Weblinks Latest Topicshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/forum/38-weblinks/Weblinks Latest TopicsenKillala in N scale by Martyn Harris Railway Modellers Ireland Facebook grouphttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/19888-killala-in-n-scale-by-martyn-harris-railway-modellers-ireland-facebook-group/ An excellent example of the use of N for modelling a railway in the landscape

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18CqMpGYwC/

]]>19888Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:39:57 +0000The Ian Allan story - The father of trainspottinghttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/19879-the-ian-allan-story-the-father-of-trainspotting/ This is one of a series of LOCONORY stories about important people in our hobby

 

 

]]>19879Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:10:39 +0000New Irish Lineshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/219-new-irish-lines/Hi there can anyone out there tell me if they are still publishing the printed version of new Irish lines .

I know that the on line version seems to have ground to a halt.

also how many editions were published and up and until when (i understand that there were two volume twos published)

Many thanks in advance .

]]>219Tue, 08 May 2012 14:47:03 +0000Whitehead - UTA best kept station 1964https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/19629-whitehead-uta-best-kept-station-1964/ Whitehead - UTA best kept station

Cheers

Darius

]]>19629Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:32:49 +0000BBC Archive - End of the Line - NI film.https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/19542-bbc-archive-end-of-the-line-ni-film/ This is all based in NI with some really nice scenes in it.

The SLNC Loco slipping with the cattle train is ace. 

 

 

]]>19542Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:23:26 +0000Resourses for Irish Railway Modellershttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/11452-resourses-for-irish-railway-modellers/ I found this link on another forum
Should be of interest here

Resources for Irish Railway Modellers.2pdf.pdf

]]>11452Sun, 01 May 2022 23:49:43 +0000Model shops Memorieshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/6189-model-shops-memories/Some of the older members will remember the wonderful shop of Owens on Bray Main St. In his day he stocked a nice few bits for railway modellers at a time when life was much simpler and modellers were not so discerning or spoilt for choice, and when, if you had an orange and black cl 33 you thought you were the bees knees.

http://www.greystonesguide.ie/bray-a-history/

]]>6189Thu, 03 Aug 2017 11:45:36 +0000A bit of De Ja Vu NZ Government announce decision to replace Cook Strait Rail Ferries again!https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/18462-a-bit-of-de-ja-vu-nz-government-announce-decision-to-replace-cook-strait-rail-ferries-again/ The Ferries with their 3 1/2  hour crossing are effectively the backbone of New Zealand's SH1  road and Trunk rail system linking . The 6th Labour Government which included Winston Peters (a very canny politician & pro-rail) party NZ First as a coalition partner approved the replacement of the existing ferries with new larger ferries in 2021. Like CIEs late 1940s order for twin engined Sulzer 'express locos' Kiwirail was forced to cancel the order for the new ships following a change of Government in late 2021. The new 6th National Government a coalition of center right National, NZ First and libretarian ACT struggled to decide on whether to replace the ferries with road only or combined road and rail until Winston insisted that the ferries had to be rail capable or possibly withdraw his support for the Government. National is best described as agnostic when it comes to spending public money on rail, ACT would consider it a waste of public money.

Interestingly the Labour leader later claimed that Winston had signed off on the original project while in coalition with Labour in 2019. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360635225/cook-strait-ferries-saga-explained

Original project costs had blown out over port works at Picton and Wellington where the existing ferry terminal requires replacement due to high risk in the event of a severe earthquake built on port & city formed as a result of an earthquake.

Interestingly the rail decks on the new ferries are to be designed to accommodate 40-60' wagons or 120TEU same capacity as the cancelled order so same rail capacity as the cancelled 2021 order.

Although the project is likely to over run and Government likely to end up as a price taker, the new ferries potentially secure the future of the 336km line  south from Picton to Christchurch which was severely damaged but reinstated following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake

While there is talk about saving the taxpayer billions, Kiwirail have had to pay a cancellation fee to Mitsui the Korean shipyard that apparently had started work on the two new ferries, the Government have not disclosed the projected project cost for the replacement ferries and port works, claiming it to be commercially sensitive, though more likely Ferry Holdings a Company established earlier this year to procure the ships and manage the project has is only at the project scoping and preliminary costing stage.

The whole saga is not unlike the Mary Harney's as Transport Minister in the newly elected FF government during the mid 1990s cancelling CIEs original Dublin Light Rail project despite EU funding approval apparently in response to concerns that the Light Rail System would add to city center traffic congestion and would be ineffective from a public transport perspective based on a projection that only 1% of Dublin area commuters would use the Light Rail System. More likely explanation was that it was seen as a FG Labour coalition project and the incoming Government did not want CIE with its history of poor industrial relations controlling the Dublin Light Rail system. The EU Dublin Light Rail funding was diverted to upgrading Maynooth suburban services, including the reinstatement of double track between Clonsilla and Maynooth, a new signalling system and station improvements. 

