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nice work there tom=D

mine did!! nice work on yours GC!

gareth - there all out of service for a good while now. they are suppost to be disposed of this year.

nir - nice find! thats a site to keep in mind.

Ciotog, i agree with all the lads - its a fab layout. more pics please and what are the dimentions of same? its really great work=D

great stuff lads. david, that vid of your fire engine is a touch of class...as real as it gets! train model-great tips thanks for posting (anto as well)

hi lads, found this piece in the Westmeath Examiner - its dated a while back and i wondered has anyone any more info on it? Closed Mullingar to Athlone rail line raised at meeting Updated: Thursday, 16th February, 2012 5:30pm Suggestion that Chinese investors fund re-opening Lots of funding would be required to open the railway for use, as this photo taken on Tuesday February 14, looking towards Dysart, suggests. Two suggestions that could sort out the Athlone to Mullingar rail line saga have emerged from a public meeting in Mullingar. One is that Chinese investors be asked to consider funding the reopening of the Mullingar to Athlone rail line and the second is that Iarnród Éireann be asked to grant Mullingar Chamber of Commerce a long-term lease on the 30 miles of track. The issue came up for discussion during Monday night's Town Hall meeting, organised by Mullingar Chamber of Commerce and attended by politicians and members of the public as well as chamber members. Michael MacDonald, who asked from the floor if progress had been made in persuading Iarnród Éireann to re-open the line, made the suggestion. "I believe they have abandoned the line," he said. "They should offer us it for €10 for a 99-year lease." He said otherwise, the project would go nowhere, and that officials in Dublin were "totally insulated" against needs locally. More in this week's Westmeath Examiner. http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2012/02/16/4009023-closed-mullingar-to-athlone-rail-line-raised-at-meeting/

aye....and when you have it finished you can smash it up like A4mallard did with his old one, and then you can start it all over again!

glad to help - looking forward to the finished project!

stephen, if it was my layout, I wish!) - i would use a combo. ballast for the 2 inner sidings, as in the guinness and northwall sidings [ATTACH=CONFIG]2860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]2861[/ATTACH] hardstanding for under the gantry, as in ballina freight yard.. [ATTACH=CONFIG]2862[/ATTACH]

great news! as rich said no more broken hand rails. i always found that once the body was removed , the cabs never sat back in the same as when taken out of the box-there was always that tiny gap:(

To your bad memory! (we use any excuse fot a pint)

FOR SHAME!.....now - you are the one who needs to say ten Hail Marys!....not that its going to do you any good - your going straight to hell anyway!

eamonn.... great work as always!... but its Arthurs day ....so get your good wife and go forth to the local pub and sink a few!!

dont let anyone say that this thread is not related to railway modelling! many a layout was concieved, planned and built while thinking of, or actually consuming a few pints of the black stuff - to ARTHUR!!........... the cause of ( and the solution to ) many of the railway modellers problems!! -

popeye, how long did it take to make one wagon? be honest now!

you're only as young as you feel!!.....................

now anthony, remember our motto.. 'we who share all' 'ALL' is the key word here! so lets have them!!!

its not the blood pressure ....its the sudden surge of strength in my loins that worries me!

good one! at least she did have some cloths on....feck it anyway:((

absolute little beauties!

'The Irish Navy' by the Dubliners. those lads were great at taking the piss at stuff while making everyone aware of it at the same time...the Naval Service (or the Marine Service as it was called back then) was a great example! [video=youtube;Vp_y-xGa8gs]

great pic...thats a rare find!