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It was " Albatross" fertilizer in New Ross Ernie - passed it every month on the way to my Grandad in Waterford in the back of my dad's bright orange Ford Avenger......yes it was the 70s.....yes the only thing louder was the geansai i was wearing....

Yeh - just iconic - Supertrain A Class with a rake of ferts... I'll be purchasing - the visa card will be in an ICU by Xmas....

Fantastic Job !

Looks great - well done Sir!

Im sorely tempted - even tho Im more a GSWR/DSER /GSR /Early CIE man ....ie anywhere south of the bog of Allen before 1979 - tho as Mayner has stated - these beautiful beasts were known to be seen in the southern system for the beet season ( also the GNR 060's - anybody doing them?) So would be right up my alley.... In theory i've no problem with the price - limited edition virtually handcrafted product .....more a matter of financial logistics for me - I'm committed to certain numbers of As and 121's - aswell as at least of one of each of IRMs' forthcoming wagons , not forgetting a good amount of Provincial wagons present and future catalogue and a not inconsiderable bit off IFM and Silverfox over the next 18 months as I'm starting from virtually scratch....while I have a few bits and pieces - there is still track , control and scenics on top of that I guess what Im trying to say is- yes - but give me some time!.... I'm just going to be an awkward Sea Trout about this ( yeh - i'm hooked - but if ye think I'm coming in easily.....) I'm totally interested - more than anything because its Irish Steam and that doesn't happen everyday Mayner - give us a Euro price approx and an an approx delivery time ( Oct 2020 would be ideal!) And I think we could defo do business! ( i'll be in touch by next week!) Don't be to put off by the price lads - Irish Steam is not on the radar of the larger producers at the moment - a limited edition of this rarity and quality should be quite a catch and little piece of history. My two cents Ed

You might be aswell to give them a call - in Greenoge on 01-4124829 - they've opened a "buke" for the 121 orders - they'll take ur name and number and what ur after and will get back to you when they have more details.

So the advice would be to reserve asap?

Ye know, that B&I container looks really well in " real life" Its not really my era or the lines im going to model - never saw one in real life like the Bells and CIE ones.... But,but,but ......i might just have to acquire a few ...........this "collectors" streak has been awakened in me.....

Jaysis......any chance of some kind of IRM Clubcard scheme eh

Absolutely interested- wasnt on the scene when they first came out and now they are rare.. Would be interested in black and tan and cie supertrain livery - probably a couple of both...... However....late 2020 would be good for the finances with the A's and 121's arriving this year!

they are sold out now...........pretty much - 1 grey left...........just in the nick of time

Psssst........look what arrived today! Gave it the quick once over before carefully putting it back in its box and putting it safely away - hopefully next time to be seen hauling a mixed rake of cattle and open wagons out of Palace East! Ed

I'll take the cows - dead or alive ( as long as they're no more than 2cms tall!) As before - put me down for 10 definitely - may take more. ED

thanks for the encouragement GM - Im not completely hopeless in that department ( just spent the day fixing the lawnmower, changing the oil and brakes on the car and putting up shelves in the Garden shed) - but there is a degree of complexity and delicateness that i would fear in my hands!! - however - like 99.999% of things in life - its an experience thing and I might aswell take the plunge sooner................ Actually I had planned to buy a few kits off Leslie to start building up relevant rolling stock - open beet wagons and brake wagons - Sorry Leslie - you got gazumped by Roderick for the toy train budget for a few months - I will be back to you for wagon kits by the end of the summer! ( well if you want business sooner - just tell me you are down to your last few kits and you're never ever ever ever making them again and I'll drop the car off at the pawnshop ) Ed

