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A46 of course... We have decent stocks of A42 left, but A46 is somewhat endangered sales wise with not many left. So, if you fancy one, we're advise grabbing it sooner than later. https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/availability_pre-order? Cheers! Fran

We'll give a glimpse of this beauty in all its production goodness tomorrow...

Hi Sean, We never showed a pre-production version of this loco? We did show A46, which is in the darker lined green livery? https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/products/a46-a-class-locomotive The A's wore two shades of green. This was matched to a genuine paint sample. Cheers! Fran

Sorry, not sure I follow? It looks like the above? Cheers! Fran

As per the prototypes!

Morning everyone, One A Class variant we never showed at decoration stage was A42 in green. The decorated shell we got was a bit wrong to say the least, but after sorting out the decoration with China we got it looking ship-shape as it should be. Check it out! Pre order yours right here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/products/a42-a-class-locomotive

Updated leaderboard, folks!

My turn to tease... You know what to do... https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive

And has just left our stock levels. A39r now sold out!

A39r is a most endangered species. As are IR white stripe liveries various. Grab them while you can, folks! Cheers Fran

You'd be surprised how much shorter the A is to a 31 George, they really are a small loco. Hope the chassis on your 31 hasnt exploded, like it did on mine! It did run well before that though, though the rotating fan rubber band was clipped like I have done on all my Hornby locos. Really affected the way my 56 ran until I done away with it. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, These beauties are in production so on course for delivery on schedule. Pre-ordering has been strong so dont miss out! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/tara-mines/availability_pre-order? Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Stock taking has unearthed 5 packs of our weedsprayers. This is the last of them, so dont hesitate if you want one! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/products/cie-ir-42-flat-weedspray-triple-pack Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, A recent warehouse sweep has revealed that we have some of these back in stock. 4 each of the 13A and 51B. Grab them while you can! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/availability_in-stock?

Sure... Hasnt arrived yet! Cheers, Fran

Getting closer and closer... Look out for more pics in the coming days... Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Just closing in on 25% sold mark. Once again thank you to everyone who has ordered! Both liveries have been quite popular across the board! Cheers, Fran

Here you go, Noel. A really good one popped up on Facebook yesterday in one of the groups. I'd tag you but you have me blocked over there, but check out past and present anyway. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, The Tara run has just hit 15% sold since launch yesterday. Thank you very much to everyone who has ordered so far, they seem to be extremely popular! Cheers! Fran

Northcord Enviro 400C Dublin Bus Update! Hi everyone, The Northcord Enviro 400C in Dublin Bus livery has arrived in the UK and the first batch of our allocation is on the way to our Dublin warehouse. We expect to begin sending these models out to customers later next week. Keep an eye out for postage tracking information via email! We have also received fresh stocks of your Oxford diecast favourites, with some brand new models we have not stocked previously, with more on the way too! A couple of our City Swift double deckers have been found in the warehouse and our stock of Asian Bus Localink MCW Metrorider bargains continues to dwindle. Shop here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles Cheers! Fran

Not on this run, but perhaps on a future run (if such a concept doesnt cause too much frustration!)

If you care to read the announcement again @Michael Nolan you will see that there are other announcements due in the coming weeks. What an odd statement to make.

IRM Sings The Blues - Original Taras! (and Newer Livery too) We haven't had an IRM announcement for a little while as we work to get the A Classes over the line. Now our Metrovicks are getting close to completion, we can focus on other projects. So, we have a couple of excellent new announcements coming up over the next while. The first of which is a perfect companion to our A Class and something that's been in high demand since we sold out of them a couple of years ago; the Tara Mines wagons are back, and this time in their most iconic livery of blue with Tara branding! The Tara Mines wagon were built by CIÉ in 1977 for Tara Mines Ltd to convey zinc and lead ore from their mine near Navan, Co. Meath to Dublin Port for export. They are still in operation today and currently represent the heaviest freight trains operated on a daily basis in Ireland. When they first appeared on the network they sported an attractive all over blue livery with Tara branding, forming a distinctive and bright block train as CIE pumped positivity into the Irish rail freight network. Three laden trains still operate in a block formation between the mine and Dublin Port each day, with the wagons going about their business in unassuming and reliable fashion for almost 35 years. When we launched our first run of these distinctive wagons back in late 2016 we did so in the current red oxide livery only. We were asked by many modellers if a blue liveried model would be forthcoming. It seemed pointless to provide them at that time due to a lack of quality A Class locomotives to haul them, but we did tool the original style hoods as we were already planning then to do the A's some justice in model form. The blue Taras were almost religiously hauled by A Class locomotives between their introduction in 1977 and repainting in the early 1990s, with Supertrain, Supertrain with IR logos and IR white lined livery providing motive power during this time. The wagons themselves began to suffer due to the corrosive nature of the zinc order they hauled, with the blue fading into grey before the repainting into red oxide livery. IR branded A Classes would continue to haul the Tara's in red oxide until their withdrawal and replacement with 071 locomotives in 1995. As per the first run of these wagons, a wealth of separately applied detail to ensure the bulky nature of these interesting wagons is captured correctly. Rotating axle hubs, kinematic couplings with NEM pockets set at the correct height and full 21mm provision has been accounted for, with sprung buffers and full brake detail present. As well as blue livered Tara's, we're also offering packs of the later red oxide livery with all new numbers and later style hood to help modellers bolster their previous rake, or build a new one for their IR A Classes or 071 locomotives in IR, IE orange and black, black and silver and current grey livery. There will be five different twin packs of the blue liveried wagons, each with a unique running numbers allowing you to build up an authentic rake of 10 wagons behind your IRM A Class. We are also offering three packs of these wagons in red oxide livery. All packs are being made in extremely limited numbers. Despite rising costs in China, we are able to maintain our RRP of €79.95 per twin pack. We also know our rake deals are always popular, so we will be continuing them. You can buy all 8 packs (five blue and three red oxide) for €624.60 (saving 15%!) or two or more of any packs for 10% off. Just add the wagons to your cart and it will be automatically deducted at the checkout for you! Tweaks to some of the printing (including the "Tara" branding) is already underway and once this is complete manufacturing will get underway, with a Q4 2021 delivery date envisaged. You can pre-order yours by clicking here.

Hi everyone, 054 is now sold out. Thank you to everyone who ordered! A39r not too far behind! Cheers! Fran

You'll have to weather some so!