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There was a great covers album a few years ago. Check out The Jolly Boys album Great Expectations.

Great rock songs in a Mento/Reggae style by a bunch of 80+ year old lads.

Perfect Day / Blue Monday / I Fought The Law etc.

When you absolutely, positively, have to be there on time:

 

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Wonder if he managed to claim a refund from Ryanair?

The same lad appeared in court the next day. After being released on bail he mooned at the assembled press corps.

I live at 45. Will buy now.

(But as a signmaker I could just make one)...

/ Laziness filter off

I'm sure that Mr Musk will have a suitable submarine.

Agreed lol

According to Network Rail, it is a criminal offence, punishable by a fine or even a prison sentence - see https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/warning-it-is-a-criminal-offence-to-trespass-on-the-railway

 

I agree that trespass shouldn't be punishable by death and also that the railway owes them no duty of care. They didn't follow the rules and unfortunately, that means paying a very high price - in this case, death. I also agree that the media have a lot to answer for - a lot of published articles are very one-sided.

death wasn't a punishment for their trespasses, it was a consequence of their trespasses. If they weren't there then nothing would have happened

Oh, you b******! Do doo d-do dooo!

 

C6T.

* as heard by 7 year old me.

The Loughrea branch in Galway was worked for a while by G Class 0-4-0 diesels on passenger services into the 1970's.

A true story.

 

I did some work for a couple, before marriage her name was Cherry ???(something), she married a Paul Orchard.....she kept her maiden name

Cherry Orchard is a suburb of Dublin.

A very thought provoking article. Thanks for the link.

Aren't those Irish ones steam heat and train lighting generators?

There were later Mk 2 and Mk 3 ETH and electrical services genny vans built new for CIE / Irish Rail

I'm not in love - 10cc

Morning all,

(alas a motorbike riding member of the constabulary was killed in an RTA in that area earlier this week - details not known but I do wonder if a car pulled out in front of him, RIP.

Indeed, Dixie was well known from Road Wars on TV

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tributes-flood-in-for-road-wars-police-officer-killed-in-car-and-motorcycle-crash-in-berkshire-a3711526.html

Ah, that's odd alright. The stops seem to have been moved even further from the access since I was last down that way.

Thanks for the pictures.

Tralee was originally a through station. once the line to Fenit and the North Kerry line were closed a bufferstop was put at the platform end, allowing trains to still use the train shed. Later the goods yard was converted to an additional car park, accessed through the site of the buffer stop. The new arrangement moved the bufferstop further down the platform, as shown above.

Starting from the oldest:

Push/pull ex railcars with C class (not available)

CIE Laminates with C/141 class (not available)

5 car suburban sets with 4 or 6 wheel heating vans.

Cravens and GSV.

Mk 2D loco hauled (occasionally)

Mk 3 push/pull. Initially with 121 Class, later 201 Class.

2601 railcars

2701 railcars

2801 railcars

2901 railcars

29001 railcars

22001 railcars.

(The last few years haven't inspired me to model them)

Enjoy the day JD. Is that a Buccaneer S.2 by any chance in your avatar?

Just realised - another 750R owner............

 

Cheers,

Mick

Great bikes, you could travel all day and still want to have fun on the twisty bits.

Lima HO BCK LOL

To date:

Selection of bicycles, 10,000 miles approx

One written off by a taxi, another by a pedestrian.

Suzuki GS125, first and so far only new vehicle I've owned. 40,000 miles

Suzuki GSX250. Chronically unreliable. 15,000 miles. Fell apart without any outside help.

Kawasaki GPz750R water cooled ( think Tom Cruise in Top Gun) chassis number 00076. Lots of miles including 5,000 around Europe in a month in 1994. Stolen but recovered after 4 months. Never the same.

Kawasaki 500 off-roader. Hire bike for 2 months in South Africa.

Honda CBR400R. Best fun on 2 wheels.

Opel Astra 1.6

Peugeot 406 2 litre Turbo Saloon. Flyer

Merc CLK200. Fast but expensive to run. Electrical basket case. Eventually written off after a collision with a truck on a motorway.

Nissan Almera. Recession car

Peugeot 406 1.7 petrol. Cheap to run and repair. 568,000 miles on the clock! (Electrical issues perhaps) Still going strong after 4 years and 75,000 miles

Edited to show the eventual fates of some of the above.

Goodness me. That's quite a list.

In forty years of driving I've had seven and a half cars.

Snap Dd

Why follow like, errm....sheep?

Lol (hides)

Those Mosquitoes look like 105 Sqn

The Pantheon in Rome.

Civil Engineering 2,000 years old, concrete, unsupported dome.

Anyone interested in Civ. Eng. will understand

I finally bit the bullet ( after a hard drive failure of an XP machine).

We now have a Win95, a Win ME, a Win XP, a Vista and a Win 10 on the premises!

All still do their jobs.

The 10 machine has an SSD drive and is a ridiculous advance over the previous machine. Only one programme has caused problems so far, 2003 software from a deceased provider with no obvious upgrade/replacement.

The Win95 machine will live on.

Lol.

We really need a 'send a picture' button. ; )