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Hi Wexford, They transferred to 42ft flats in the mid 2000s, around 2005/6. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Thanks for the feedback! Here it is with some of the forthcoming containers to give you a flavour of what to expect! We should have a sample of the CIE 20ft container in the coming weeks to see what it looks like too! Cheers! Fran

Plan is... 1. Liner 2. Ferts 3. Guinness 4. Spoil 5. Weedsprayer

Hi everyone, Thanks for the kind words! It's been a lot of hard work but great to see the project making significant progress finally. Personally I am blown away by the quality of it, @Glenderg has exceeded even his own high standards on these, and that is saying something. I think they will be our best yet, and the factory has done a superb job on the finesse of the tooling from what we have seen so far. We are currently appraising this sample and will have some corrections for the factory in due course. We are still looking into it and havent made a call yet. It is such a unique beast that it is proving the challenge to make it viable, but we have not given up on it just yet and are working on some ideas. We will make an announcement either way in due course. We do plan to include them you will be delighted to hear! It is peco code 75 weathered and ballasted by the experts at model rail baseboards. We will have more on our layout in the coming weeks, so watch this space! Us too! We should have a sample of the ferts in the coming weeks, once we get it we will show you and open the pre-order books on them as they will be second in line after the liners! Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Well after months of research, CAD, checking, corrections, amendments to corrections and tooling, the first sample of our massive 'project 42' has arrived, sporting a first sample view of our weed spray tanks! The fully diecast underframe provides a lovely weight with excellent detail and fidelity in plastic and wire fittings. It also comes on our excellent Y33 bogies as first seen on the Tara Mines wagons, so rotating axle hubs are included! We have some corrections to make, but overall it looks excellent! Here are some images to whet the appetite! (Please note that this is a pre-production sample, and details like the headboards will not be on the weedspray wagons. It is just to demonstrate parts, fit and finish!)

Yes, we updated the wagon but our update on the label was never carried out in China. As a son of a printer my father will be appalled!

Lol, they insist on them to stop the boxes rubbing together in transit. We have requested cardboard or similar in future for that very reason.

The mechanism of crowdfunding is not the issue, it’s the execution. If you look at how Revolution Trains has constantly delivered it in the British market it demonstrates how it can and should be done. It’s always worth doing your homework on the company first. Thankfully in the early days of IRM we got the measure of this guy and sacked him, taking over the projects ourselves. It’s fair to say we had a very lucky escape, and could write a book about the carry on. But that’s for another day. The sad part of this is the amount of honest customers burned by him. He certainly didn’t design them, they were designed in China with our feedback and corrections. Both projects required major revisions when we took them over as he failed to communicate the corrections to the Chinese designer and we decided to do in house CAD design thereafter.

Looking forward to mine!

Or my belly, but sadly that’s another story...

You presume correctly.

Hi everyone, We will be there this weekend with some limited stock of our new bubbles, plough vans and some of the last of our tara mines stock. So drop by, say hi and pick up some goodies! Look forward to seeing you there. Fran

Thanks men! As has been reported, the bubbles are now in stock! The grey ones have been very popular, they certainly will go well with the earlier liveries on our A Classes! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Update on the Rawie buffers here https://irishrailwaymodels.com/blogs/announcements/rawie-buffer-stop-update Cheers, Fran

Hi guys, Now in Dublin currently sitting in customs. Pre-orders will be with you all later this week! Order yours today! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles Cheers, Fran

First review of the plough vans from Andy York of BRM and RMWeb fame! https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/brm/reviews/irish-railway-models/review-irish-railway-models-cie-irish-rail-ballast-plough-van

Hi everyone, Update from China; these are finished and will be heading our way in the next week or so, so expect them in stock within the next two weeks! You can place your order here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles Cheers! Fran

This has the serious smell of a wish list lads, which we're perfectly okay with! Sure it helps us with 'market research' too!

Hi everyone, Now that the ploughs have arrived the A is motoring along in the tooling shop, and more bubbles are on the way, you may have been wondering about the 'forgotten child' of the IRM stable, the 42ft project. We had hoped to begin releases of the 42ft flat range on a staggered basis from late 2018 onwards, but we underestimated by a tad (okay, a lot!) how long the project would take to fully tool and design. The fertilizer wagon in particular was a challenge to get right and to a state that we were happy with. Tooling the project had to take place together to ensure the best fit and finish and compatibility between loads. This meant that tooling took a long. long time to complete. However, as the below pictures will show, tooling is finally almost at an end! We are due our first samples within the next two weeks, and should they be up to scratch then we will push ahead with the liners straight into production. We can expect them into stock in July, all going well. We will launch the fert wagon for preorder once we are happy with the samples and know that production is getting closer, with an accurate release date in place. So, watch this space! Thanks to all of you who have ordered liner packs so far, and we look forward to landing them here in the coming weeks. As soon as we have samples, we will post them here and on our website! Cheers, Fran

Yes they will Gareth. We werent going to bring IRM stock with us but if you're coming let me know what you want via PM and I can bring them! Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Just a quick note to say that well over half our plough production run has sold already. Thank you to everyone who has backed the project with orders so far! Remember, we will have more ballast wagons coming out in the near future, so make sure you don't miss out on these. The CIE ones have been very popular in particular since they arrived in stock. Order yours today! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/ballast-plough Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Just a quick update, these will be in stock at the end of this month! About 20% of the run is already sold, thanks to everyone who has ordered! Cheers, Fran

Cheers everyone, things are taking shape! Our IRM cabinet is a reminder to us how much we’ve achieved since we began nearly 4 years ago!

Hi everyone, We have moved! Our new headquarters is in Carrickmines, Co. Dublin. We are currently fitting out our new home and we have some exciting new things to show you from HQ in the coming weeks as it all comes together! There will be a new layout, new displays and other exciting things coming your way once we settle in fully. We have a lot of work to do first, so bear with us while we get up in running in the coming weeks. Cheers! Fran

A few more pics now we are back near out wee layout. Enjoy!