"The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, "'It is done!'"
Seriously, lads... watch yer backs!
O gauge NCC Jinty: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Darstaed-Jinty-NCC-Black-Irish-Railways-MINT-O-B-ACE-HORNBY-BASSETT-LOWKE-/300827609801?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item460ab90ac9#ht_870wt_1037
I don't think anything is as bad as the 29ks... would take the Jap units over them any day!
Agree with you about the ICRs - best of the bunch to travel on.
I wasn't hiding at Raheny... myself and Richie had Dave's head wrecked with cardboard models and plans strewn across his stand. You must've been in the jacks...
"All you drivers are the same - all smiles and 'yer a grand lad' - but I've been stuck in this twilight zone for 50 years and now I'm really pi**ed off!"
DB have a fleet of Soviet-built locos in the Class 230 series, nicknamed 'Ludmillas'... seriously powerful pieces of kit, built for heavy freight work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_Class_130_family
I think a lot of them have been re-engined over time.