DJ Dangerous

They're now priced around £240 STG, so even more than anticipated! Moving on from this topic a little, and maybe an insider like @BosKonay, @Warbonnet, @WRENNEIRE or @Garfield could offer some insight, but how does the whole scanning and CAD process translate for different scales? For example, I assume that MM still have the scanning and CAD work for their OO gauge locos, so would that same groundwork be appropriate for O gauge locos? LIkewise how would IRM's A Class scanning and CAD apply to an O Gauge loco? Does it all have to be done again, or is it all the same? I'm not really talking about the financial viability, no matter how cool the locos would be in O gauge, more the technical side of the pre-tooling work. I mean, the locos would probably have to sell at €500 a pop, so the market would be limited, I know.

I think that @Keano30 is after Mk2D's rather than Mk3's.

Try WRENNEIRE or Chris Dyer for the 071's, although you may need to commission a respray from Chris if your desired livery is unavailable. Those coaches are like gold dust. Finding a rake may not be easy. If we're blessed, maybe we'll see more of them released some day, to couple up to the lovely new A Classes!

When did the black bogies come about, roughly? Was that something in the last ten years or so?

I'd love to call dibs on it as I like the locos of today but there's no way I could budget €300 or €400! Had a quick search for "Murphy Models" on ebay.ie and can't find yours either, sorry.

Probably no single area to point the finger. In those Modern Marvels "Engineering Disasters" videos, almost every time, the disaster results from multiple failures rather than just one. Hello IE!

I often wonder about the viability of the railways in Ireland. In theory, rail should be more efficient and more environmentally friendly than road transport. However, after many years working in Ireland, and I can only assume that IE suffers the same, the massive thorn in the side of efficiency and progress everywhere I worked was the unions. I used to think that their role was to protect employees, their rights, their conditions, their wages, their treatment. But, what I saw over the years was that things went too far. When technological advances or a changing economy made a post extinct, employees would still be entitled to work the same hours for the same money without taking on a different role. If IE suffers like this, and there are never pay cuts and never changes in job descriptions, the rails will slowly strangle themselves into obsolesence. I never understood this clip as a kid, but it is painfully accurate as an adult:

It says that they're in stock in Greenogue. If you send an enquiry asking for them, they'll make them available online again.

I'm sure that was a figure of speech! Will you take that in Krugerands?

I don't care where it's available, once it IS available! Seriously?????

I'm sure we'll see (I hope anyway) some 22000's in "Railroad" trim some day. I'll take about a hundred of them if they're ever released!

Great to see B134 sold-out, too!

Wow, incredible money. I've bought a few of them from Hattons at fifty or sixty quid a pop, just to own a little piece of history.

Quaint looking set for €250: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Lima-H0-Set-CIE-Irish-Railways-nahezu-neuwertig-inkl-Trafo-und-Schienen-Raritat/265063695018?hash=item3db70702aa:g:ZtcAAOSwSJpf~KM~

I guess the "if" part is very subjective!

Don't think anything was "promised". When I spoke with the RPSI last year, they said that they'd be exploring fund-raising options for the future, and nothing had been decided. Another batch of Cravens would only be viable if piggybacking off a large run of non-RPSI Cravens, I imagine, and even then, only if the RPSI felt that they'd sell.

Down to the last bundle already! Outstanding!!!

Wow! Sounds a bit funky but that's some awesome engineering.

Don't be giving them ideas, BTB. It's already gonna be an expensive year with the A Class and who knows what coaching stock!

Here you go, BTB! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/guinness-keg-liners

There were four twin packs of Guinness Keg Liner wagons in the original release. Is that what you are asking?

Original Bell and "Spoiled" Bell side by side. The great thing with the Spoils is that there are no alignment issues with the lugs, as there ARE no lugs. A little bit of whatever putty you like, Blu-Tack etc, and the container sits beautifully.

How about a live-diesel 141 or 071? I'd much rather either of those!

If all else fails, you could pick up some Spoil bundles and get some of Arran's new stock of Bells.

I think that we may certainly be looking at a contnender here. Did the Lima 201's go for a lot back in the old days?