Broithe

I have a 'memory' of them at Heuston - and, yet, this picture is 1973.

I would have been there a couple of times in the late 60's, though.

I might be remembering the ones at Crewe...

On 1/4/2020 at 9:24 AM, Warbonnet said:

The Chinese; A great bunch of lads. 

Puts me in mind of the "farmers v meat factories" dispute of a few years ago.

At the local picket line, they became aware of a visit to the factory by a Chinese deputation and, so that they wouldn't be confused as to the technicalities of the issues under dispute, somebody had the superb idea of getting the lads in the nearby take-away to translate the placards properly.

7 minutes ago, leslie10646 said:

How dare you make my lovely vans so filthy!!!

He's hoping for a retrospective discount - as "shop soiled"..?

Ah, I noticed this sign at the hotel car park entrance today.

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9075934,-7.3528357,3a,15y,164.98h,88.15t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIwP4AZGTZTHIR5TNybt5zw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DIwP4AZGTZTHIR5TNybt5zw%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D29.58199%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Also 'in context' with the historical location, but I doubt there was ever a level crossing there. I would presume that, with the closure being 60+ years ago, the current 'flat route' of the road' adjacent to the old bridge, would have been implemented after that point, as the practicalities became easier and the bridge became a bit 'tight' for the level of traffic at the time. 

1 hour ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

An artist I'm definitely not , my attempt at sign writing leaves a lot to be desired but once you get used to it I reckon it's grand , the feckin rain stopped play again!

 

Ah, you're too hard on yourself - and it'll be OK once you've weathered the whole thing.

17 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said:

I am assuming that’s ‘Brookhall Mill’ in French……..!

I hope so...

But, I am not reliable.

I once tried to explain to a French chap on a French campsite that there was a crowd of midges every evening, where he was pitching his tent. I'm not sure what I was actually saying, but it wasn't "flies", it might have been "handkerchiefs" or even "mountain goats".

I was also interrogated by an old boy at the last house half-way up a mountain. I think I got the tense slightly wrong in his question - I thought he asked me "Where are you from?", so I told him and he got very animated. Thinking about it later, I think he actually asked "Where have you come from?" which was only the town at the bottom, which would probably have been less impressive to him. I do believe that he thought I had walked across Europe specifically to go up his hill.

36 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

bonne chance avec le spectacle….it really should be French, Belgian or Québécois layouts in that room! 

Moulin de Chateau Ruisseau.

12 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Never knew it was autonomous customs-wise etc..... bit like the Isle of Man, which is neither part of the UK, nor part of Britain, and when Britain WAS in the EU, they still never were................

The Channel Island are also in that 'economic limbo' situation, handy for avoiding/evading tax.

There used to be quite a business selling vitamin supplements from the Channel islands, VAT-free. It didn't seem to be worth the bother of dealing with them as imports - or maybe it was just owned by somebody's brother-in-law and blind eyes were turned?

1 minute ago, jhb171achill said:

This one is small, but Bangor is far away............

Bangor (or at least one of them) is nearer than it was.

I remember the first time I drove to Holyhead using the new A55, after years of battling up the A5 through the barely mobile roadblocks made from caravans.

Barely a couple of hours into the journey, I saw a sign for Bangor - "Blimey" I thought, "Another Bangor, that'll confuse people.

Then I found myself on the Menai Bridge.

I ended up sat at the front of the queue looking at the ferry for ages...

Dirty pictures - that's what most of us got the internet for.

Absolute perfection of dirtiness here!

On 1/3/2024 at 1:21 AM, WRENNEIRE said:

Any idea if this is Railway related?

It may be more of a heater than a light.

https://picclick.de/Vintage-Red-Nestill-Paraffin-Heizung-in-Lampe-umgewandelt-186114764036.html

2 hours ago, Galteemore said:

 May 1956.

That was a particularly good month.

I managed to catch it better on the return service - not sure if there was a catering trolley onboard, the steamed-up windows reduced visibility of the interior.

At least the guards turned up to check for ticket evaders.

Good shot of the coupling there - for those interested in modelling this arrangement.

Getting ready to stroll into town, I just heard the approach of the 10:15 service in time to grab a picture.

They has two exhibitions that I know of, and went to. The first was at the old North School in Abbeyleix and the second was in the Killeshin Hotel in Port Laoise.

I was required to go  to the Wednesbury IKEA a few times in the last century.

I always had an urge to see if I could spend the night, undetected, in one of those high-level beds that they did.

1 hour ago, spudfan said:

Don't even know where it is. Also I have never bought anything off AMAZON.

I've only ever 'bought' off Amazon with vouchers that I was given and had no cash alternative for. It seemed the least of the evils, rather than leave them with the value.

41 minutes ago, spudfan said:

Am I the only one here who does not own or who has never owned a mobile phone? 

I do have one, technically speaking, but it's not really very mobile - it hasn't been out of the room it's in now since the first week of November, when I moved it from the room it was in before then.

I only really keep it as the bank wants to send me "security codes" via a separate means now and then.

The provider moans at me now and then and I am required to send a text or make a call, to ensure that I am not dead.

I have a rule that it will have a minimum balance of £10 on it, in case I do need to use it at some point and I don't want it running out on me then.

I have used about £2 of the current balance in the last two years, mostly making 'proof of life' calls.

It is a Nokia 3510 and is still using the original battery.

Snakes on a train...

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0312/1437515-cork-snake/

3 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

Cheers B

I think I saw that one but am not sure if it's the updated one or the original one which came with the locos?

It's all gobbledygook to me.

Is it this sort of thing you're after?

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0026/4984/9913/files/A_Class_DCC_functionality.pdf?v=1603462537

If so, then go to the chip in question and click on it, then click on 'click to download functions'.

Do make sure that the relief valve actually operates. It is not unknown for them to stick down and then 'something else' might let go first, if it comes to that.

I remember the excitement of a stuck-down relief valve going off on a small boiler, when we got to three times the intended blow-off pressure, due to a confusion over documentation using every unit known to man, except what was actually on the pressure gauge...

1 hour ago, BosKonay said:

Whats twitter 

It's like sitting next to a weirdo on a bus.

It's all working the same for me as I seem to remember it in the past, but that is no guarantee on absolute similarity...