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There was also this chap, specialising in railway guns. Now, who does that remind us of...? http://irishrailwaymodeller.yuku.com/reply/502/nearly-nearly-finished-rail-gun#reply-501

I went up today - here's s few pics. I realise that layout names often have a reason behind them, but I declined to enquire about the back-story to this one..

On The Hour used to be on the radio, straight after the Six O'Clock News - if you missed the join, it was even funnier - top stuff. Contains very early Partridge and, coincidentally, a buffer-strike event...

3-D printing of buildings - full-size - on the Moon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21293258 .

I used to work with a chap that even looked like him - one day, he stayed behind after work to nick some wood. In the dark he stepped on a nail through a plank and it just hurt too much to get his foot off. He was on his own, three hundred yards from help and the plank was ten foot long - he could only move about an inch at a time - he realised that he would never make it before he passed out and managed to get a rope over each end of the plank and take the weight on his shoulder, walking it like a skier all the way to the Security Hut. They had to saw the ends off the plank to get him in the ambulance.. How we laughed.

Of course, it crashed instantly when booking started - I know somebody who was desperate to go, but I don't know if he succeeded...

Looking back through here, I found this. Were you aware that they're doing it again in London next week - http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/music-and-live-performance/kraftwerk-catalogue-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 - all sold out instantly, of course, and they wouldn't let you buy for the whole run, anyway... There might be returns, though....

Now, don't go blaming me.....

The previous ones at Heuston were a bit less modern-looking, and red, as I remember it. There were fewer of them, too, I believe. Probably longer hoses...

I have a few Schulze discs - must give them a run again..

If you remember the Climax Blues Band that had a big hit in the '70s with Couldn't Get It Right, Derek Holt still lives round here and plays the local scene. Every now and then he does his one-man Pink Floyd show and it truly is excellent. Can't find a video of it on YouTube, unfortunately. Nice chap, for a megastar, not up his own arse at all. Here he is with his own song - and a load of noisy gits...

There's definitely water hoses there - the nozzle ends are locked away to prevent contamination. There's signage on the cabinets about it. There may even be UV lights in the cabinets to disinfect the filler nozzles, but I might be thinking of somewhere else now...

Crazy. If there was a yellow line I wouldn't know whether to stand behind it or not park there..

You could always use the excuse of not being allowed anything sharp.

Our gratitude is boundless.

Ah, just slap a decent buffer in front - if it's good enough for Portlaoise....

I did - some days ago. No response so far, but he's probably getting his ears severely bent about lots of other things, too....

And double yellows, too - they would get some fair ticket for parking it there...

It occurs to me that the only railway item that I have ever bought mail-order was the Sentinel, which was only really available mail-order. My comments above relate to two identical showers, bought from the same supplier, but using different couriers.

Very interesting. I see that it shoved the buffer stop nine meters and left it undamaged - as we discussed friction buffer stops recently - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1418-Irish-Bufferstops?p=20861&viewfull=1#post20861

Fantastic - I can hear the jackdaws when looking at that first picture.. ..but somebody might need to slap some paint on that phone box...

I'm not 100% convinced, but there aren't that many curved ones at that sort of length..

It has the look of Martholme - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martholme_Viaduct - though, that closed in '57...

From here on - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/67-Tara-Junction?p=8305&viewfull=1#post8305 ...

This just needs sharpening up a bit...