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Those Burmah ones look great.

I always thought they looked pretty ugly because of the buffer beam, full size buffers and coupler. Just looks weird on an otherwise sleek DVT IMO as we are used to concealed Dellner couplers and whatnot these days. The windscreen always looked off too and now I know why lol.

Isn't the Class 232 the Ludmilla? Is this one not a Taiga Trommel? (looks similar anyway)

I ended up ordering it direct from them as I couldn't find it elsewhere. Arrived without customs looking at it. If you are ordering it from them there's a magazine available called Traction Transition that covers GM diesels in the UK and Ireland. Worth the fiver if you are paying the post anyway imo.

Sleep well Ballyercall!

Before the refuelling facilities were added in Heuston, how often would a loco need to visit Inchicore for refuelling roughly? Daily? After every turn?

Where was that @bufferstop?

She did add some more at one stage but nothing new as far as I can tell for some time now. If she had any more it would be ace.

Yeah I keep going back to this particular collection. Fair play to Pauline for taking the less obvious shots.

Very nice job. Looks the biz.

I wonder if it would be worthwhile the big UK manufacturers getting together to discuss providing free Kadees with every new model released from now on to try to finally help banish the TLC from the face of the earth. Other industries see competitors work together to develop new, better standards that the whole industry then abides by. TLCs should have been retired decades ago already. Awful things.

Nice! Thx.

Hi Noel, no I mean the Metrovick 201s, the C Class that Mayner referred to in the post above, the ones that were transplanted into the push pull 121s. They were presumably 8 cylinder 567 or 645 types. Be interesting to know which (different sound files). Cheers John, we cross posted but I see your answer. Much appreciated.

Cheers @warb, and the location if you know it?

Any idea where this was taken?

Were the 201 engines of the 645 type?

That's great stuff. Makes for some very interesting modelling possibilities, especially the fact the locos had to be shut down and restarted in the running shed.

Great information again Paul. Did they enter from the Heuston side and exit from the country side and then head to the long siding beside the running shed to wait their next turn of duty in Heuston? Did they ever refuel or do running repairs on Connolly locos or was that all done over in the Connolly loco shed only?

Great info Paul. Yeah I think CIE owned right up to Jamestown Road at one stage. The boundaries of the properties strongly suggest that anyway, as do some tracks leading into those properties. But I think CIE probably sold the land and then those buildings were built by the new owners as they don't really align with the tracks if you get me. In case anyone is wondering, I'm thinking of modelling about half the depth of the running shed and the to wheel lathe building (using some artistic licence to bring the latter somewhat closer to the mainline). Dropping Portarlington from my plans and including the works would bring a whole new dimension to my layout, with urban grime galore and the excuse to haul DARTs should they ever appear in RTR format There's also at least one pic of a Hunslet parked in front of the wheel lathe with a solitary NIR MK2 coach. The daily oil train working gives the excuse to run a brake van in the 90's too so that's particularly good info! Lots of modelling possibilities. Lots of light engine workings as locos shuffle back and forth between Heuston (which would be off scene) and the works. Does anyone know where exactly the refuelling was done? Was it inside the running shed?

Look after yourself Ernie! Take care.

It's all very personal alright. I don't care about misplaced sockets (maybe I should but that sort of thing just doesn't bug me) but the wrong track gauge does my head in. I have probably set myself up for a world of hurt but I have to try the 21mm route. But as Jonathon says, rule 1 always applies and the track gauge doesn't bother many people in the slightest and that's fine too I guess. We're a broad church thankfully

And it happened overnight too because I only started buying Irish stuff last summer and I managed to get all the tippex 071s and the 3 NIR ones at "normal" prices. Nowadays I could not justify buying a single 071 at these prices. I would just have to wait until MM does a re-run or "some one else" does a new version at some point over the coming years.

I tend to agree. Where a particular socket was at a particular point in the life of a particular loco is something that just doesn't interest me. It's nice when manufacturers go the extra mile but I would not like to be paying for all the tiny tooling differences between particular locos at different stages in their lives. There's just too much variation to model sometimes and remain cost effective. The guts of the 201 are sound. It has good mechanics and it captures the angles and dimensions of the prototype. The liveries are clean and crisply applied. I don't think there's an awful lot that could be done much better.

080 is fine work indeed. Great stuff.

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