CIE still being in the dog house Light Rail Project staff were transferred to the Rail Procurement Agency although still working from Portacom in the Heuston Carpark, the Dublin Light Rail Project was re-christened LUAS and the operating contract was awarded to Connex and a non-strike agreement agreed with the Unions representing LUAS staff. 

In the end the LUAS project was 100% funded by the Irish Government although 10 years earlier the project was promoted as an EU funded project a benefit of Ireland joining the Single Market and closer European integration.

I guess the craftiest  politicians are those that focus on keeping in the news and getting elected.

 

 

]]>18462Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:57:46 +0000Ghosts on Every Corner exhibition of models of Christchurch buildings lost in 2011 earthquakehttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/18351-ghosts-on-every-corner-exhibition-of-models-of-christchurch-buildings-lost-in-2011-earthquake/ Featured on TV this evening the clip included a railway wagon, derlict Stockyard (Cattle market) public toilet complete with authentically modelled grafitti.

Some mind blowing building and structure modelling (warts and all) buildings lost in 2011 earthquake by Mike Beer. 

 https://www.artscentre.org.nz/whats-on/ghosts-on-every-corner/

https://www.instagram.com/ghostcat_mb/reel/DHXg5_CS5D2/

]]>18351Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:10:30 +0000Roco Z21 Professional Digital Set.https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/17202-roco-z21-professional-digital-set/ Hi Everyone.

If anyone is looking to buy a Roco Z21 Profesional Digital Set, Roco are having a sale of the set for €399.

https://www.roco.cc/ren/products/control/digital-control-devices/10834-z21-professional-digital-set.html

Normally this set is about €600.

It would be a nice Christmas present or to celebrate a birthday, divorce or whatever 😉

Contents:
1 Z21 digital control centre
1 Z21 WLANMAUS
1 WiFi router
1 plug-in power supply 

Tony.

]]>17202Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:36:54 +0000Royal Mail to open Mail Rail to public in 2017https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/5705-royal-mail-to-open-mail-rail-to-public-in-2017/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/06/geeks_guide_mail_rail/]]>5705Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:13:13 +0000A Class locoshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/6444-a-class-locos/ Hello guys , came across this on you tube. so for  anyone who has not already seen it.

 

]]>6444Sat, 09 Dec 2017 20:20:14 +0000201 arrivinghttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/7257-201-arriving/

 

]]>7257Sat, 26 Jan 2019 22:13:28 +0000Trackplan sourceshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/15225-trackplan-sources/ If anyone can’t find a good source for historic track plans, etc. or is dissatisfied with Google Maps’ level of detail, then GeoHive has a viewer for old OS maps, and OpenStreetMap shows railways, and everything else for that matter, in much more detail than Google Maps. This is just to let everyone know of these trackplan sources, as I’ve found them quite useful. Merry Christmas!

PS: feel free to post alternate sources here if you think them worthy of mention.

]]>15225Sat, 16 Dec 2023 15:06:59 +0000Earliest train set in Ireland ?https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/12828-earliest-train-set-in-ireland/ https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000524053?fbclid=IwAR3N1_CkP8-B-Fi7Bt42XeucnZsuApEgjSEpnP9mHlWsCYO_zDSGipRbhCg

]]>12828Mon, 26 Dec 2022 16:26:14 +0000Irish Railways 1922-23https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/12733-irish-railways-1922-23/ Saw this on the RTE webpage this morning: 

https://www.rte.ie/history/irish-free-state/2022/1123/1337904-the-conflict-on-irish-railways-1922-23/

]]>12733Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:49:30 +0000orient expresshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/12333-orient-express/ https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/orient-express-rediscovered-carriages-interiors-revealed/index.html

]]>12333Sun, 16 Oct 2022 08:08:25 +0000Guardian "Green line: take a window seat on Ireland’s most beautiful train trips"https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/12026-guardian-green-line-take-a-window-seat-on-ireland%E2%80%99s-most-beautiful-train-trips/ The Guardian is currently running a series on rail travel (mainly local slow trains) in Europe focusing on the more interesting scenic train rides, including Finland, Norway, and the Oder-Neisse line through the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland 

Todays article is on Irelands most scenic lines featuring Rosslare-Dublin, Cork Cobh, Longford-Sligo, Dublin-Belfast, the WRC and Derry to Coleraine

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/aug/03/6-best-railway-train-trips-in-ireland-dublin-belfast-rosslare-cork-sligo

]]>12026Wed, 03 Aug 2022 10:17:25 +0000this guy makes it look easy !!https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9390-this-guy-makes-it-look-easy/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_mamm09CM

]]>9390Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:33:22 +0000plus ca change .................https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/10197-plus-ca-change/

 

]]>10197Mon, 05 Jul 2021 09:56:09 +0000Inchicorehttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/10941-inchicore/ https://dublininquirer.com/2021/12/22/for-175-years-keeping-the-trains-running-has-been-a-family-business-at-the-inchicore-railway-works

]]>10941Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:02:44 +0000Harcourt streethttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/10145-harcourt-street/

 

]]>10145Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:36:36 +0000Tony Koester's Nickel Plate Road layout.https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9948-tony-koesters-nickel-plate-road-layout/ Potomac Division Virtual Clinic 11 Update on the Nickel Plate Tony Koester 4 18 21 edited final - YouTube

Tony Koester who writes the Trains Of Thought column in Model Railroader and edits Model Railroad Planning discusses his HO scale NKP layout. Well worth viewing.

