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  • Birthday 18/04/1949

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    Wychavon (South Worcestershire)

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    I am a 64 year old Englishman who has long found Irish railways fascinating because of both their similarity to and difference from the railways in the UK. Save for the fact that my younger son's father-in-law came from Dundalk, I have no connections with Ireland whatsoever. I do, however, have the same birthday as the republic. That's probably where my interest comes from!

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    Railways (full size and model), cats (Siamese and Bengal), American oval racing, Sunderland AFC

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    Retired Chartered Engineer

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  1. Thanks for that. Were some of these sold to the MGWR when the GSWR took over the WLWR and decided they didn’t want the engines on order? Stephen
  2. What is the GSR/CIE classification of the WL&WR 0-6-0, please? Stephen
  3. Absolutely love the ‘natural’ background. Stephen
  4. There seems to be a belief amongst planners that people are ok with having to change trains multiple times. Am I in the minority who believe that puts people off train travel? Stephen
  5. There was also a proposal for a new high speed line bypassing Portadown. Some really good stuff in the AIRR but we’ll have to wait and see. Something I learnt many years ago, it’s not how fast you go but how slow you go ie how many stops you make. Stephen
  6. What’s proposed above includes a brand new high speed railway from Dublin to Kildare. Therein lies the problem. Largescale improvements of existing infrastructure are much more likely than brand new. Stephen
  7. I note that they use the word could rather than will, which suggests…..or maybe it doesn’t. We’ll have to wait for the formal announcement. Stephen
  8. There seems to be a reluctance to integrate all forms of transport, even though they may also be in competition. Steohen
  9. Warley at the NEC has re-invented itself as Warley at Statfold on 12th/13th October. That is excellent news. Stephen
  10. An interesting photo looking out of the GNR(I) passenger station rather than into it, if that makes sense. Stephen
  11. I know Guinness was mentioned in the first paragraph but I was simply pointing ou that it wasn’t on the list of industrial sites with their own locos. Stephen
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    Murphy Models Mk2d

    They’re on eBay already. Stephen
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