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  1. minister_for_hardship
    I suspect they're O scale-ish. I will be getting some shortly so I'll know then.
  2. minister_for_hardship
    Certainly. I haven't got the foggiest,
  3. minister_for_hardship
    Yes, but the 4mm scale 'Harrassed Workers' and 'Assorted Protesters with Placards' packs are sold separately....
  4. minister_for_hardship
    Some more ESB related trucks/vans. https://www.facebook.com/#!/Code3Models/photos/pcb.532681520170677/532681413504021/?type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/#!/Code3Models/photos/pcb.532681520170677/532681406837355/?type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/#!/Code3Models/photos/pcb.532681520170677/532681410170688/?type=1&theater
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    It isn't Art Deco, that pattern of Hunslet plate does exist from that era. Maybe whoever had it shouldn't have painted the back of it and cleaned it so much and buffed out all the scratches and dings. Say it could be the real deal alright.
  6. minister_for_hardship
    Some components look a little tank engine like to me...
  7. minister_for_hardship
    The bachmann coaches were based on LMS compartment stock, think they're supposed to 'represent' pre GSR stock. CIE did not have anything quite like them, but likely the NCC did. Don't know what the Dapol one was originally meant to be. They look ok, the eau de nil waistband annoys me though. Far too wide.
  8. minister_for_hardship
    Looks like they originally had a little cap to stop rain going down the flue, probably they rusted and broke off or bashed off trees or other overhanging things leaving a stubbier chimney.
  9. minister_for_hardship
    It's called a ducket, with little windows the guard can look out of to keep tabs on what's going on outside.
  10. minister_for_hardship
    https://www.facebook.com/#!/203146879726646/photos/a.789110141130314.1073741840.203146879726646/789110194463642/?type=1&theater
  11. minister_for_hardship
    Reminds me of one of those play centre yokes with Matchbox cars for kids.
  12. minister_for_hardship
    Interesting going through the different styles on that site, the Victorian era had a few OTT poorly proportioned uglies but 60's/70's designs had little in the line of redeeming features, imho. The 'Unbuilt Ireland' section is worth a look. One of the more bizarre proposals...http://archiseek.com/2012/1942-new-capital-city-for-ireland-at-tara/
  13. minister_for_hardship
    Probably just as well, ugh. The Great Train Robbery would have to be filmed elsewhere...nice model though. http://archiseek.com/2014/1970s-proposal-heuston-station-dublin/
  14. minister_for_hardship
    Wagon number suffixes; gather that ex GN wagons carried an 'N', presume all ex MGW had an 'M', ex CBSC had a 'B', DSE had a 'D', ex Macroom Direct 'R', ex T & Courtmac 'J' and GSW/GSR/CIE generally didn't have a suffix....was that observed religiously or were there oddball suffixes?
  15. minister_for_hardship
    Full broadside builders' photo on IRRS 'Railways Of Co Cork' booklet with red/white cover. Some scant info available online on the saint himself. http://www.earlychristianireland.org/Counties/cork/labbamolaga/ http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/history/irishbuilder/labbamolaga-churchruins/ http://homepage.eircom.net/~stmolaga/stmolaga.html
  16. minister_for_hardship
    Probably printed for publicity purposes, weird the way they included the oil lamps and not the electric headlights! IE were handing out fold-up cardboard 201s as promotional items a good few years ago, have 2 of them somewhere. They were (roughly) 00 scale.
  17. minister_for_hardship
    They're not the same. 'Train spotter' is a cover all term used by the general public and the mass media...even if number-taking isn't your bag at all. People like to taking photos, making models (garden railways/layouts/live steam/model engineering), researching history, travelling over different lines or line bashing if you will, haulage bashing, volunteering on heritage railways, collecting memorabilia...all this can't be pigeon-holed into 'Train spotting'.
  18. minister_for_hardship
    If anyone has seen 'The Railway Man' film, the Colin Firth character takes umbrage at being called a 'Train Spotter'.....'I'm a Railway Enthusiast!'
  19. minister_for_hardship
    RMS Olympic as HMT Olympic in dazzle colours. Near identical sister ship of the better known Titanic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic#mediaviewer/File:Olympic_WWI.jpg Gives an impression of what the Titanic might have looked if it dodged the iceberg, made it to New York and served in WW1.
  20. minister_for_hardship
    Interesting that bankrupt and even developing countries have better transport museums than we have.
  21. minister_for_hardship
    One of the coaches looks to be in middling condition, pity the damp got at the rest. I'd say most of it would be of use to guys looking for spares, or to repaint, but repainted stuff doesn't have anywhere near the value of an untouched example.
  22. minister_for_hardship
    Hardly a contest of equals there, express passenger loco vs. loco designed for goods work. No 4 vs. Merlin would be more interesting, in a hypothetical Top Gear type challenge.
  23. minister_for_hardship
    'C202' aka C227, the loco that just refuses to die. Whether that's a good or a bad thing is a matter of personal opinion....
  24. minister_for_hardship
    Originally Posted by Dierdre Power ...is premised on the need for social change by promoting dialogue between public agencies and citizens. The work engages with the complexities of spatial planning and development, working towards an understanding how we use and live in social space.... What? I still don't get it.
  25. minister_for_hardship
    Quite the oddest premise for a railtour yet, but if it brings in a bit of business...how bad?
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