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Another interesting one here dealing with safety of pw gangs during BR era.

Came across this from the old British Railways educational films, sound quality poor but very interesting demonstration of how they maintained jointed track for safe running. [video=youtube;S5O5S-faOds]

Thanks for posting K, great photos, my fav is Lime Street, absolutely amazing.

203 River Corrib taking a run with the MK III Push/pull set today.

Sorry to hear this Eamonn, the deeps is one of my favourite layouts ever.

Brilliant looking train Kirley, love those old dmu's.

Thanks John and most informative and interesting points there. I remember 121 operated push pulls on Sunday services on the Rosslare line back in the early 90s and they did often struggle on that route. I also remember one absolutely flying down the Rathdrum Bank. Interesting use of limited resources at the time and they made do with what they had. A far cry from the I.E. scene today with one of the most modern train fleets in Europe.

That could well be the case? Some EU regulations may have came into force following the serious crash at Polmont, Scotland in the mid 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polmont_rail_accident

I had to do a botched repair on a buffer on my MK III DVT/Control Car. Got me thinking about these very unique vehicles and the great skill and ingenuity of the Inchicore workforce in adapting them for service as push/pull trains. In his book 'Irish Railway Rambler', Michael McMahon observes that five of these were built as 'Driving Brake Generator Second Class', better known as Control Cars. They had full width cabs with underfloor Cummins generators for on-board train services. Also a novel idea to have power generated underneath the coach (akin to practice in the USA), then I got to thinking, imagine if they had converted more of them up to full speed standard to work with push/pull fitted 071s! It would have made for some interesting sights and sounds and cut out the need for running around at the likes of Hueston and Kent stations on the top link workings. Initally the push/pulls were probably underpowered with the single 121 (still a great idea and lovely comfortable trains), from the mid 90s they got superpower in the shape of the 201s. Has any of these wonderful vehicles been preserved?

Attention to detail and the realism of the details are absolutely amazing.

Lovely train of mixed wagons and the bo bo in the b&w livery. Great job on the pw, it looks very realistic.

Lovely running there Paddy, you have done a great job with the electrics and point work.

Top work as usual Eamonn and I love that C in the background.

Thanks for that little tip Eamonn...will do.

Picked up GM 203 today at Stillorgan, a fine looking loco and a welcome addition to my small fleet of locos. Thanks again to big Dave.

Thanks for posting, it is a great video and advertisement for a rail freight revival in Ireland.

Came across this incident and apologies to those who have seen it before, collision between a Royal Mail postal service hauled by a GM Cl 67 and a coal train hauled by a Cl 60. Bit of a spectacular and expensive i'd reckon.

Superb modellers in that club, thanks for posting Dave.

Great looking layout Gerry, looking foward to the show.

Thanks Noel great demo and advice. My track is an absolute disaster area and my ballasting skills are very poor. I find it a challenge to try get the track level and the curves so that they don't derail a train, I'm not able to cut track neatly and I have old hornby stuff and running on budget. A 141 and 2 cravens made 3 laps of the single line last night and stayed on the road, and I thought that was an achievement! when one has overcome the challenge of laying consistent track the correct application of ballasting makes the scene so complete. There are some great examples by modellers on here and well done Noel for the tips.

A risky type of exercise which is not to be recommended!

lovely work Patrick

Nice bit of shunting in this clip with a little 'bump' at end.

A little bit more info on the Australian Metroviks here lads. https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=WAGR%20X%20class http://www.railpage.com.au/locos/x-class-diesel-wa

Came across this and thought it may interest some members. A preserved Crossley in Austrailia and strongly related to our own beloved As. I'm not sure but assuming that this is the original Crossley beat, or was this class also re-engined?