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  1. minister_for_hardship
    GC I never did see. Blennerville opted for a sterile Thomas the Tank version of what formerly was there. The public treated it as a glorified fairground ride, a curiousity, even the most ardent enthusiast came away with a "meh" feeling about the whole enterprise. Apart from publicity photos with entrants of the Tralee Lovely Girls Festival hanging off of it, I don't recall it being promoted all that seriously.
  2. minister_for_hardship
    A railway attraction. Over commercialised? In Ireland? Are you serious? When I see Cultra being commercialised over the faux brewery tour that is the Guinness Storehouse then maybe.
  3. minister_for_hardship
    * Viva España...
  4. minister_for_hardship
    The "big snow" of '47 in model form.
  5. minister_for_hardship
    I'm guessing the cab was made in house as the stand was "Inchicore made throughout" It's odd that two builder for the other two isn't named, and building working large scale locos is a bit more than "amateur".
  6. minister_for_hardship
    I have it here. It opens with a satirical verse from Dublin Opinion; This year to come, Dear Dr Drumm You'll drive our cars for such a sum That nowadays some silly blighters Spend upon their petrol lighters
  7. minister_for_hardship
    90, at Fermoy/Mallow carried a similar shade as carried by 184, perhaps both were painted in or around the same time? The numberplate was not likely to be its GSWR original. 90 in Westrail service carried a blindingly bright Henry the Green Engine green with coat of arms on the side tanks which GSWR locos never carried.
  8. minister_for_hardship
    It would have to be a top brass photo opportunity shaking hands with politicos and ministers or "celebrity" puff piece these days... Bertie's young wan who writes bukes travels on IE scenic route and gets paid to put a positive spin on it.
  9. minister_for_hardship
    I've never heard that term being used as such. There is another Rocksavage on the coast near Clonakilty, I would be thinking someone who had connections to that locality, a country retreat perhaps, named the city area after it. Alternatively there were Earls of Rocksavage (A courtesy title of Marquesses of Cholmondeley) so may be named to honour or curry favour with them, and/or an attempt to put a respectable veneer on the area perhaps.
  10. minister_for_hardship
    A child could put the beet wagon kits together. It's not like it's a brass etched loco kit. It would help pass the time in this lockdown anyhow.
  11. minister_for_hardship
    The "Phony War" was still ongoing, before all hell broke loose.
  12. minister_for_hardship
    Is the one with "LMS" only from a regauged wagon?
  13. minister_for_hardship
    Some people are beyond shaming, it hardly matters when most locals may not care whether or not they have a steam railway. If locals are indifferent you can forget about help, volunteers or putting on political pressure from that quarter.
  14. minister_for_hardship
    A platform, a signal and a footbridge. The rails in the station area were lifted years ago, now the rest is being lifted. The branch is to become yet another greenway although the virus has possibly stalled that. There was talk to make it dual gauge and run 5T there in GSRPS days. 5T went to the Blennerville and everyone knows the rest of that story.
  15. minister_for_hardship
    Somewhere to stow a large type staff perhaps? MGWR locos once carried similarly sized tubes on the cab side sheets.
  16. minister_for_hardship
    The Greenway fad is far easier than preservation, free money to spend and someone else does all the work. All you need do is rock up with your push bike.
  17. minister_for_hardship
    Didn't a Dublin & Blessington vehicle end up as an unpowered trailer on the Donegal? Just copped the reference was to the wagon behind it. It's an odd one alright.
  18. minister_for_hardship
    It can all be distilled down to lack of interest and the very small gene pool of people inclined to work and support such things. There has always been an underlying current in this country that railway heritage isn't really Irish, that it's all a bit "foreign". If Richard Maunsell was an All Ireland hurler, I'm sure there would be a statue of him somewhere!
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    It would have been like another well meaning but naïve project, the Cahirciveen "C", that got several shades of sugar hammered out of it by local youths. Unless your exhibit is under cover and lock and key here, forget it. It's going to get vandalised.
  20. minister_for_hardship
    I visited the site, many moons ago. The shed doors were wide open, not a sinner around. Had a look at the above mentioned coach and the beet loco. Was there for at least 40 mins. Not too long after the place was torched. You would think someone would at least pay visits and make sure the site is secure. Not knowing anyone or anything about the group I just went on my way.
  21. minister_for_hardship
    Kildare? Ok just saw previous guess so nope
  22. minister_for_hardship
    Does it include alternative names and numbers for Paddy (Shannonvale horse), Dick (Fintona tram horse) and Shergar?
  23. minister_for_hardship
    What are the numbers on the loco smokeboxes on the magazine cover about? Clearly not the running numbers.
  24. minister_for_hardship
    It's an Irish thing, anything other than mainstream culture, GAA and chronic alcohol consumption is looked upon as weird.
  25. minister_for_hardship
    And as it says on RTE, "It is the first of 10 flights to Beijing to deliver PPE to Ireland as part of a €208m deal." Possibly one or more donations and everything else we have to stump up for?
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