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any pics?

bren.......what the f... am i letting myself in for? great pics of a great layout!

a beauty of a layout eamonn...well done!

my list for the 12 days of xmas.. 12 mogul ore wagons (i really wish!!!) 11 guinness 4wheel tank wagons 10 cie orange liveried cement bubbles 9 tara mine wagons in origional blue livery 8 42' flats 7 20ft guinness wagons 6 bogied guinness flats with loads 5 metro vis A class in different liveries 4 metro vic C class in different liveries 3 121's in supertrain livery 2 class 400's 1 large bottle of jameson whiskey! am i wishing for to much this year?

thanks bro.. what does IE use here?

john, how can you tell the difference in the early or late design of the bredin coach?

lovely layout and the back drop scenery / picture really look the part. well done! any chance of a few close ups of the 22000 railcar?

tis indeed! i gather thats not standard practice?

jesus am feeling old now! grew up watching this series in glorious black and white- always wanted the button machine ...anything you wished for - but you had to spell it out first!

found this little clip on utube. 80's being top and tailed by 071's - smokey little devels! [video=youtube;kBpdB-CuChQ]

gordon, what is the sandite train? on a utube clip it appears to be one yellow coach

i would appreciate it if you would. i have my old layout pulled assunder (again!) and will be starting a multilevel one asap..would be good to wire all as i go. i plan to use a mixture of colour and semiphore signals(dapol). thanks wiggy

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Classic-Train-Journeys-Ireland-DVD-/120849207972 might be of interest .

Three engineers and three accountants were traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three accountants each bought tickets and watched as the three engineers bought only one ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asked an accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer. They all boarded the train. The accountants took their respective seats, but the three engineers all crammed into a rest room and closed the door behind them. Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around collecting tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, "Ticket, please". The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on. The accountants saw this and agreed it was a quite clever idea. So, after the conference, the accountants decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers didn't buy a ticket at all. "How are you going to ride without a ticket"? said one perplexed accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer. When they boarded the train, the three accountants crammed into a restroom and the three engineers crammed into another one nearby. The train departed. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers left his restroom and walked over to the restroom where the accountants were hiding. He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please".

nice work there mrhe=D

is that set up difficult to wire up?

yep, got it now, they looked a wee bit similar fron some angles( or maybe i need the old specs changed!) and of course the wheel arrangement is different. one thing about railways over there - so many classes of locos, bith steam and diesel - you wouldnt get bored modelling it!

beautiful models from dapol. tha class 22 is a real beauty. above all the steam locos built in the UK, the great western engines always warm my heart - magnificent machines, even the 56x pannier is as graceful as it gets! as regards the western, why are they sometimes referred to as 'warship' class?

Jim wanted a job as a signalman on the railways. At the job interview the inspector asked him this question: "What would you do if you saw 2 trains heading for each other on the SAME track? Jim said: "I would put all signals to danger" "What if they were going too fast?", asked the inspector. Jim said," I would switch the points for one of the trains." "What if the lever broke?", asked the inspector. "Then I'd dash down the signal box steps waving a red flag", said Jim. "What if it blew away in the wind?" asked the inspector. "Then I'd run back into the signal box & phone the next signal box." "What if the phone was engaged?" "Well.....in that case," persevered Jim, "I'd rush down out of the box & use the public emergency phone at the level crossing." "What would you do if THAT was vandalized?" "Oh well, then I'd run into the village & get my Uncle Seamus." This puzzled the Inspector, "Why would you do that?" "Because he's never seen a train crash!!"

Mr Smith gets into work late for the 5th time in five days and his boss says: "OK Smith, what's the excuse today? "Let's hear a good excuse for a change." "I'm very sorry boss," he says, "everything went wrong this morning, my wife decided to drive me to the station. She got ready in ten minutes but we got stuck in traffic. I didn't want to let you down so I got out of the car, knocked a policeman off his motor bike, stole his bike and raced through the streets to the station with siren screaching, the train was just pulling out of the platform so I ran after it and jumped on the back, I clung on at speeds of 100mph for 30 minutes but it didn't stop in the station so I jumped off on the viaduct into the swollen river and swam through raging torrents, got out of the river and grabbed a passing fire engine, clung on for dear life and it dropped me off here - and here I am - look, my suit's still damp!" "You'll have to do better than that, Smith," said the boss, disappointed. "That's unbelievable, no woman can get ready in ten minutes!"

they look stunning in the vid wiggy. what do you mean by automatic control? is it the loco that activates them on the track?

Kirley, thats beautiful job on that old girl - shes a real beauty=D

great pics sulzer - thanks for sharing. the pic with poor old 29426 would make a great scene to model!

thanks lads...another learning day!

thanks for posting Snapper, great to see pics of the show - i was to go but that dirty little 4 letter word stopped me...(work!) the layouts look great. the scenery on strawberry hill is brilliant...love the mine shaft and the pilbox. the chocolate biscuits get my vote too!