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We've an 08 and the missus can't wait to get rid of it and get a new EV. It drives her bananas when I fix the latest problem for peanuts. Latest thing was passenger side drive shaft. She was sure that was the end of it with the noise the CV joint was making. Not at all...€40 and an hour later and it was replaced haha. I'm actually in favour of an electric car as our next vehicle but I'm dead against scrapping a perfectly serviceable car before its time. Cars are genuinely much better made than 40 years ago. A 13 year old car when I was young was going to be in bits and likely battling corrosion. The bodies last much better nowadays. It's different for people that have to pay a garage to do everything. There an older car can be uneconomical to keep roadworthy.

A great loco on a great layout!

Thanks Fran, That puts me at ease.

I'm sure everything will be fine, but you can understand a few of us who haven't yet heard anything might be getting a little jittery. Fran did say if we hadn't heard anything and might have expected to have heard something by (I believe) the end of last week, it would be ok to reach out and ask for a status update Kevin got his answer above (7xxx series orders are likely shipping today) but my order is in the 4xxx range, hence my concern.

I am patient Stevie, that's not the issue. I don't mind when they get here

Are there still many to go guys? I ask because I ordered 4 locos under a single order number in the 4xxx series. I requested this order to be held back until the 25th (Monday gone) as I was away last week. If it's just sitting in a corner of the warehouse with my name on it then all's well. I appreciate it being held back and I'm not impatient to receive it or anything. Just a bit concerned as orders in the 7xxx are shipping at the moment and my 4 locos are all sold out. I'd hate to be left empty handed is all.

Welcome R&L. It's great so many of us have rediscovered the hobby. Every cloud and all that. I'm a recent returnee after decades away too! The "old hands" here have been great.

I'm just going to wait it out until LP5s return to regular prices. Probably 2024 but I'm not in a mad rush as all my locos are display pieces for the next few years anyway. I do like having a single type of decoder in the whole fleet.

Good post. I'll be in the same boat. I think I have about 40 Irish diesels now and I can't really justify spending at a bare minimum upwards of 4k on sound for all of them, even though I think sound is just the business. I am thinking I will ultimately fit sound to at least one of each Class/Engine example and maybe leave it at that, but I am also interested in fitting sound to the odd EGV (using only marginally cheaper sound fx chips). I'd rather spend the money on models themselves when they are available so a price conscious DCC alternative is always welcome. Having said that, if you have LPv5's available, then I guess they would be better employed in the A's with its more comprehensive lighting functions than in the baby GM's or 121's which have no cab lighting from the factory.

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Surely it all hangs on the revival or otherwise of railfreight. Passenger services will go more and more towards multiple units I guess.

There were 87 5 hours ago! I suspected they'd be gone by Friday but I seem to be way off. They'll be gone by tomorrow at this rate!

You'd almost feel sorry for it. "A Lima A Class is for life, not just until IRM bring out something that actually looks like an A Class" https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185127302612

I'm guessing you only need P4 profile wheels if you are regauging to P4 standards as opposed to TOM (Twenty One Millimeter like EM standard), no? Don't most EM folks just push the wheels of their 00 diesel locos out (where axle length permits)?

Will the ones with missing stickers be like the old upside down stamps worth millions in a hundred years??

I had actually wondered why you weren't on here having seen your great work over there. Welcome!

That doesn't really narrow it down much.

I guess we can thank IRM for keeping a closer eye on the whole process. We know stuff wasn't right a few months back and it was corrected before full production started. That's clearly a better way to handle things.

When were the Ranks wagons retired?

I guess they're all popular enough so as to have sold down to the point where you can see an exact number of remaining units in the IRM shop.

I think it was longest lived on the A's as they knew they were the closest to withdrawal in many cases. Didn't someone provide evidence that a single 071 got this treatment for a short while? I think 121 had the roundels painted out but not patched over for a while. Think one of the books covering the era has a pic.

Maybe @WRENNEIRE has a dark green one available? If not, someone will sell one on eBay. IRM might even find one down the back of the sofa when doing a tidy up when the dust has settled. They have certainly found stuff before during the stock take. Maybe ask can you reserve one if one turns up?

I'd buy one Colin!

Maybe you're right. I hope you are!

Sad to think most of those builders plates probably ended up being melted down.