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I'm looking for a container that can store multiple units without have to un couple them or touch them. I saw one a while back where you don't have to touch the model at all and it can be placed on the track and then put back in the container. It was designed to very long American steamers. I can't think of the right name for it so google isn't throwing up what I'm looking for. Anyone know what I'm on about or the right name for them?

Still makes them to order, along with the converted weedspray Mk1, Mk3 pps and EGVs. They come with more accurate looking B5 bogies on them now.

I just hope IRM get around to doing some bogie flats sooner rather than later. Can't see that happening though with the options open of the current chassie base they are working off.

I ordered a good bit from him. Great service. I wish he did some GCA tank tainers in 1:76 to model current IWT liners as they are very popular on the real thing. Also some generic 45fts.

Typical formation is 6 standards with a genny unit at each end. One exception was then they were top and tailed last year working out of Heuston, in that case they were 8 standards with a genny unit at each end but that was the only time that many were used. Irish Rail have 6 genny units and 18 standards, to run as 3 8 unit formations.

Yeah, there is not many tickets left from the latest RPSI mail I got last week.

Looks like 231's LED light clusters were installed the wrong way round. The red should be on the inside of the white like 207 beside it.

I was thinking that may be a reason if not the reason for it alright. Would like to find out for sure myself.

Interesting photo Glenderg. Never noticed before that a container on a 20ft flat sits that bit higher than the 40ft flats due to the wagon design. Make me wonder what all the fuss was about clearing the high cubes a few years back.

So along with 8209 in the half finished Enterprise livery and either 206,207,227 or 228 being released in the 2015 Enterprise livery this year we now have the possibility of 231 in the "common user livery" as another special edition. Don't see how it's common as it's basically the Enterprise livery without the swirls but at least it's another bit of variety on the network and modeling scene.

Something I have noticed of late looking back at old youtube clips is that in alot of cases they seemed to be "paired up" in a way that every 2 wagons were facing each other, not always but it's a pattern I noticed. It does look intentional and not by chance of random shunting of wagons into rakes.

When do the pre-orders start.....

Great pictures. What happened 231, they have the black band the full way across the loco up to cab 1, thought she was facing the wrong way round for a second.

No, he'd only two of them at the last show and I bought one. I don't go into repainting rtr stock as it never ends up looking right when you have next to finished rtr stock, it just sticks out.

€85 for a Mk2D, granted it's for the rare 5229 but still, and he has 4 of them. http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Murphy-Models-MM5229-Irish-Railways-CIE-MkII-MkIID-MK2D-Coach-Orange-Roof-/141929662218?hash=item210baac70a:g:KrgAAOSwUuFWv1I-

Always there, storage. There are 23 out of 24 in service. The one with the yellow handrails at each end is never used anymore, think it's number 3. Only 12 CPWs are required for the DFDS flow with the rest used as maintenance spares. The other DFDS links are made up of LX flat wagons like the IWT.

Won't post to Ireland either.

Along with all the spare LX and LP flats half the CPW wagons are unused and are rotated as maintenance spares. The CPWs can take 45ft containers.

No, there are still only two sets back. The last set has yet to re enter service.

Same here, I've only ever saw oil burning American HO models. A rare one for the collection indeed.

I'd agree too that the DD are a few steps above anything else. The old Mk3s were better than the ICRs or Mk4s. I'd rate the ICRs as more comfortable than the Mk4s, yes the seat are a little hard but the ICRs ride the rails better. The Mk4s are still rough even after their ride quality modifications to their bogies.

That very set is in Marks for €109 and there is not shortage of them given that they are a very good model.

When the DDs were first delivered they were all hauled to Inchicore and they were tested up to 100mph on the Cork line before they entered service on the northern line. The DD stock have been to Inchicore over the years for wheeling turning, one DVT had to hauled there by 227 around 2004 after it was dragged from Connolly to Clontarf with it's parking brake still on. When the Malahide estury viaduct collapsed in 2010 the set stuck in Connolly was hauled in Inchicore for storage to free up space at the Connolly VP. While there is was used during the Mk3 EGV testing. Also during the EGV testing the short maintenance spare DD set based at York Road was hauled to Inchicore early one Sunday morning again for EGV testing. During the recent Enterprise refurb loco 233 hauled two DD standards from York Road to Inchicore for internal work and livery repaint as NIR were short of space and behind schedule.

They got that livery much earlier than the mid 90s. The last Cravens to be painted into that livery was around 1995 and it was on an ITG 201 double head special. They did start in 1987 with the IR re branding of Irish Rail. Just took 8 years to re paint all of the Cravens.

TBH I'm not that impressed with the Elite at all. I had the Select, went to the Elite and it's just more of the same. The NCE Powercab is a much nicer system to use, faster to control and better button feedback when you press them. The Hornby controllers are loud, clunky and slow to use in my experience, not good at all considering the retail price of the Elite unit.