]]>9948Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:25:07 +0000Freight to the rescue - Oxygen express in Indiahttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9931-freight-to-the-rescue-oxygen-express-in-india/


 

]]>9931Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:38:59 +0000Athy old photoshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9772-athy-old-photos/ I found some great old photos of Athy station and approaches here:

http://www.athyphotos.gallery/railway-station.html

There's a decent shot of GN cement hopper wagons crossing the Barrow to or from the Asbestos Factory. I believe the factory was served from Boyne Road Cement Works at one stage, before supply witched to Castlemungret.

The collection shows other stuff for example aerial photos of the cattle market directly adjacent to the station off the Dublin road:

http://www.athyphotos.gallery/dublin-road.html

Might be of interest to someone.

]]>9772Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:42:12 +0000Broadstonehttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9735-broadstone/

 

]]>9735Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:03:02 +0000Gulf Oil Branch.https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9635-gulf-oil-branch/ Gulf Oil Refinery Branch Line - YouTube

 

Wonderful two part documentary about the construction of a branch to a South Wales oil refinery in the late sixties.

]]>9635Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:38:58 +0000signal man jokehttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9560-signal-man-joke/

 

]]>9560Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:30:22 +0000Bray headhttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9438-bray-head/

 

]]>9438Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:27:48 +0000Timetable Worldhttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9088-timetable-world/ Some people may recall a website called Timetable World. This previously held a small number of scans of British/American/German railway timetables from the 1940s to 1960s.

After remaining unchanged first some years, it has now been updated with an expanded collection of timetables.

More material is to be added, but there is now an Irish timetable on the site, the CIÉ 1983 timetable, which may be of interest to some:

https://timetableworld.com/viewer?token=66d160cc-d943-40f6-be38-842d1602845c#

I believe there are more Irish as well as British and international timetables to come soon.

]]>9088Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:37:44 +0000National library of Irelandhttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/8402-national-library-of-ireland/ Here is a good archive  http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000148612 hope you all like.

]]>8402Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:12:51 +00001970's CIE videos.https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/8413-1970s-cie-videos/

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Just found this treasure trove of 1970's CIE videos on You Tube. I somehow managed to put  in 2 links twice and cant find a way of fixing it.  Can a moderator fix it?

]]>8413Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:14:10 +0000Neville Stead Collectionhttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/8354-neville-stead-collection/ I came across this on facebook, a lovely collection of Irish steam pictures.

https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/search&search=Neville+Stead+Collection&category_id=106

 

]]>8354Wed, 04 Mar 2020 08:49:31 +0000Old CIE adshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/2429-old-cie-ads/http://brandnewretro.ie/2013/10/13/3-cie-adverts-from-1974/]]>2429Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:50:58 +0000Irishthreefoot IO Grouphttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/8007-irishthreefoot-io-group/ Hi guys as some of you will beaware Yahoo will be closing their groups by the end of the year, but as the old owner and mods have both past on no one can access the files to transfer them across to a new group, so in order to keep the small group going we have set up a new group on the IO platform

IrishThreeFoot@groups.io

The link should take you to the new site if you wish to join, it may take a while to get going again but you are all welcome.

Colin Rainsbury

List owner

]]>8007Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:28:52 +0000what a scratchbuild !https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/7947-what-a-scratchbuild/

 

]]>7947Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:33:37 +0000Irish Railway photoshttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/7888-irish-railway-photos/ Ireland

Hi Guys I hope this works but I have just come across some photos of Irish railways, I guess most of you will know this site but if not I hope you get as much pleasure from it as I do

https://www.flickr.com/photos/110691393@N07/albums/72157638438035474

 

Colin R

 

]]>7888Sun, 25 Aug 2019 17:32:49 +0000Railways to the west Projecthttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/7724-railways-to-the-west-project/ https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=2BhLBFwx4ug

]]>7724Fri, 28 Jun 2019 22:58:15 +0000CMAT 2040https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/7598-cmat-2040/ Plenty of Rail stuff 'to happen' around Cork for those that want a read.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gkz3Exyv1WyRTOnBGsCp9CM9PKZ8_XJq/view

On the other hand this was flagged from Simon Coveny so could be a complete work of fiction - ala the Cork Events Centre.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/specialreports/cork-events-centre-will-it-still-be-on-with-the-show-or-back-again-to-the-drawing-board-900459.html

]]>7598Tue, 14 May 2019 13:05:16 +0000The Drimnagh Roadhttps://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/6965-the-drimnagh-road/ Anyone remember a website called the Drimnagh Road?  It was by some fella who took in a load of the last passenger workings by mostly by 071s, to Sligo Galway and Westport etc.  Looked it up the other day and it was nowhere to be seen, was disappointed because it was a good aul blog!

]]>6965Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:15:18 +0000