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Rob

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  1. Rob

    Jason's Workbench

    Wow! Only saw this now- looks excellent. It was a lot of hard work by the look of it but really makes a big difference. Well done
  2. Rob

    Jason's Workbench

    Excellent! Hard to get it spot on sometimes but you nailed it.
  3. Nice picture from Colm O'Callaghan's book 'Irish Traction- larnród Éireann' showing 219 fresh in the new Intercity Livery in June 2006. You wouldn't think the Green/Silver 201 era crossed over with the Guiness kegs- they kind of seem different eras!
  4. Great idea- l know l will be in the minority but l am a big fan of anything 201-related!! I like the fact they are still around hauling passenger trains, aswell as the freight and you can see them 'up close' everyday. The 201 'yellow faces' began in the orange livery in 2005 and the Green/Silver 'Intercity' livery began (with the same 'yellow faces') in mid 2006.
  5. Very impressive! The oily, dirty look under the shed looks very lifelike!
  6. They look very impressive
  7. I always am impressed by quality modelling done a long time ago. It must have been so much harder to do anything 'back then' such as getting or sourcing materials or equipment, no quick 'googling' of an image if you were trying to recreate something and the costs must have been proportionately so much more expensive than today. Fair play on this- looks great!
  8. Cheers! Most of all that weathering on the wagons, containers etc was thanks to Irrailways Weathering Services from @Dempsey here!
  9. A quiet Sunday in the freight yard of Heuston North- with a set of Tara Mines wagons and empty container flats parked in the sidings. 146 idles in another siding.
  10. Love the power washer!!!
  11. Yes, echoing the other comments here, it's really impressive. Very authentic- the viaduct looks great.
  12. Rob

    Weathering bench

    They look excellent to me- not an expert on things steam but those photos look excellent
  13. Great shots- good to capture the debut! Nice to see the old reliable DANA tankers too at the start. Thanks for the pics- hope to see more in the future!!
  14. http://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/0929/1249615-freight-railway/ Good to see- wondering are there any decent photos of the debut today?
  15. I see the coloured springs on the bogies of the Mark 3 Executive- very topical !
  16. They were around by April 1998- see photo from Colm O'Callaghan's excellent book 'lrish Traction Iarnród Éireann'. I never saw more than one in a single train but may have been, given the amount of Bells that must have been around when they finished.
  17. Bell 40's would have been well gone by then- some lingered on in a 'fallen flag' status for a while after ('Bell' wording painted out but rest of the container still the same). See Ernie's photo from Limerick 2000.
  18. Amazing quality- brilliant detail!
  19. Brilliant- scenery is very impressive in particular
  20. Rob

    Port traffic

    Great news- If only it led to a move back to evening movements down Alexandra Road instead of night time....!!
  21. Now, THAT would be great. Look forward to that for sure
  22. Yes John- from regularly stalking the IWT liner at North Wall for years, coupled with hours of watching videos of lrish container trains on-line going back a decade or so (l need to get out more), l too previously tried to piece together what available containers would suit a modern liner. CAI / CRONOS / EVERGREEN / GENSTAR / HAPAG LLOYD / K LINE / MSC / MAERSK / OOCL / ONE OCEAN / CMA CGM/ HAMBURG SUD / KYK LOGISTICS / TIPHOOK. 20 ft Tankers: BRUHN / GCA TAINER / DANA / EUROTAINER / HOYER Hope it helps.
  23. Agreed- Definitely not 1987- with the 45' Cobelfret, it looks recent enough from the last few years at most, but shows the Evergreen does appear.
  24. Looks very impressive! I know nothing about US stock but it looks great.
  25. ...and they look every day of it too!
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