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minister_for_hardship
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No, dates don't fit...and the horse tram to Fintona lasted a lot longer than a few months!
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Mystery station.. Opened 1 Nov 1853 and closed 17th Oct 1976. A branch line from this station opened on 1st July 1885 and closed on 1st Oct of the same year. It was worked by horse.
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Is this the same Supertrain publicity pics with the loco, rather bizarrely, carrying steam era oil headlamps painted white?
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Not listed in Irish Steam Locos book as being a builder of any loco, ironwork, cast columns and footbridges was their main business.
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Rain-checked the Flanagan book...'Mr Lawder was particularly incenced in Aug 1902 over the actions of Driver Kealagher and Fireman Shanley..had torn down flags with which James Ormsby (Lawder) had dressed Engine No 8 Queen Victoria, for Coronation Day. The board was, no doubt, in a bit of a quandry here; the 'political' atmosphere being what it was, the idea of dressing the engine was surely a good one; on the other hand, Lawder was undoubtedly a nuisance. Eventually the directors decided to have a crack at him and wrote to tell him that no one had the right to put up flags or emblems without their permission.'
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Cork (Penrose Quay/Summerhill/Glanmire Rd) and Cork (old and new CB&PR termini) Dunleary and Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) think were two different locations. Old and new Newrys. Bandon once had two stations, before the WCR one closed, likewise Bantry. Waterford Newrath/Waterford South and Waterford North.
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My condolences.
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Even so, think around the 1900's, a C&L driver who had decorated his loco with 'party colours' for the Twelfth was instructed to remove them.
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The nameplates were hacked off at by a patriotic staff member and buried, but were found some time later by a stationmaster's son and reattached. The plates came off for a second time and this time round it was made sure of that were never found again.
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Irish loco unofficially named after a monarch, but not an Irish or British ruler....and not even European...but very much in the news of the time?
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I'm guessing Clogher Valley, with to those gi-normous headlamps carried??
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Bessbrook & Newry it is. Fun fact: had no signalling, operated on 'time interval'.
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Let's just say it's somewhere on the island of Ireland.
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What line had freight wagons that could also run on road?
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Bargain Bachmann 4F from Marks Models
minister_for_hardship replied to Warbonnet's topic in British Outline Modelling
For far off a MGWR 'cattle engine' is the 4F dimensionally? -
Brown Jack and Gay Crusader???!!! Why did someone think 'Sandwich' would be a good name? Pretty Polly, can't but think about ladies tights! If IE/IR tried it there would be mutterings about Galway Race tents/brown envelopes/bloodstock tax breaks.
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A share of the nags were turned into glue by the time they were so honoured. http://www.lner.info/locos/A/racehorses.shtml
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Any clues?
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From 1935 GSR appendix to the Working Timetable these are the 1st Aid Box contents: 1 x set splints 2 x tourniquets 2 x 2oz packets Boric Lint 1 x tin cotton wool 6 x triang. bandages 6 x 3in roll bandages 6 x finger bandages 3 x tampons (!?) 1 x jar Boric ointment and spreader 1 x jar Friars Balsam 1 x bottle Boracic Crystals 1 x tin plaster 1 x pair scissors 1 x kidney basin 1 x box safety pins 2 x bundles tape
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Short answer: very.
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Railway Modeller does have a 'Student Modeller' section, dedicated to those starting out or re-visiting the hobby.
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It's horses for courses, you can make it as highly detailed and realistic as you want or run basic out of the box 00 or tinplate 0 gauge if you like that sort of thing. It's up to you. The magazines wouldn't want to feature articles with a whole load of carbon copy layouts with bog standard Hornby items. People just wouldn't find them interesting.
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Are they supposed to be patterns/template for making something.....? Cos they look a bit like a leaf spring.
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I'm planning a steam-to-diesel era layout at the moment, not that I remember it or anything, just for variety. However I do think the uk 'death of steam' layout has been flogged, well...to death, in modelling circles. I take my hat off to folks who go pre-CIE/GSR or uk pre Grouping or go with making broad gauge trackwork. Would never have the patience for that.
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Well, almost.