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Hi everyone, Great News! Our A Classes are now well into their journey from the factory towards our warehouse for final delivery. With the numerous issues around shipping in recent months we felt it was fitting to deliver our first locomotive by rail! The locos are currently travelling the 7.500 mile rail journey across China, Russia and Europe where they will then transfer to ship for the final leg to Ireland. They will land with us in the first week of September and arrive with modellers in mid September, smooth travelling permitting! With four running numbers already sold out on pre-order and others not far behind they are not going to hang around too long. Order yours today: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive Cheers! Fran

Hi @Ironroad, 1. A rerun is a new announcement, as is a bus. So we have made new announcements this year already. 2. There is still one third of 2021 one left, and there will be announcements (including announcements of all new tooling) within the one third of the year left. We now announce things when they are ready to be announced. That's when the "raising of the curtain" will occur. As Murphaph states above, a lot has been happening in 2021 which has hindered all model making companies. All the major UK manufacturers have announced delays which demonstrate this. Despite this, our lovely shiny new A Classes are almost there, as are Taras. There's a lot to be excited about from IRM in the coming weeks and there will be more frothiness thereafter too. Cheers! Fran

Nope, nothing has changed since the last update of end of August for arrival. Once we have news you guys are always the first to know..

Hi everyone, We've unearthed a carton of our pack A spoil wagons, meaning that our bundle deal on these beauties is available once again! With a great saving on 8 wagons you can build a full rake of these modern era wagons for your layout. The spoil skips just clip free too, making them great for repurposing as container liner or keg liner wagons if you have the appropriate loads! Stock is limited, so make sure you grab them before they go! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/ie-spoil-wagons/products/cie-ir-42-flat-spoil-wagons-bundle Cheers! Fran

Hi Gareth, The cutout should handle radius two curves as it's a kinematic coupling. Hi Patrick, They will be shipped with one coupling fitted as per photos with the second in the accessory pack for you to install if desired. They just clip into the NEM pocket. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Last, but by no means least, is 048 in IR livery! Order your 048 today: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/availability_pre-order? Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, 027 in Supertrain is today's treat. No loco wore Supertrain better than the As in my humble opinion! Order yours right here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/products/027-a-class-locomotive Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, One delight we have yet to show off is our special edition class leader; A1. We decided to make this one a bit special, with limited edition certificate, 250 pieces and a wooden presentation box. It represents the loco in as delivered condition in 1955 complete with sandboxes. Check it out. Remember, this locomotive is only available via IRM direct and strictly limited to 250 pieces. As we all know, Irish locos tend to appreciate in value, so this represents a great investment opportunity as much as something very special. Reserve yours today: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/products/a1-a-class-locomotive Cheers! Fran

Hi Eamonn, Sure, we were going to do something like that when we did the launch for project 42, but it snowed and we had to cancel! We can certainly look into it again when things are better than they are now, whether it be an event on its own, or part of a show. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, No luck so far on the leaderboard but can confirm that the entire A Class run is over 70% sold out now. So, make sure you get your orders in soon! Cheers! Fran

Happy Friday everyone! Our factory sent us this last week showing A Class testing. They test every A Class before packing into their boxes. A Class Factory Testing.mp4

Sans dayglo! The creator of the leaderboard is off for the next 3 weeks, but we will see if we can rustle something up! Basically, everything is a lot more sold than before...

Nope. We don't compete with first class products and the resin Van Hool is certainly that. There were a few runs of the KD Bombardiers and the Standard D Atlanteans from the same stable, so imagine it will be the same for the Van Hools.

Hi everyone, Todays visual feast is IR with no dayglo panels! We'll have more reveals of the outstanding A1, Supertrain and IR locos in the coming days, not to mention some video content and more. In the meantime the As have been shifting at a mighty rate since we begun revealing the decorated samples. Don't miss out on that livery variant you fancy, because once they're gone, they're gone as Homestore and More says! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive Cheers! Fran

I've talked to the producer of these and asked if he could post about them here in future too. I'm sure there will be further runs of the Van Hools so you wont miss out. I hope there will be anyway as I missed out myself...

Sand boxes didn’t last too long and our model of A30 is modelled from a pic which shows them removed while in silver livery.

Sound decoders arrive around the same time as the locos!

I must be in a minority thinking the As looked better than their GM counterparts so...

Well, going through these samples we have asked the factory to make several corrections to make them acceptable. They are currently working on this but it will take another 2 weeks to finish, after that they head our way so will now land with us in late August. We're probably getting very pedantic at this stage, but we just want them to be the very best they can be. So, now for one variant which we reckon will be super popular; IR with dayglo panels... 036 And 054 One thing we missed on the initial design and tooling for the As was the cut out for the fuel gauge along the side, which many members of the class including 036 and 054 gained later in life. As you can see, we went back and corrected this to ensure we offer a clean sweep of A variants. These are endangered species, with 054 already sold out. So, if you want to get 036 for some dayglo loveliness, don't hang about! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/availability_pre-order? Cheers! Fran

Well, one is the Tara for sure, the other is all new model that is currently being assessed and checked ahead of launch in the coming weeks, and there will be some re-runs too, not to mention other all new models in the works at various stages of development....

Hi everyone, A personal favourite of mine today, and a condition I have early memories of the As in, filthy dirty and noisy. That is of course Super Train with IR branding. (please note the front handrail got mangled on these two, but it is getting sorted on the production models) 007 And 056 This livery has never been done before RTR but was quite prevalent on As and baby GMs from 87 into the early/mid 90s. They will look awesome weathered up to reflect the twilight years of the Metrovicks. Order yours here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive Cheers! Fran

Hi @iarnrod, Our usual IRM stockists of Marks Models as well as Messrs Bracken and Dyer will be stocking them too! Cheers! Fran

The fan is correct, it's just the colour of the grille that needs correcting.

Correct, they should be black and the factory is correcting this on the final models. Simple things like this can pop up but it's why we get these samples so we can tweak what is finally delivered. Cheers! Fran

Was once in W&H in 1994 visiting the London branch of the family. Bought two Bachmann coaches there out of the pocket money! No model shops in London now, save for Janes Trains in Tooting I believe.