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This - http://www.belmond.com/royal-scotsman-train/ - is their Royal Scotsman train - not many people in anoraks.....

The info came from tweets retweeted by Irish Rail - as legit a source as there could be....

This sort of accommodation is proposed.

This has been announced - http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141105006215/en/Belmond-Launch-Luxury-Touring-Train-Ireland#.VFp5HDSsV8F - it will be interesting to see what actually happens. Will we see Mk 3s on the network again?

Bray to Dublin is still on iPlayer for some reason - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bqktm/great-british-railway-journeys-series-3-21-goes-to-ireland-bray-to-dublin - for those in the remains of the Empire - or with a proxy server...

In the old days there used to be such things as Pattern Makers' Rules - these were available in various degrees of "contraction", depending upon the material being cast - they were a few % over-size, so that the casting made from a pattern constructed with them would shrink to the correct size on cooling. You could make a rule of your own to suit your contraction rate - if nobody has a more sensible solution.

The Hornby R076 is not far off. Edit - Snap!

Bending the backboards around corners can be beneficial, too.

Somebody's hit the crossing at Ballymahon - .

..possibly been picking slivers of Perspex out for a couple of weeks..?

..and the driver..

Beautiful. How many made?

Seems to be still around - http://highlandmiscellany.com/2014/06/03/last-train-to-castle-rackrent/

I won some tickets to Warley a couple of years ago - never again - it was like somebody had dug up a mass grave with some railway layouts in it.

..moved onto that 'other' list..

Might be wise to leave the canopy open, they were notorious for filling the cockpit with carbon monoxide - various modifications were applied (longer exhaust stubs, sealing the small door shut, etc), but it was never really cured and a lot of pilots used the oxygen mask continuously, whenever the engine was actually running.... ..keep the extractor fan in that spray booth running..

I still have a Nokia 3510, but the chap I sent it to said that it works.

That Lego QR code is genius.

I think this is one of theirs - from a few years ago.

There are some lovely photographic backscenes out there now - try http://www.internationalmodels.net/acatalog/26_Inch__26___High_Backscenes.html .

Pineapples, elephants, zombies - IÉ is an equal-opportunities travel service.

I have asked that very question before - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1554-Searching?highlight=searching - you may find the answer in here.

Still in use today, to disguise pre-production cars on road tests - http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/04/spy-photo-camera-camo-explained-whats-with-the-swirlies.html . Range Rover, underneath all that....

The Royal Navy only has nineteen real warships today - but they still have 40 admirals and 260 people qualified to captain a vessel - a touch of top-heavy over-manning going on....

You would have to be very careful to remember where it was, or you might never find it again. They have struggled to get them into service - it's all a bit 'new'. Might get one second-hand in a few years...?