chris

Is the lack of (mainline connected) brachlines / industrial lines and industrial locos part of the problem also? Running large mainline locos only on the main and all the standards that requires is a massive expense and bureaucratic nightmare of compliance. Whereas running a much smaller steam or diesel shunter is far easier from a cost / maintenance / skills / time point of view and if you are on your own brachline that does not need to meet mainline standards and require IE bureaucratic standards and trained driver costs and availability. As far as I'm aware ITG, RPSI don't and can't run their own trains on their own lines (since they don't effectively have any apart from yards) so there is no 'cheap and simple' solution to run trains. That is the only reason we can run our stock out of Waitara. we own 7km of track, have a perpetual $1 per year lease of the corridor from NZ rail, own our own shunting locos to run trains and have safety and infrastructure requirements far below mainline standard. $20 a ticket (€10.50) for 14km round trip of about 80 minutes means its a cheap and reasonably short (for kids) period where the enjoyment doesn’t really start to move towards boredom.

The 2700 is now sold

Bachmann 2700 Class DMU (UK class 158 in reality I think it is). Has been a shelf queen for the last few years and I want to move it on as not era appropriate for me. DC. Test runs OK but otherwise never run. No Box. €120 Bachmann class 24. Lightly home weathered with poweders but should wash off. Runs good and has seen some limited running but boxed for the last couple of years. Accessories bits included. DCC decoder included, just a basic Hornby one iirc. Body screws are missing to hold body to chassis but it is clip tight. €60 Models available in Belfast from 01/07-04/07, West Clare for the next 3-4 days and Dublin until 19/07. Cash and pickup/drop off preferred but could look to arrange delivery once over in Ireland. Please let me know by 21/06 if of interest otherwise I will not bring them home with me.

Looking to move on all of my N gauge Swiss stock to fund some more OO Irish gear. I'm based in NZ but travelling home later this month. Models available in Belfast from 01/07-04/07, West Clare for the next 3-4 days and Dublin until 19/07. Cash and pickup/drop off preferred but could look to arrange delivery once over in Ireland. List and photos below. All locos DC and have been tested and run this year. Otherwise have sat in boxes in storage. The yellow triple bogie coil carries do not come with a box and 1 unit has a coupling missing. The AM840 has some red cab end damage per below photos. Individually sum up to €1270. Offering them as a single lot for €1,000. More photos and info available on request. Please let me know by 21/06 of any interest otherwise I will not be bringing them home with me. Locos Kato Glacier Express 1 x Loco and 6 carriages € 150.00 Kato Glacier Express 4x carriages € 60.00 Fleischmann 7323 1 x SBB Class 481 Electric Loco € 150.00 Hobby Train H2951 1 x SBB Cargo AM840 - Red cab end Damage € 200.00 Minitrix 12862 1 x SBB 460 4/4 € 200.00 Arnold 2415 1 x SBB RE 4/4 € 100.00 Wagons Trix 15197 5x tank wagon € 100.00 Fleischmann 838812 2x Pair of Steel Carrier Wagons € 50.00 Modelbahn Union UM30003-C-W 2x Steel Carrier Wagons - Weathered € 50.00 Dapol 2F-039-009 / 010 / 011 / 012 4x Telescopic hood wagon € 100.00 Lilliput 235775 2x Sliding tarpaulin wagon - one coupling missing € 30.00 Carriages Arnold 3715 1x SBB 1st Carriage € 20.00 Arnold 3716 2 x SBB 2nd Carriage € 40.00 Arnold 3713 1 x SBB Luggage Van € 20.00

why would you even want a standard gauge setup in Ireland? NZ is an interesting comparison as there a lots of preserved railway all over the place even though the population is comparable to Ireland but the geography is equivalent to the UK, but there's a clear UK mindset on preserved railways that has made it over here but has not made it in Ireland to the same extent and it's in the mindset of the population to support and travel on these and the multiple mainline runnings that are done. We run a 7km branchline out of Waitara, a tiny town on the edge of a small provincial city and can still make the numbers work running 2 runs every 2nd sunday, there's no real reason why similar should not be possible out of say Galway which is comparable population wise yet I just don't see it happening in Ireland. Don't know why though, lack of general public interest??, crippling insurance costs?? lack of volunteers??

I'm aware of that but using GBP pricing for an announcement of an Irish model on an Irish forum and by a company called Irish Railway Models is a little tone deaf don't you think?

Why is the pricing in GPB?

I withdraw the remark and apologise as it was made in frustration in the spur of the moment. If a mod wants to edit it out please do so, or leave it, whichever is preferred. Its pretty frustrating though to have been told to have to move to a non-EU based entity for future orders, for none of the IRM points or milestones to transfer over, for the pricing to dramatically change and now a week later still not have any reply to my email to support...

Just checked my order based on the above. Original order Inc freight was €859.36, now showing on accurascale as €1,039.36, a 21% increase! Fuck me, that's shady as hell. Bulk discount has disappeared and unit price has gone from 56.90 to 62.46 per unit

Got mine in NZ 2 days ago now. All of the esso, H and grain vans together

As long as I don't have to deal with Brexitistan for anything I'll remain happy.

where are you moving to, the UK? Why have i suddenly being signed up to the accurascale rewards program? Whats going to happen to the IRM rewards program and balance?

when can we expect a model of that diesel mechanical loco then?

where on earth are you getting them shipped to? I'm in NZ and never had a shipping cost over 1/3 of that from IRM... It doesn't usually even get calculated until ready to ship.

A bit off topic but where does that display come from please? Its really smart with the full lenght.

Seems a bit of an odd choice versus the original DART for example. (I know there is a bespoke manufacturer of these though) Hope it goes well for him but not one for me this time. Edit: could really do with updating the website about it and a launch like IRM do... difficult to actually find out anything about it if you weren't at the show.

Beauty. The only model I've ever scratch built fully (and badly tbh), I'm really looking forward to a nice version that will work properly instead!!

hmmm.... you all have yours already. I paid for mine 10 days ago now and still not processed... paid within a few hours of invoice being emailed to me

My order just appeared in my inbox this evening (NZ time) so friday morning EU time. B&T brakes included. Slight price rise but less than initially feared when first reading the email.

My 4 packs arrived today in a hilariously HUGE box. I'm almost disappointed there weren't mistakenly 12 packs in there, plenty of space for them

Some facebook comments saying its not quite original livery, whats the difference? I am going to presume its just the door being yellow rather than black at the front? Good on IE for doing more retro liveries, this looks fantastic.

seems to be a firefox thing, worked for me on edge, would never load the pre-order button on firefox

Arrived today to NZ, another top notch set(s) of coaches, lovely 3 pack box too. Super quick postage!

Blatantly obvious in hindsight, thanks

I can't seem to get my 2x locos to convert to a single preorder, following the link from emails will only load 1 to cart and bump the other off. How can I get both into the one transaction?