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  1. minister_for_hardship
    Oh, no....look what you've started now...
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    The GSR and the entity that is 'Northern Ireland' did not exist in Victorian/Edwardian times.
  3. minister_for_hardship
    The RN are operating an updated version of this?
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    'Bonio' boxes. Handy if you happen to own a dog, if not.... you can always snack on them and you'll get a nice glossy coat.
  5. minister_for_hardship
    Interesting that some news sites jumped to the conclusion that the unseen sub belonged to the naughty Russians.
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    Correct punctuation went down the toilet years ago. We can't even get English 100% right, and then there's the half-assed attempts at Irish in public signage.
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    Irony of ironies, they might be perfectly happy to see spot-on Irish rtr models with every rivet accounted for and then go run them on 00 track.
  9. minister_for_hardship
    People can choose to buy them or leave them. It's a free country last time I looked.
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    The IRRS journal had an article recently on the diesel locos tendered for by the GNR, only one of which actually made it off the drawing board. The link up between the Cork, Blackrock & Passage and the Cork & Muskerry via the Cork Electric Tramways. The tramway chose 2 ft 11 7⁄16 in gauge to allow normal 3' rolling stock to work through on and the CB&PR and C&MLR had identical coupling systems. The proposed fleet of mini 'Turfburners', outline sketches exist of these.
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    The Cork & Macroom had notions of extending to Ballyvourvey and Kenmare and also a branch to Coachford.
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    According to lore, CIE officials examined the unfinished Bulleid Leaders with a view to purchase, but nothing came of it. According to the Irish Steam Loco register: a loco originally destined for the MGWR ended up in Brazil, as Maua Railway No.1 and it's still there today...http://www.revistaferroviaria.com.br/galeria_foto_mostra.asp?InCdMateria=5041&InCdFoto=191
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    CB&SCR proposed 0-6-6-0 Beyer Garratt 6' dia boiler & Belpaire firebox Heating surface 2,188 sq ft Grate area 34.8 sq ft (larger than 800 class!) 4 x cylinders 16'' x 20'' c/w Walschaert's valve gear Tot. length over buffers 59' 10'' Weight 87 1/2T 180lbs /sq '' boiler pressure Water 2,200 gals Coal 3 1/2 tons Tractive effort 30,100lbs
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    To kick off, two CB&SCR examples, both put forward Dec 1910: Large goods 4-8-0T Boiler 5' 1 3/4'' dia. Grate area 30.6 sq ft Heating surface 1,786 sq ft 4 safety valves, on top of firebox Max height from rail level 12' 10'' Driving wheels 4' 5'' dia 2 x inside cylinders 20 1/2'' x 26'' 180lbs boiler pressure Tractive effort 27,830lbs @ 75% pressure Water 1,800 gals Coal 3 tons Weight 77T 5c Cab profile to be the same as existing 4-6-0Ts so would look like an elongated, big boilered Bandon Tank with a squat dome and chimney.
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    The one the CB&SCR was offered was a 0-6-0+0-6-0 in around 1910 when the Beyer-Garratt concept was pretty new. Might start a new thread on Irish 'might have beens' as I have more details on this.
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    Recall reading somewhere that the CB&SCR were also offered a Beyer Garrett at one stage.
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    There were these ones as well, but only one Irish loco featured on it I'm afraid. http://www.amazon.com/Train-Steam-Locomotives-Poster-Print/dp/B0000WJPP4
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    The only things I can think of in that line was this stamp... The Inchicore 150 logo had a 201 together with a steam loco of indeterminiate type. Don't know if there was any poster done officially, possibly there might have been posters printed by RPSI or ITG that were intended for enthusiasts?
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    I just don't get this. Any other town or city would kill to have a ready-to-go museum. The priority now is that the artifacts are secured or moved to a secure location before someone decides to hold a bonfire.
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    Friesians wouldn't be that common in 1950's Ireland, native Irish and British breeds of cattle would have been found in every pasture.
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    You can pick your era and still find short consists...1900's to 1970's branch line pick up goods, short AEC railcar sets in the 50's/60's or short ICR sets in the '00s....or 1 loco, 1 craven (or Park Royal) and a GSV operated into the early 90s in some places IIRC. You will need longer platforms in the modern era, but Banteer is one place that still had a short platform well into the 1990's.
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    With no-one making affordable RTR Irish dmus (not repaints); again, who knows how popular (or otherwise) it would be? Can't see the fascination myself with modern dmus insofar as I wouldn't bother to take a pic of them. Every modern day station is uglified with cobble-lock paving, modern additions and wheelchair lifts and every trackside defaced with palisade fencing. But some people seem to like the modern scene. Horses for courses.
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    Not a million miles away superficially...
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    One piece was cut from the opening scene..In the intended opening scene, Wayne speaks to a mother and her child gives him an apple (he exits the train holding the apple and thanks the unseen child). So we missed out on footage of a GSWR compartment interior!
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    Looking through old magazines; before the 70's there was quite a bit of pre-Grouping, then an obsession with Big Four. Into the 90's and the 'death of steam' was, well, quite literally done to death. BR blue and grey etc. Things move on all the time. Maybe someone will look back nostalgically on modern DMU's, who knows?
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