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I dealt with insulators in a previous life, mostly towards the higher voltage end of things - Bullers became part of Allied Insulators and we used a good bit of their output, as it was a little cheaper than the vastly better NGK stuff from Japan. The old factory, with its very Stokey bottle kilns, would make a nice layout for somebody to have a go at. https://www.alliedinsulators.com/company/history/ We did (inadvertently) blow up an insulator in a fairly dramatic manner in the mid 70s, whilst under test in Manchester, next to the Kellogg's factory - there was some damage to a lot of vehicles in their car park - and I've often wondered if we also contaminated their output, giving them the idea for Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, which were launched shortly after the event?

They're probably held up in the post by customs, trying to work out how much to charge you for getting them

On the Big Island, I once had to pay £8 to pay a £3 VAT charge on a £15 item - that turned the £15 into £26.

Could be worse. I had a couple of aunts who had a friend who was as geographically-challenged as they were - she got on a train in Bristol to go the few miles to Wellington (in Somerset) and got off it in Wellington in Shropshire. "I thought it was taking a long time."

She's displaying her intimidating stare, as all good security staff will do, when confronted by dodgy-looking customers.

If it was a CIE Interceptor, you could try it in a few different liveries...

The link will work without the additional punctuation. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/iarnrod-eireann-heartened-by-freight-contracts-1.365705#:~:text=The decline in rail freight,Cork's North Esk freight depot

53 would have been my second guess from the expanded picture.

I know nothing of these matters, but that looks like 58 to me. Is that plausible?

Easier to hide from the Domestic Security Services.

A tank in the town square suggests Celbridge can be a bit rough at the weekends?

A challenge for anybody doing Balbriggan in modern image. Tullamore would be easier - a bit.

You're just trying to get mugs to do an image search for 'Brazilian'. I'm not falling for that - yet.

And, it's hard to be sure, but somebody may have painted the chassis black...

Almost all cartoon characters have three fingers and a thumb, where they have hands at all. Four just looks 'too many'. A friend of mine had the ring finger on her left hand removed due to cancer, but it is almost unnoticeable, even if you know. I suspect that few people who don't know ever spot it.

What a lovely backscene.

Well, I've asked around via private messages and, reluctantly, we'll take a tenner for him.

I Can't Remember. Might not even need a ticket - would they spot one more old sod?

If you look closely, you can see that the wheels are different to "ours". There is a moulded boss where the axle passes through, to prevent them being moved out to 21mm.

Have they been scanned yet?