Good Morning all Well .....after a couple of sleeepless nights , endless indecision and ruminating on the issue for days - I have placed an order last night for one of these lovely locos. I thought about it long and hard and the following came to mind: a) Im going to model the old GWSR Carlow/Wexford line ( Bagnalstown and Palace East Stations , Borris Halt and a bit of Rural in between) circa 1955-1965 - ie as it closed - its J15 country - Beet and cattle specials on an essentially dormant line - I believe the only time a diesel ran down it was at the end - an A class to collect wagons and a C Class on the lifting train - I need a J15 b) the IRM fellas are realistically going to concentrate on the diesel scene in the foreseeable future ( now Sods law...............) c) Brass kits etc etc - with the best will in the world - there is more chance of me working on the next Lunar Landing module than bringing one of those kits to a successful conclusion - total novice on kits d) They looked great and ye guys are raving about them and 00 Works - that does count when Im handing over essentially my car insurance premium for one loco! So I came to the conclusion that I simply "had" to have one..................Jeez I'm getting in deep to this model railway stuff now!! So there we go and the waiting starts! - I have redirected it to a secure location for collection - if her indoors gets wind of this I'll be measuring for baseboards in the kennel! Ed

They are the business - look fantastic - just out of my league price wise at the moment......

I 'd be in the market for 6 min - probably double that - they were everywhere.

Like a child on christmas morning I am - to the bemusement of wife, mother in law and cat! Probably not chronologically correct -but who cares ! - looks great! thanks guys - I hope to get cracking on a more suitable surface for them to grace than the kitchen table. Ed

If only ......... I casually mentioned last year that i could so with some extra room for a layout( ie one of the sparish rooms we have filled with "stuff"....)...now we've just got planning permission for an extension and i spent 5 hours of life that i will never get back in the IKEA kitchen planning dept yesterday.......this model railway craic is turning fierce expensive and i havent laid a centimetre of track or spun a bogie with intent yet!!!

Just got the email - they're on the way..................now to hopefully evade the customs at Chez Edo " what!!!....more bubbles.....etc etc etc."..........keep telling her it could be far worse...

Lovely thread. Some great memories and trips there. Being one of the "spring chickens" on this forum - ie born after 1970 - most of the damage was done before I arrived or was old enough to travel around. My first train trip was from Bagnalstown to Dublin to go to the Zoo when I was 4 - while the yard has changed a lot - the line is very much still there! the only closed line now that I've ever been on is the Waterford to Rosslare Strand. of the soon to be closed lines ( ie next financial downturn - coming up soon folks), I have travelled the Ballybrophy to Limerick and Waterford to Limerick Junction. I've cycled parts of the old North Kerry Line - likewise the the Waterford Greenway (fantastic) and I've walked from Westport to Achill on the Brilliant old Line there. I played as a kid in Youghal Station before it was closed off and my uncle used to live at the level crossing out of Athy on the old Ballylinan Line and we used to walk along the sleepers down to the factory junction and onto the bridge over the barrow back in the day. I was also lucky enough to walk the entire trackbed and route from Bagnalstown to Palace East and onwards to both Macmine junction and New Ross about 20 years now - even onto the old Barrow Bridge...............its amazing how having a relatively famous "celebrity" Aunt with her TV crew filming a documentary for the BBC opened so many doors, gates and fields along the way!.............will always be thankful I had the opportunity to do it as so much more of the alignment has gone in the years since........... BTW - I was in Borris about a month ago on a lovely Sunny Saturday afternoon and I stopped by the Old Viaduct and cutting entrance for a bit of a wander out on to the viaduct and sat under Kilcoltrim Bridge and day dreamed of a Mixed Goods meandering down the line.........................

over 20 years from the GFA - you would think they would have got around this..................mental Here is the link for "Norn Iron"......... Its actually very good - with more choice on maps than we have on OSI................stuff from the 30s to 60S aswell I wonder do the OSI have maps from the 30's,40's and 50's that they just haven't got around to digitalising yet - looking for those missing pieces like the South Wexford line , Waterford - New Ross and the Castlecomer and Wolfhill lines..........

Yep Claremorris from 1955 is - just checked.....Sligo? You could use the OSI's Geohive map layers - particular the 1888 - 1913 map - i find it pretty good for stations layout which in many cases were unchanged from then until the 60s and 70s when CIE started to destroy them all...

Im pretty sure that both plans were in the back of JHB's " Rails thru the West" pictorial on the limerick to Sligo rail line.......Claremorris definitely....

That J15 looks the business......time to start the J15 fund....