Silverfox GNR DMU.

[josefstadt]

I love the idea of a mixed set with green, blue/cream and black/tan liveries. very "early nineteen sixties" CIE! I am eagerly awaiting Paddy Murphy's 121 in grey and yellow to do an

 

"Enterprise" of that brief era.

 

Colm

 

Funny you should say that. Guess what was on the 'Enterprise'that day -

 

- B132 in the original Grey & Yellow livery. Note the BUT 700-class railcar on Platform 3. Also, the multi liveried railcar set in the 'Howth Bay' platform does seem to be going out hauling the two coaches as this pic shows passengers (remember this was in the days before passengers became customers!) in them. Therefore it must have been a service to somewhere down the main line where the power cars could run round the two coaches.

[jhb171achill]

Good point, Josefstadt! First, you can see the railcar blue here is much darker than on the model, and the lettering on the side is completely different, but following from what you say, not only are goods trains almost extinct, but passenger trains are too. We now have nothing but customer trains! Will someone in the railway's publicity department please wake up and smell the roses (or "customers")! :-)

 

What's next? The gardaí arrest "customers" who have had a complaint made against them by, eh... customers? And the casualty is taken to hospital, where they (as a customer) get treatment????

 

But in business - it's "partners"........

 

OK, I've been out tonight. It's new years' day. Happy NY to all! (Customers included!)

[Mayner]

Good point, Josefstadt! First, you can see the railcar blue here is much darker than on the model, and the lettering on the side is completely different, but following from what you say, not only are goods trains almost extinct, but passenger trains are too. We now have nothing but customer trains! Will someone in the railway's publicity department please wake up and smell the roses (or "customers")! :-)

 

What's next? The gardaí arrest "customers" who have had a complaint made against them by, eh... customers? And the casualty is taken to hospital, where they (as a customer) get treatment????

 

But in business - it's "partners"........

 

OK, I've been out tonight. It's new years' day. Happy NY to all! (Customers included!)

 

Some gobsmacking photos first a freshly painted E Class with colour coded pipework at Connolly no Amiens Street, now railcars hauling coaches out of the Howth Bay! what else is in store?

 

The scary thing is that PR & HR consultants have managed to sell the same gobligook to nearly every Government and large Corporation in the World.

 

Nowadays railways buy new locos and stock to "improve productivity" rather than to make money carrying freight or compete with road transport.

 

Similiarly Clients of Government Service like Police, Customs and Excise, and Social Welfare are surveyed on their "Customer Experience" which can be interesting if an individual or company has been convicted of a felony or fraud .

Edited January 1, 2013 by Mayner

[Guest hidden-agenda]

Welcome aboard Colm. Bleach green is a work of art well done.

[jhb171achill]

Very true, mayner!