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Broithe

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  1. Indeed. Got a week to spare next year? They're doing all the albums, in order, over an eight day period - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20606886 .
  2. Here - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=bala+lake&hl=en&ll=52.884855,-3.618973&spn=0.005419,0.009645&hnear=Bala+Lake&gl=uk&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.884855,-3.618973&panoid=XLhRMhBQJRKsC-OzdAERrQ&cbp=12,299.8,,0,0 - a nice run alongside the lake, too..
  3. I've had that a few times - usually goes if I pretend to remove a letter and then put it back...
  4. Excellent shot.
  5. A chap is building a full-size bridge in a Meccano style at the unfortunately named location of Nob End - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20651212 & http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Property/Giant-Meccano-Bridge-For-Bolton .
  6. Living in England, I'm used to the rather pompous announcements that you get here - e.g., "The train now approaching Platform Three is the delayed fourteen fifty three Virgin Cross Country service to Manchester Piccadilly, calling at ...etc" Rather a different style at Portlaoise, where I once heard "That's the Cork train coming in now."
  7. Great job! It needed recording.
  8. Tribute to Malahide Viaduct...?
  9. Some talk of books here - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/946-Reference-books-for-the-railways-of-Ireland-1980s-onwards
  10. Inspired by the Father Browne photos, apparently - http://www.fatherbrowne.com/ - always worth a browse through..
  11. Two things - run it in properly and it wants weathering to look more realistic.
  12. Wikipedia says 10 miles or 16 kilometres..
  13. Miniatur Wunderland is currently over 13km and is planned to reach 20km by 2020 - but, I suppose you can't run one train over the whole of it in one go...
  14. Not a bad sound chip - which one is it?
  15. Anybody fancy ballasting it..?
  16. A long way on a bike...
  17. The technology is available.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXx_omEwlCw
  18. Remember. Never accept a lift from a postman.
  19. I think it's Thailand..
  20. Jobs available over here for those suitably experienced...
  21. Postman standing about - trainspotting - by the turntable - how realistic is that...?
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