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The blue strips appear to be some kind of tape, possibly used to hold the ‘Bulk Cement’ stencil in place while the paint was applied.

For those curious about what a freshly outshopped orange bubble looked like, here's one of the photos we used as a reference point. Thanks to Barry Carse for providing his photo for research purposes, and for allowing us to post it here now.

That's what I'm referring to.

No need, though. The decals get weathered along with the rest of the wagon when the weathering paints/powders, etc. are being applied. And it's a straightforward process to distress them if desired...

There’s more than that.

Wrong thread for this really as they’re not 121 class locos but Dave Bracken (@wrenneire) may be able to assist you.

J26, JB! Yer slippin' up!

Like a G scale Turfburner...

Jaysus, George... my eyes! A man could do with getting advance warning so he can avert his gaze!

And long may it remain there.

Yep, I have the file on Sambo - well, the brief memo on Sambo - in here. Somewhere.

I’m almost certain there’s a photo of G601 in derelict condition wearing Black and Tan at Inchicore back in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s in one of the Traction & Travel books. Won’t get to check until tomorrow, though.

HI David, The thread Eoin links to will hold the answer, but to summarise: G601-G603 (the initial batch, different cab window arrangement and bonnet length, no vacuum brakes) initially wore silver with red buffer beams and black(?) numerals. They later wore green and ended up in Black and Tan. Not sure if they wore the black and white livery, but @jhb171achill may be able to confirm. The second batch of Gs were delivered in green but were repainted before entering service(!!!), so the livery on the green G at Downpatrick, while not quite fictional, was never observed in service. When they were retired, some wore black and white while others wore Black and Tan. I should have research material at the office which should contain further info. I’ll have a look tomorrow if I have time.

It was great catching up with you, Leslie! Despite its size, Warley almost felt like a local show with all the familiar faces we bumped into over the weekend. Looking forward to next year already!

We were interviewed by Andy York of BRM/RMweb this weekend at the Warley show:

The latest edition of British Railway Modelling, hot off the presses at Warley:

Was just making sure. Improved safety isn't something that would commonly be considered silly or wasteful.

There's good reason for this. Modern bufferstops at stations like Connolly and Heuston are of the friction type, with metal clamps placed at set intervals behind them and the effect of the friction of multiple clamps lessens the speed of runaways - hence the need for space behind the buffers. Repeated 'whacking' of the buffers would obviously shift their position and lessen the effectiveness of this system if it were ever needed.

Here's the BR commonwealth: And here's the CIÉ version:

Just to clarify re. the Commonwealth bogies, CIÉ used a 'lightweight' pattern for coaching stock which differed visually from the pattern used by BR. I understand @Weshty at Studio Scale Models is working on this bogie...

Tasty. Very, very tasty!

Joking aside, there's a lot to be said for a K2 class 2-6-0...

Who said anything about Metrovicks?

Even the folks at the factory know there are more interesting things to be measured up the yard...

With a long lie-in, mostly!