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Lots of fakes in that particular auctioneers, even their apple isnt real!

This is the issue here, they're planned by people who haven't cycled since they were in short pants and who expect ALL cyclists to flock to them. Urban routes especially begin and end at random and are more of a box-ticking exercise for councils. Like fast walkers and slow walkers on narrow footpaths, team lycra and the non lycra clad cyclists cannot coexist peacefully, with each other or with other users...walkers, dog walkers, runner, joggers, kids, and now scooters. The room simply isn't there for all comers to freely do as they wish. Whatever about motorist vs cyclist hate, I think we can agree on the fact that electric scooters are hated by pretty much everyone else.

I haven't seen a GSR/CIE cast D wagon plate with M suffix, yet. Have seen A (departmental stock), N (ex GNRI) and C (West Clare section) Thousands upon thousands of wagons went to the scrappers without anyone salvaging anything from them. A small number may have been sold off privately for sheds and the like so may be a source of surviving material. Identical Mgwr D plates from 1319 and 1428 appear to have survived. All 10 tons which may be a clue as to what they may be off of.

Any MGWR or even a later wagon list with M suffix available? I think there was just a carriage list on the Shepherd MGWR book, the wagons would have numbered into the low 1000s at least. The GSWR had up to 5 digit wagon numbers.

If it were fake, we'd see a lot more than one (or two) on the market.

The only(?) Ng Irish line with a subway between platforms instead of a footbridge or barrow crossing at Carrigaline.

Easier access to cylinders I guess. Less rural than the C&L or T&D, no need for a hulking great buffer beam and cowcatcher. Only one ungated crossing at Passage.

People lived in Ford Motor Company boxes at one point, and old buses and railway coaches. 'Glamping' before that term was invented.

I imagine it's a simplified valve gear, it does make it look more like a toy than a proper model.

It looks like a company cottage rather than a 'station'.

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Happened to hear mention on the radio of an Animals of Dublin exhibition in the Little Museum of Dublin and cute story, the BnT livery was inspired by artist Patrick Scott's orange/black/white cat. My go-to book On The Move (O'Riain) does not say how it came about and my other go-to book Railway Heraldry (George Dow) mentioned that the change from green to BnT was "on the advice of Scandinavian industrial consultants". So anyone know the definitive answer? Jhb looking at you.

Fully grown adult MEN, not kids, who you'd think would have sense. This activity appears to be tolerated on the continent, there should be severely fined here to make an example of them.

Mound of earth and sleepers, topped with what looks like a tin shed. Likely nothing left.

The old B&NCR house style on the older No 4.

I've seen way worse, they did the job they were designed to do.

CIE 356, Bulleid's Dr Frankenstein's monster!

"Pat", the Cork coal gantry loco. Bodged together from an ancient Wakefield tender, vertical boiler, odds and sods and added customised corrugated iron sheet weather protection.

Have a few holding up sheds and forming fences here, marked variously DW&WR, GS&WR, MGWR and dated in the 1870s/1880s and some very small unmarked flat bottomed stuff.

Very, very few named after native kings or chieftains, just two were named after Brian Boru (W&LR and Giant's Causeway) Most named after figures from Greek or Roman classics and as you say placenames, directors their families and their homes. Rivers, mountains, animals/birds and saints featured.

Not really missing the overpriced refreshments either, I'll bring my own thanks. Bringing in contractors has been a race to the bottom.

Yanks attempting to pronounce Howth.

They've only been brewing it there for like 60 years.

Have seen loads of those too. A link to nerd out on insulators here. https://teleramics.com/type/indextype.html