Interesting pictures...

[popeye]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Genuinely, that IS what will happen - it actually HAS to be what happens. And 50% as a bare minimum, I'm afraid, possibly added to by 50% of the planet becoming uninhabitable, through either being too hot and dry, too stormy, or submerged. In such a scenario, a 50% reduction in numbers would solve nothing - it would have to be a very great deal more.

Gloomy and apocalypic as it sounds......... that's what nature does.

Also, if Putin decides to start World War 3 then this will wipe out most of the population. 

[Broithe]

In terms of population, Ireland is unusual and possibly unique in the world in having a lower population now than it did 200 years ago.

Back in the days of the USSR, there were occasions when 'the system' indicated that nuclear weapons should be launched, but the individuals required to actually initiate that decided not to do it.

[Georgeconna]

On 7/9/2022 at 10:27 PM, Broithe said:

 

Load of Yacht Fuel in those wagons

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I knew that CIE got rid of 3rd class and re-designated it 2nd in the 1950s - but I hadn't realised that any vehicles in the lighter green livery ever had a "3" on the doors, let alone an AEC railcar!

Every day's a school day..............

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[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, Broithe said:

 

At least they didn't encounter any of those antisocial eejits who plague parts of the DART

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No mention of a bus replacement service.

 

[Galteemore]

20 minutes ago, Broithe said:

No mention of a bus replacement service.

 

More a matter for a Crossley tender.. 

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[Westcorkrailway]

8 minutes ago, Broithe said:

 

I knew I’d paid too much for that 071 on ebay

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[Galteemore]

Excellent! Think it may even have downed something too- even if only by disorienting the Luftwaffe pilots into flying too low! 

Edited October 8, 2022 by Galteemore

[Broithe]

1 hour ago, Galteemore said:

Excellent! Think it may even have downed something too- even if only by disorienting the Luftwaffe pilots into flying too low! 

I understand a Bf 110 was claimed.

[Lambeg man]

On 28/9/2022 at 2:00 PM, jhb171achill said:

I knew that CIE got rid of 3rd class and re-designated it 2nd in the 1950s - but I hadn't realised that any vehicles in the lighter green livery ever had a "3" on the doors, let alone an AEC railcar!

Hi Jon,

In 1950 (by the terms of some international agreement), 2nd class was abolished, leaving 1st and 3rd. The GNR(B) at least did not "rebrand" 3rd class to 2nd until 1956 and I suspect CIE & the UTA may acted in a similar manner at the same time. LM 

 

[jhb171achill]

5 hours ago, Lambeg man said:

Hi Jon,

In 1950 (by the terms of some international agreement), 2nd class was abolished, leaving 1st and 3rd. The GNR(B) at least did not "rebrand" 3rd class to 2nd until 1956 and I suspect CIE & the UTA may acted in a similar manner at the same time. LM 

 

CIE seemed to cotton onto the "re-branding" a bit later; obviously, such agreements were not binding therefore different companies or countries might have abolished one or other earlier or later. I think that publicly at least, the NCC was the last to offer all three classes within this island. I actually have a list of dates somewhere which I will post if I can fish it out.

[Lambeg man]

46 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

CIE seemed to cotton onto the "re-branding" a bit later; obviously, such agreements were not binding therefore different companies or countries might have abolished one or other earlier or later. I think that publicly at least, the NCC was the last to offer all three classes within this island. I actually have a list of dates somewhere which I will post if I can fish it out.

Would love to see that.

[Horsetan]

On 5/10/2022 at 5:47 PM, Broithe said:

 

I'm looking at that apparently continuous engine handrail and trying to work out how they managed to open the smokebox door for cleaning....

[RobertRoche]

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by RobertRoche

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Not seen a weedkiller train for a while...
 

 

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https://www.facebook.com/steamtrainsireland/posts/pfbid0eu19LxJFTCsqfAUi5EwW4rqtw2Z8QUDTHQHRQMy7dSUvurkXQwRZpgZFZJtVX7rwl

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I've walked along this bit of reinforced bank a few times, a couple of hundred yards from the WCML, but without noticing the nature of the reinforcing materials.

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An interesting set-up for those into track-building.

"The railway networks of Finland and Sweden are now connected for the first time with through rails thanks to Tornio's new bogie switching device, before only through crossings and gauge switching devices. The counter rails keep the narrower Swedish wheelsets on the wider Finnish track."

[Branchline121]

On 4/11/2022 at 11:51 AM, Broithe said:

An interesting set-up for those into track-building.

"The railway networks of Finland and Sweden are now connected for the first time with through rails thanks to Tornio's new bogie switching device, before only through crossings and gauge switching devices. The counter rails keep the narrower Swedish wheelsets on the wider Finnish track."

That must be what they're thinking about for that Celtic Crossing!