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"It's a small price to pay for perfection" Let her think you mean her...

Plain bearings*, rather than the 'traditional' pin-point ones, will always have that bit more drag - what friction there is will be at a somewhat greater radius from the axle centre line. * I presume they are plain bearings, to get the axle through and make the bearing caps rotate?

Earlier this year.

Deer may be an escalating issue - they are often rather more agile and determined than the average domesticated animal and the numbers around can be rather greater than people might notice. It is said that there are actually more deer about now than at any time since the end of the last Ice Age. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21688447 The scale of the lineside fencing in Ireland seems generally a lot more 'discrete' than on the Big Island. I live near a 'wild patch' and we have quite a few deer-related road traffic incidents, about three or four a week - I've witnessed a couple and the damage to the vehicles was very dramatic, although no occupants were significantly injured in either. When I first moved here, in the mid-70s, I lived in digs and the phone number was almost the same as the one that you would ring for the Warden who dealt with the aftermaths, just the last two numbers reversed. We would get a false 'alert' every few weeks, usually after the pubs had shut. I remember being woken once, in the early hours, by my landlord answering the phone to a rather inebriated driver who had got a deer stuck through his windscreen - "Well, if it's still alive, give it the kiss of life and take it to the A&E" I often wonder what happened...

And you don't need to be too picky sticking the track down...

It does seem to be a particular issue in Celtic cultures.

We shouldn't jump to conclusions. But, there are clear issues that need addressing... There is some trampoline security advice here.

If this is it, it looks like ZR 2417.

For those less enamoured by the new livery, I wonder if the letters on the side would peel off to be rearranged into WOT A SATANIC VEST..?

And 'Go West' has another meaning...

Ha ha - a chap on this railway heritage page has just described the modern vehicles as "psychedelic sausages"... https://www.facebook.com/groups/britainsrailwaysremembered/permalink/2449257608623637/ I saw a white Pendolino running past out in the wild on the WCML yesterday - it really did look quite nice.

The current Liberation Sites in the Republic. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1uQBJsuTiAy13ozyGxa6zw9EzrCbl4dVU&ll=52.57355874044342%2C-7.998124950000033&z=8 Showing a tendency to be in the vicinity of railway traffic..? On the Big Island, it seems to be all road traffic now - there is a small business near me with two specially fitted release trucks, though they're not 'at home' on any of the available Street View shots.

Ghost train... I actually quite like it - I don't like all the swoopy, colour-fading stuff that seems trendy these days.

Very little fiddly stuff. It won't last long, though - it's just a transitional phase as the operator changes over...

And another...

Is that Marklin? Which set? There could be a bit of interest at this time of the year, perhaps?

Is 'she' letting you go off to Hamburg with 'the lads'..? She sounds easily-led... Does she have a sister?

B 46...? Do you have this unique vehicle as a corporate jet for your international jaunts? Only a three-seater, but I suppose somebody has to stay in the office..?

I get a 404 error for that, but patience is a virtue much prized amongst the modelling communities.

That needn't stop us - get stuck in!

Invisible model railways? Much easier to get away with buying stuff for...