DJ Dangerous

The seller appears to be OO Works themselves. The item description says to go to their website for a discount, where the loco is advertised £10 cheaper than on eBay.

I was never in favour of BrExit, always struck me as a colonial divide-and-conquer ploy by the politicians, divide the people and keep the msquabbling so that they don't notice what the powerful are doing... But I have to say, I was wrong. Iceland here in Las Canarias can no longer get their British stuff, so they've been stocking Irish products since Christmas instead. Every pack of SuperQuinn sausages that I open, I thank the 52% who voted British products out of Europe.

I took a very different stand on that... Ordering them WAS my therapy. Never fight your therapy.

This following post got me wondering about why some people go out of their way to remove photographers' watermarks from photos. Obviously, @LARNE CABIN went to lengths to credit his sources in his post, so this is in no way aimed at him, but somebody somewhere has taken @Jonathan Allen's image, cropped out the lower area of the photo with the watermark, and re-published it online. Nobody subsequently donwloading the photo will know who the photographer is, nor will they be able to credit them. Why the Hell do people do this??? If anything, it makes it even harder to try fix a date and location in some cases, as the only reference at all with some sort of clue is gone.

Dibs!

IRM have to release one over the coming years. Hold on to your 141's!

IRM could take over and turn it into a giant showroom!

Is the 1969 A39R the same as the 2015 A39R, or are there differences in lighting, staff catchers, CAWS etc?

Think it's 203mm.

I may have to order an extra two and have them shipped via a friend up in Ireland... The latest photos have me drooling even more than usual.

What's the A Class leaderboard looking like at the moment?

Yes, I'm mad for the pallets! Love seeing them stacked and organised. 13 high to get them into the back of the truck without hitting the door. But also wondering just how many pallets of A Classes will be in the 40ft, and whether it's a standard 40ft or a PW 40ft. Could be something like 30 pallets if they're Euro's and it's a PW container.

Absolutely stunning work! There are lots of lovely layouts on here, but over-populated with ugly old steam stuff. This, apart from being breathtaking, is a breath of fresh air.

That's something else! Seriously, 141's for Christmas 2023, please!

Shocking level of detail! The fan looks like it could actually spin. And, that cab detail is something else, never mind the illuminated dials. IRM have set the bar for what locos should be. When is the IRM 141 coming out???

Wow! The 22000's are lovely looking as is, but I'm now visualising one of them painted in a chocolate and cream livery. Mmmmmmh, chocolate.

Are they on Euro pallets, standard pallets or Chep pallets?

Ugh, Hell no! Proper two-tone 1990's Dublin bus!

Pretty sure that the Mk3's were in need of refurbishment at the time the decision was made. Much better economies of scale in the UK so refurbishing hundreds of Mk3's probably made sense to them. Also, pretty sure that Warbonnet posted in another thread that IE had funding that had to be used up at the time. Much as I love loco-hauled trains, railcars are far less labour intensive for turnaround etc. As you say, every unit is a loco so you can just swap one out if it's in need of maintenance. There's no shortage of pulling power, ever.

Will IRM release a model of the bus?

Was the whole loco painted like that, or just one cab and one side?

Ah, it was disguised for a movie? I couldn't figure out why they'd have covered the cabs up like that in regular service! Surely you could whip one of those together in your sleep, @Georgeconna

What on Earth is that?

Now we just have to hope that An Post sort their website out, or we genuinely will have to parachute pallets down over Las Canarias.

I think that the IRM model of A39R is in her current preserved livery? Although, yes, it would be lovely to see her in her nineties silver livery when IRM do a re-run!