josh_'s topic in Workbench

    almost certainly in the two inner holes yes, though they should be sprung.
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    joshs workbench

    GSR 800 replied to josh_'s topic in Workbench

    motor wont work without them, they carry current through
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    joshs workbench

    GSR 800 replied to josh_'s topic in Workbench

    They're the motor's brushes. They should be sprung, though idk if pancake motors achieved it via regular springs or a type of plate?
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    What's to become of Plunkett once the new station opens? Hopefully not left to rot like half of Mullingar?
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    CIE 1950s train

    GSR 800 replied to GSR 800's topic in Workbench

    It would certainly explain pretty newly painted coaches of similar looking various shades against each other in the early 1950s, and the various shades often seen. Harty has had a shocking time of it all, Bredin getting all the spotlight!
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    I considered commissioning it; indeed, I may do so if there's enough interest. However, if I were to do so, it'd be after the A class. Slight update while I'm at it, smokebox door detail painted.
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    A parcel arrived this morning, got to work once I got home! Woolwich parked next to Maedbh with Killian's new 3d printed smokebox door and wheel. Brass handrail and dogs fitted also. No doubt the dogs will blend in when painted.
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    They must've been drunk.
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