Broithe

6 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

I think that if I presented this to the Chief Executive of the Dept. of Domestic Policy, Implementation and Expenditure, I would end up partly-dismembered on the scrap line in Inchicore, along with those oul 201s.........

We are prepared for you to take that risk, for the common good.

Is your Domestic Supervisor one of those that like Essential Oils?

An ideal present to ingratiate yourself and create the right atmosphere.

https://www.freshskin.co.uk/product/steam-train-fragrance-oil/

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2023/0308/1360992-dart-services/

Trackside safety needs to be taken seriously, of course. Issuing swans with hi-vis is long overdue.

31 minutes ago, amdaley said:

Royal Mail are all over the place.

Royal Mail tracking says my package from Hattons is in Milton Keynes.

Well news flash to Royal Mail.

The package is on my kitchen table in South Kerry

I probably* still have one in the system, from a few years ago, where they claimed it was going to be delivered the day before it was despatched.

When it was finally delivered, the system seemed unable to cope with such a time paradox and left it existing in some sort of Back the Future limbo.

* They now can't find it at all, three years later - "Sorry, we're currently unable to confirm the status of your item with reference GQ171144677GB . Please try again tomorrow."

It did finally appear, but the system never got further than shown in the picture, I looked every now and then until I got fed up.

5 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Didn't the An Post CEO write an open letter in the FT about this, openly blaming Royal Mail for not implementing some required software solution that shipments to the EU as a whole will require quite soon, but which Ireland is already implementing as a sort of guinea pig to give RM a bit of a chance to get things sorted without millions of parcels from the whole EU being returned to it? 

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/an-post-boss-criticises-royal-mail-amid-parcel-issues-from-the-uk-1405001.html

The FT letter was more detailed but I can't find it right now.

https://www.ft.com/content/19df5640-af10-4716-b10d-083a1bdf7f44

56 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

The colour is actually very nice. My only bugbear is what they were smoking when they put the pinstriping so high up the body. Although, "so high" up the body is probably a clue...

It was only Silk Cut Purple, honest.

52 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Anyone seen the repaint on the RPSI genny van?

It’s a strange purply magic-mushroom colour.

Have you actually seen this in real life?

Or was it possibly a vision that you had whilst relaxing after a hard day?

18 minutes ago, Tullygrainey said:

Enough!! Will yez quit horsin' around.

Agreed!

Time to rein it in, lads.

8 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

I thought that this project would have been more challenging for you. I'm disappointed that a write-off was so easy to sort. I'll have to put more thought into your next challenge. Maybe some sort of global scavenger hunt to recover the shattered pieces, first.

Three locos, put through a mincer, all the bits supplied in the one plastic bag, no prior identification.

Let's see how good he really is.

10 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said:

Enjoying this!!! Why not run a double track loop through the stables and it could be the mane line?

Or just run saddle tanks..?

1 hour ago, Horsetan said:

Cabra sez No.

Only 'cos it's easier to spell than "Yes"..?

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

It's because of the Good Friday agreement.

No hard border down the middle of the Liffey.

4 minutes ago, popeye said:

It's only in Raheny every other year.

North Dublin one year and south Dublin the next year. 

Some sort of power-sharing agreement?

9 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

They also kept some interesting company 

They had other interesting company that was less welcome - WR986 was written off due to a rat infestation.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/157361

32 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

Can’t half spot its Lancaster DNA, can you???

It is remarkable that what was, essentially, a Lancaster Mk 3 served on into the 1990s.

Also odd, was that they got steadily better-looking as they were modified over the years.

If customisable sounds become available on EVs, I'll be looking for Shackleton sound files.

5 minutes ago, meathdane said:

Counter to all these points as a self proclaimed boy racer, 

No smoke, no poke! 

But counter again to myself who has spent the last while selling EVs, they are slowly winning me over as a daily car amd are indeed the way of the future, however, I would miss the drum and noise of a Straightpiped ICE every now and again, and the roar of F1 and Rallying

It seems to me that it should be fairly easy to have convincing sound effects, both inside and outside the vehicle.

Almost like DCC sound is, but with a bit more 'scale and depth'.

23 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Next job will be to weather it "extensively" at the wish of its owner so don't blame me 

I once saw a 66 at Holyhead, that, apart from the sweeps of the wipers, looked like the whole thing had just been given a nice even coat of Halfords grey primer.

I wasn't in a position to record the image, unfortunately.

11 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

My first BR Hornby Mk 1 coach cost eleven shillings (£0.55 / €0.60). Put THAT in yer pipes and smoke it, under-forties! Now, they're about £45-£75........

Be fair!

You would need a big pipe to get a coach in and the fumes would not be ideal.

37 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Any responsible manufacturer will have spares and parts for a reasonable amount of time. More so if the models remain in production but a ‘one man band’ like Murphy Models the process can be a little looser. we don’t have parts particularly for any MM items we sell (but do of course for any IRM items)

Where I worked, we would often get requests for spares from the past. As is common, some very early products will last a long time, before people get pressures from accountants to cut costs, once some experience has been got.

I once got a letter from some obscure place in the ex-colonies, asking for a spare terminal bushing* for a thing that I'd never heard of. Some searching found the details of the component. It was clear that there would not be 'one lying about somewhere' and, it would be hugely expensive to attempt to make one, plus the design required materials that would have been illegal many years before, so it would require a completely new design.

I informed the potential customer of the ridiculous price that we would require, should we agree to have a go at making something that might work.

They got quite shirty about us not having one on the shelf, even after I pointed out that they had bought it before my father was born.

* This sort of thing.

20 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

A nice pic of a crewless 0.7.0.........oil burner.........

I hadn't noticed the white circle!

I must find out if that is intentional.

The school has a quiz running tonight, that I have been roped into - I'll see if I can find out who is responsible...

Do you have an obtrusive oil tank?

And a bit of spare paint..?

Street View caught it in process...
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8515444,-7.672642,3a,15y,274.61h,89.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7cuZr9Zfj1o3Ft6FGlo4BA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I await complaints about the livery...