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  1. minister_for_hardship
    Yes. The Mascots were the worst things ever. Weird-looking one-eyed yokes. Like the love child of a Teletubby and a Dalek.
  2. minister_for_hardship
    Anyone got any pics of these? For those who remember, Wanderly Wagon was an ex-CIE dray and the Irish Presidential Carriage was a CIE-built product.
  3. minister_for_hardship
    I seem to remember seeing a pic of one of the Inchicore 'cabs', a loco with attached coach effort in lined green somewhere in GSR days. Also a pic of a pre-'Bandon Tank' CBSCR tank loco with lining visible in GSR or early CIE days on the scrapline, possibly the battleship grey had weathered off from standing in the open? What was the reason for the removal of almost all GSR era numberplates AND private builder worksplates around WW2/Emergency? Suppose they all went into the melting pot?
  4. minister_for_hardship
    A Midland 2P = Dunluce Castle with little enough work I'd imagine.
  5. minister_for_hardship
    Looks closer to 'Argadeen' to my eye, lop off outside cylinders and fit pony truck?
  6. minister_for_hardship
    Odd-looking open wagons with flimsy sides aren't they?
  7. minister_for_hardship
    The originals of the species would run away just by looking at them, with a cab that was about as comfortable as a portaloo.
  8. minister_for_hardship
    The Passage one is as genuine as a €3 note. Hope you didn't shell out too much for it. The amount of repros of the GSWR variety has debased the price of the real thing. Plus the real one is (relatively) easy to come by, think of the sheer numbers of farmers' gates around the country they were once attached to.
  9. minister_for_hardship
    €50 absolute tops, IF it were the real deal. Seen this seller before, panders to a guillable US market. Complained that he listed a BR(M) sign as being Irish, he re-listed as being from 'Northern Ireland'. Pure chancer.
  10. minister_for_hardship
    It looks similar to an old style signal seen on GS&WR and CBSCR with a heavyish-looking spectacle, just paint the Sputnik thingy on top white.
  11. minister_for_hardship
    Fair play on your ability to decipher that mess. Waste of time teaching them joined-up writing in school. I thought it was a drawing of a caterpillar!
  12. minister_for_hardship
    For me, in no particular order and giving as best a geographical spread J15 aka 101 - the original all purpose, standardised, go anywhere locos. NCC 'Jeep' GM121 the pioneer GMs MGWR Class G2 - last 2-4-0s here or across the water and flying machines to boot GSR 500 class GNRI Class V Honourable mentions: GM 141/181 Woolwich Mogul (Rebuilt) A Class Metrovicks Overrated: 800 class Worse than useless: Sulzer 113 class
  13. minister_for_hardship
    Merlin got in on the act in a episode of 'Remington Steele' of all things!
  14. minister_for_hardship
    Don't know where exactly she was, but all it takes is 5 mins (or less) unattended.
  15. minister_for_hardship
    Connolly afaik.
  16. minister_for_hardship
    RPSI 186 got daubed last night, so I hear.
  17. minister_for_hardship
    If you're going to deface something, at least do it legibly. Like what is it supposed to be?
  18. minister_for_hardship
    In a parallel universe, does No. 90 stay in Fermoy on display rather than a move to Mallow?
  19. minister_for_hardship
    The URL was the problem. The Minister is pleased with tech support. Thanks for the dig-out.
  20. minister_for_hardship
    Windows internet Explorer 9
  21. minister_for_hardship
    I have trouble seeing pics posted by others, any reason why??? They just show up as default image icons.
  22. minister_for_hardship
    They'd want to start walking the Foynes branch too if that's physically possible now, there's a well known epicentre of 'cultural activity' close by....
  23. minister_for_hardship
    Not the first cable theft...though it's been plaguing both preserved and Network Rail for a few years now across the water. http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/cable-theft-shuts-down-dart-services-0011753-1 http://www.nationalist.ie/news/local/cabling-theft-disrupts-rail-services-1-2568685 From memory crossing gates were taken at a couple of locations and rails taken from Campile I think.
  24. minister_for_hardship
    NOTHING will happen until the lead is stripped off the roofs of Stormont and Leinster House.
  25. minister_for_hardship
    There is/was a small pocket guide that may come up on Fleabay on occasion, Locomotives & Rolling Stock of Coras Iompair Eireann and Northern Ireland Railways by Doyle, O.;Hirsch. Has useful running no's, basic stats and dates of building etc., some pics, but they tend to be smallish and in b/w only. Have fond memories of WA, found orange and black GMs there too!
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