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IÉ is supporting the current blood donor campaign. Perhaps there will be a picture from ally rophy..?

An interesting cameo scenario.... ..seems to have been a fairly quiet day..

It was at around 8am on a calm, pleasant morning. Even if they were taking advantage of standing broadside to the early Sun, some of them could easily have been 180 degrees to the others. It really did look quite artificial - I'm now even wondering if they were real, or if it might have been some weird "art installation"..?

Some work has been done on this - but, I've never seen anything as 'organised' as I saw yesterday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7575459.stm

Indo article on the Belmond - http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/belmond-grand-hibernian-ireland-trains-rail-tickets-price-dart-translink-a7185076.html - and other things.

I will confess to "hunting the cracks" when perusing an exhibition layout - the camouflaging of the joints on some layouts is almost perfect now. I forget the name, but I do remember one where the joints were only traceable on the front boards - even when you could see where they started, they were not visible. I am also often (internally) critical of the placement of farm animals - however, yesterday, I saw about eighty sheep in a largish field, scattered randomly, but all facing in exactly the same direction - it would have looked totally 'false' in a model context. I was on the M40 at the time and, so, was unable to take a picture.....

That looks like a twin pod from a B 36.

Not quite sure what's going on here - it all looks a bit bonkers - I presume that it doesn't pull passengers sat on the top, anyway...

And, do they not have to have the contrasting doors? Maybe that doesn't apply if it isn't a "scheduled" train...?

Worth a few minutes of a listen. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-sean-o-rourke/#2253485

George W Bush was a fan.

Not live steam, then?

There were some 0-10-2s about..?

Has anybody counted the rivets?

I use Imgur for posting pictures on here and elsewhere - it works well, though they have just revamped it for no apparent reason and it's taking me a while to find where things have moved to.

Only when my chips are wrapped in it - too poor otherwise.

Ah, so it'll be coming with a transfer sheet and it's got windows, that narrows it down...

It's a turfburner set, with 21mm track and Kingsbridge station.

Despite being under perpetual threat, Ballybrophy seems to be getting busier lately. It's certainly harder to park, these days.....

A lot of early stuff will always look 'modern'. B58, Starfighter, etc. Hard to believe it's sixty years ago.

Perhaps we need to start a thread for your interesting recipe ideas..?

Otto Skorzeny had a place in Kildare - "the most dangerous man in Europe"...

Especially when the Republic starts driving on the right.

It would be simpler to just replace the dual gauge track section on the Boyne Viaduct. There's enough distance there to jack the wheels in and out without stopping to do it.

I thought I might provoke you - there is quite a bit of variety.