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  1. Broithe
    Irish Times article, with further pictures - http://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/orient-express-company-belmond-jumps-tracks-to-ireland-1.2184166 .
  2. Broithe
    On RTÉ's Nationwide at 7pm tonight - http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/nationwide.html .
  3. Broithe
    It will be interesting to see what actually happens in the end.
  4. Broithe
    Mmm, it may just be 'promotional', to keep the project in the news, so to speak - but, who knows...?
  5. Broithe
    Irish Rail has retweeted this picture just now.
  6. Broithe
    Well, nothing, other than the train on the track that is now being fed from the 'reversed' controller will go the other way, as was required. All that matters to any loco is the difference between the two rails that it's on.
  7. Broithe
    You would get steadily faster at it, though....
  8. Broithe
    Very eco-friendly, Minister. This, in an animated form, is the Google Doodle for today, that I referred to above.
  9. Broithe
    Excellent advice - it's worked for this chap. On other matters, I've not found Pritt to be an adhesive with good long-term adhesion, things can come adrift after a while..
  10. Broithe
    Today's Google Doodle is a pedal powered submarine - this data-mining is getting out-of-hand.
  11. Broithe
    The Gaugemaster has the centre-off direction switch, the Hornby doesn't, which can cause issues. Gaugemaster will basically fix it, should it go wrong, for the rest of time, even if you bought it second-hand (because they very rarely do fail). I've never had direct experience of one failing, anyway..
  12. Broithe
    A quick look on eBay finds a good few, but at more than the Hattons price!
  13. Broithe
    Marks carry Gaugemaster - and Hattons do. The 'dual' is a good device - The Model D.
  14. Broithe
    For a DC controller, the Gaugemaster is hard to beat. Available in single, double and quadruple housings. You can always put two singles together, but you can't move a double apart.... If a single dies, you still have one that works. A double will be cheaper than two singles. It's up to you and you requirements...
  15. Broithe
    Centre-off is almost always preferable, you don't have to use the 'off', but you can. These Hornby controllers don't have a centre-off for the direction switch, like the Gaugemaster ones do, and this can cause strange issues requiring cuts in the track that aren't necessary if you use a Gaugemaster.
  16. Broithe
    That's what I would do. There's usually little or nothing in the cost and the centre-off position can be useful - just don't accidentally leave it there and confuse yourself, but you'll only do that once...
  17. Broithe
    That's right - an DPDT switch is really just two SPDT switches that move together - in the diagram, the top part is one SPDT switch and the bottom is another, the fact that they move together is what makes them a DPDT switch. You don't (usually) need both poles in this sort of situation, but it does no harm to have both, and costs little extra in materials or effort. It can be a matter of preference whether you have the centre-off position or not - it does no harm and can be useful, too.
  18. Broithe
    This is the DPDT situation you mention, I think. The SPDT is like one half of the DPDT switch. You can have three-position centre-off switch or just a two-position switch, which has no 'off' position.
  19. Broithe
    I'm not really into the Northern stuff, but that is bloody lovely.
  20. Broithe
    Maybe there's more of a problem on the "Mainland", with some lines at quite an altitude ( over 1,000' in places ) and lines way up North into Scotland?
  21. Broithe
    If you do build your own, remember that both sets of gates 'point' uphill when shut - the right-hand, lower, gates on this lock wouldn't work, if the water was real...
  22. Broithe
    A bit of re-working and you've got the start of a great song there - let's hope we don't get caught in a landslide...?
  23. Broithe
    It's only ten on a Saturday night, there's time yet....
  24. Broithe
    Really great stuff here. The chains are nice - can you remember the source?
  25. Broithe
    Great shot!
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