Maintaining the 100% record for Irish Traction Group "Farewell" tours of "Close - but either no cigar or the darn things continued in service for at least 12 months" - this time we didn't get 141s at all because the Chief Engineer wouldn't let them go all the way to Sligo in case they burst. So they gave us a single 071 instead. Which was dud. Just as well I needed the track, TBH. These are expensive exercises with flights and two overnights in hotels (sorry, much too old for hours in trains to catch ferries at dead of night) and as a result of this finally decided to dismember myself from the Irish Traction Group. I'm not sure it's their fault - I would get the impression that dark forces are at play in the Control.... :O)