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fair play anto - great vids! thanks for showing the clip of EM 50....superb! the detail shots of weathering on the loco is brill....love the temp gauges on the axels - never noticed them before!

great info TTm thanks:tumbsup:

or time to quit?

lovely layout kev...well done!

[quote name= This is just an extract from the Sulzers, one such interesting movement being recorded: 'On 25 August 1962 B112 took over the hauling of the remaining two Queens, Nos. 800 and 801, from the ailing A48 which had hauled them from Thurles; but the load proved too much and B112 failed at Portarlington, clear case of “dead” steam triumphing over “live” Diesel!' any pics of that event eiretrain?

now you are bulshitting me! you cant leave this thread without giving more info on same please...

that looked like the future for our gallant police force.....robbing the post office to pay their wages!!!!

broithe..at the first glance , i thought you worked in a ww2 factory making mini torpedo subs for the british navy!

this is one of the many reasons that i love this site.... the willingness of you lads to pass on such fantastic information on railway history! well done and many thanks! johnathan, looking forward to part 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8................................40!

drink is the cure for all your ales!

that has happened to a good few in as many years....heres a clip of one spit which crashed after a n undercarrage collaose cant be that many of there beautiful aircraft left that are still operational.

dont they pick that up as they go along?......(couldnt help that one!)

if only that were irish!!!

'Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.' Abraham Lincoln

ever wonder how they paint a loco? well, wonder no more.... stunning paintwork!

david, i got bogied guinness , curtain side cement, bubbles and shale wagons from tommy and am delighted with them.

great pics westy...love the camoflaged control tower!

proud owner of B114 black and tan ....a real beauty!

'Employee of the Month' an employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time!

looking forward to seeing her with her lights working!

beautiful scene with the goods passing over the viaduct!

kirley, any update on the A class?

excellent info as always jhb. thanks for posting. loads of food for thought there!

as for fry being the largest , there is a german one in hamburg that is 1300m sq.....

'A WEALTHY pensioner who saved Europe's largest model railway collection for the people of north Dublin has left more than €17m in his will. Patrick Michael Gaffney, a farmer who died aged 95 in January last year, left estate valued at €17.3m, it emerged yesterday. Mr Gaffney is credited with keeping the Fry Model Railway in Malahide after he bequeathed €1.5m towards a project to re-house it in a 17th century building in the heart of the village. The railway was bought by Dublin Tourism in 1976 from the late railway engineer Cyril Fry's widow and opened to the public in Malahide Castle in 1988. However, following the redevelopment of the castle, it was planned to relocate the railway to Busaras in Dublin city. Mr Gaffney donated €1.5m to help restore the 200-year-old abandoned Casino House in Malahide, which will house the collection. The Fry Model Railway is a 232sqm working miniature rail display, initially built in the 1920s and developed and modernised to become the largest model railway collection in Europe. The railway includes models of stations, landmarks, locations and Irish landscapes from throughout the 20th century. It was overhauled in the 1980s and a new layout built at Inchicore Works by retired CIE craftsman, Tommy Tighe. The model railway was closed in 2010 due to a lack of funding and the redevelopment project at Malahide, but will re-open to the public this summer at Casino House, which is located close to Malahide DART station. The new centre will include children's and educational displays, and allow for the Fry models to be maintained and upgraded. Mr Gaffney donated the money to restore Casino House on condition it housed the model railway.' thats great news! thanks tony for spotting it...now we know at last about its future. couldnt see it been open this summer though...