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  1. Garfield
    There sure is, but it's a fly-past as opposed to an air show: http://www.flightfest.ie/ Some tasty stuff participating, including a B-17 Flying Fortress, F-86 Sabre, Hawker Hunter, and restored Air Corps Chipmunks. Unfortunately, previously listed aircraft like the Avro Vulcan, Spitfire and A380 appear to have cancelled.
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    Looks good so far... another thread to keep a close eye on!
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    And then the Irish Times publishes this on Friday: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/french-operator-looks-to-irish-rail-to-make-savings-and-improve-reliability-1.1509990 'French operator looks to Irish Rail to make savings and improve reliability' (A flawed exercise if you ask me...)
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    Doubt Stobart's marketing team would decide to use 'Union Jack' colours here. I reckon they would go green, like the road fleet, which would also avoid clashing with Translink's blue liveries. If they also ditched that stupid '...the Engine' name thing, all the better. Ah, pipe dreams...
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    Been following this with interest on the blog... superb!
  6. Garfield
    As Warbonnet pointed out, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway used the 5ft 3in gauge. More recently, there would have been a length or two of 5ft 3in gauge track at the Siemens plant in Leipzig to accommodate the 8100 Dart refurb...
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    Spoil wagons... used in the construction of a road (M1? Can't remember right now...). Rakes of them were topped and tailed by WT class dream locos (Jeeps), which by that stage were the last steam engines in use on any mainline in the UK or Ireland. I'm guessing they had already fulfilled their original purpose by the time the photo was taken, hence 'retain' being painted on the side of the three in that photo.
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    Heard that the 18.05 Belfast-Dublin service on Thursday was delayed... due to a failed speedometer.
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    And if they stop running, say it's to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Lockout!
  10. Garfield
    Lovely loco, Richie, but unfortunately that's not the C&L loco. It's a GNR tank.
  11. Garfield
    I can hear knives being sharpened in Westmeath! Would love to see more photos of your Mk1 genny if you have some, FL
  12. Garfield
    I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but... fantastic work! Lovely atmospheric photographs, too!
  13. Garfield
    That looks tasty! Excellent work.
  14. Garfield
    That's one hell of a video! Thanks for posting.
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    Gaa

    Garfield replied to 201bhoy's topic in Letting off Steam

    How's a band going to stop them?
  16. Garfield
    Are you sure you're not confusing that pic with the photo he posted of the tank loco getting its tubes washed out in Broadstone?
  17. Garfield
    Ah, but CMEs don't count in this thread...
  18. Garfield
    That looks more like Inchicore to me, Fran!
  19. Garfield
    The journalist and Eurovision songwriter John Waters was a clerk at Castlerea station.
  20. Garfield
    Movie shoot?
  21. Garfield
    The Shell Mex wagon at Dunsandle has identical plates, except someone attacked it with a sledgehammer at some point... http://m.flickr.com/photos/garfieldsghost/5278053247/lightbox/
  22. Garfield
    That's a great pic, Dave... love it!
  23. Garfield
    I don't know... it all depends on whether or not they paint the Death Star UTA green!
  24. Garfield
    That's the Dunsandle engine...
  25. Garfield
    Great news! Union Pacific have announced they've taken back ownership of Big Boy 4014 and intend to return it to steam within the next five years: http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/mechanical/locomotives/up-a-return-to-steam-for-big-boy-4014.html
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