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Indeed, I should have mentioned that I've picked up a rake of Craven's. It's the intercity stock that I'm on the lookout for now.

That's wonderful news!

Hi folks, For people like myself who are getting back into railway modelling after a prolonged absence, it's amazing to see the range and quality of diesel locos that are available on the market or soon to be released. I have my orders in for the 001, 121, and I've managed to pick up a couple of 071's and 141's. Unfortunately, for my planned mid-90's layout, there's a dearth of RTR Irish carriages on the market. The MM supertrain liveried Mk2D's look great, but are the wrong era for me. The photos I've seen of previously released MM Mk2D's in IR and IE liveries also look fantastic, but seem very hard to come by these days. So, I'm wondering if MM might have any plans to do another run of Mk2D's in IR or IE livery, or if perhaps IRM have plans to release Irish Mk2's or Mk3's? I know that repainting BR carriages in my preferred Irish livery is an option, but to be honest, I don't think I would be able to do the job to the necessary standard that would be required for them to sit alongside the MM and IRM locos. Judging by the rate at which the supertrain Mk2's seem to have sold, I'm guessing there's still a decent demand out there for passenger rolling stock?

Great - thanks very much!

Hi folks, I'm sure this question has been asked and answered many time here, but I've searched the forum without success. If anybody can help me out with the following, or direct me to a comprehensive source of info on the matter, I'd be extremely grateful....... 1. When was the IE 3-pin plug livery introduced? 2. I've seen plenty of photos in which some locos sport the IE 3-pin plug logo and others sport the IR point logo, so presumably there was an extended period of transition from one to the other. My question is, by when would the IR logo have been completely phased out? 3. Lastly, when were the dayglo panels first added to locos? Many thanks!

Looks like these ones ended up in Taiwan

Lovely looking model. The trackwork on that layout looks very well too - what make/model of track is it?