connollystn
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Ah Westcorkrailway! You're being too kind to our 'friend' across the water. It might take you three minutes to remove it from the box but, at that rate, he could make a feature film out of performing the same task. You have to remember, their education system is different to ours that's why they voted to leave the European Union.
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I feel that he doesn't have much knowledge on many of the items he's reviewing that's why he spends ages removing models from their' boxes. On the Westerns [BR Class 52] he was surprised to find a third axle on each of the bogies and, on another, was disapointed to discover that the centre axle was unpowered - not realising it was an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement [BR Class 31], allegedly. He should do a review of the I.R.M. A class - it will take him years to remove it from the box.
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@Georgeconna re: influencers - One of the people you mentioned in your response to my last post can hardly be described as an influencer. That person will review anything just to place content on YouTube - the latest being a comparison of which brand produces the best railroad wagons [answer = Scale Trains]. Euvirail and Dean Park are my go to people for proper analytical reviews of models.
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Jennifer E. Kirk mentioned the A Class on her 'Monday Club' YouTube channel [live every Monday evening]. She's going to record a review of locomotive so it'll be interesting to hear Jennifer's verdict. The Monday Club makes for good viewing and, if you haven't already seen it, you should check out Jennifer's interview with Fran of I.R.M. fame also.
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One other thing that has always bothered me is, until the EMDs arrived, none of the diesels seem to have had a main headlight.
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I'm surprised that C.I.E. built the E class locomotives rather than buying shunters off-the-shelf. With the 1101 and 1102 samples there was evidence enough that they weren't capable of conctructing a decent diesel locomotive.
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New IRM Announcement - Original Taras! (and Newer Livery too)
connollystn replied to Warbonnet's topic in News
13 new announcements for 2022! My bank account is just after suffering a nervous breakdown. -
@ Killian Keane - Meant to say this as part of my earlier post but, despite my age [auld git], that is the first image of the Class 401 I've seen nose first. Thanks for posting that photograph.
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Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
connollystn replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Correct me of I am mistaken but, on closer inspection, the down-pipe is not connected to the locomotive. -
New IRM Announcement - Original Taras! (and Newer Livery too)
connollystn replied to Warbonnet's topic in News
Very disappointed by this announcement after such a long delay all we are offered is the regurgitation of an old model. Not good enough.* *Cannot remember my previous statement verbatim** **I don't know what 'verbatim' means but it sounds intelligent -
If my memory serves me well I do recall seeing a photograph in a national newspaper of an E401 class hauling a Bell Liner from Waterford.
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Wexford Model Railway Club Festival Open Day 2021
connollystn replied to Irishrailwayman's topic in What's On?
That's the real reason I missed the Wexford show last Sunday. I've no fear of going to Spain for my holidays but start to suffer from anxiety at the thoughts of having to venture deep into the wilderness.- 98 replies
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Considering it's historical impotance, I'm surprised that no.201 hasn't been preserved. At that time it was the heaviest single object to be transported by air.
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Wexford Model Railway Club Festival Open Day 2021
connollystn replied to Irishrailwayman's topic in What's On?
What's wrong with having a show at Easter? Better than waiting until the end of October next year. 17th April 2022 is 24 weeks and 5 days away - hope I'll alive to see it.- 98 replies
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Correct me if I am mistaken but I think the introduction of the Supertrain livery coincided with the arrival of the BREL Mark II stock in the early 1970s - most upgraded Metropolitan Vickers [MV] locomotives exited the Inchicore works in the black and tan livery. Not sure that the conversion of the MV stock was completed by the time the Supertrain livery was introduced but it would only have been applied to EMD* engined MVs. *Electro Motive Division of General Motors (USA)
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Must be the most versatile locomotive in the fleet, no matter which type of load it's hauling, it looks great.
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Wexford Model Railway Club Festival Open Day 2021
connollystn replied to Irishrailwayman's topic in What's On?
Looks like I missed a really show because I over-slept. It was instant karma - that's what I get for slagging off Georgeconna who couldn't make for reasons outside his control.- 98 replies
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