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Broithe

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  1. Lovely stuff - beer fund isn't overflowing with cash, though....
  2. Look at the price of that petrol...!!!
  3. It has, now that the post has been edited.....
  4. They existed elsewhere, too - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1943-Flying-Snails-in-Holland?highlight=snails . Some resemblance to the London Transport logo.
  5. I recall a note on a drawing, back when I had a proper job - "Apply Vaseline very sparingly, then wipe it all off".
  6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2354421/Worlds-largest-model-railroad-draws-thousands-NJ.html
  7. A few more details emerging - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31021008 .
  8. I also had a blue 'Mallard'-style streamliner - but I was more a fan of the Lone Star spud gun. It was much more effective if you used something with more 'substance' than a potato, like a turnip, for instance...
  9. He probably has the cornflakes filed away individually..
  10. And, actual justification for having a spiral.....?
  11. Is each individual wagon free-running? Just a few tight axles can have quite a detrimental effect.
  12. Well, I would have done, if I'd looked properly. Talking about the broad gauge section - "It connected the brewery with Kingsbridge goods yard, and at its greatest extent possessed about two miles of track, out of the brewery’s one-time overall mileage of ten. "
  13. Nice article here - http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/22/Guinness.htm - though, I see no mention of the total mileage.. A layout one day..?
  14. We used to move regularly, so a 'real' train set was not practical - I had one of the tiny Lone Star sets, where everything was die-cast - even the track..
  15. I worked in a factory that still had an internal railway into the '90s, though it was disconnected from the mainline in the '70s, I think. This loco, now at Foxfield Railway was one of the last pair that ran in there, along with a battery electric. It was an important skill to be able to avoid twisting your ankle in the slots where the track was embedded - not something that I always managed to achieve, especially on the outdoor sections in the winter...
  16. The point-work around the crossover in the door did allow separation of the two main ovals - and there were three places where the controllers could be plugged in to allow for this.
  17. This - - says it was built at Inchicore in 1915 and withdrawn in 1928.
  18. Expo do a rather nice 00 gauge scale rule - allows you to work from real-life drawings without calculating every measurement.
  19. Ongoing power supply issues - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-30947159 .
  20. Sad, sad news, JHB - we will be relying on you having listened well....
  21. Luckily for you, I'm not a moderator - if I spot a double-entendre or an innuendo, I like to whip it out immediately. Keep it up.
  22. Or Embassy vouchers...?
  23. Those of a delicate disposition might like to gloss over some of the more risqué staff names.....
  24. Oooh, good, I've found it - https://www.facebook.com/KillymardElectricMineRailway - one short video of a test run, too...
  25. Line re-opened now.
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