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Great shots. When did 077 acquire it's extra id numbers, must be recent enough.

8208 did even when it was briefly in the NIR blue livery. I don't think it ever hauled Mk3s in service while it was in the 2008 Enterprise livery though as the sets were starting to be put into storage at Northwall at the time.

The entire cabs are rebuilt, improved sound proofing and anti vibration measures are installed during this over haul program of the slate grey repaints. Most of the 071s going around are heavily corroded around their cabs. 072 and 073 are currently in a very bad way in this regard. Drivers have reported that it has made big improvements in the cab conditions for them of the overhauled 071s compared to the existing locos yet to be worked on.

Looks very well. It's getting hard keeping up with all these different number fonts and spacings between all the grey 071s.

I saw 207 in the new livery at Connolly shed this morning. They are flying through them now. I spotted 233 hauling 9606 towards Connolly, on to Inchicore midday yesterday. Must be getting some work done after it failed a week back and refurb EGV 9602 had to fill in.

The NIR Sandite services for the past few years. This set is in York Road at present.

Yes they are all owned by NIR now. Refurb 9602 is back in service in the new livery and has the UK 70 code in it's EVN. Ireland's EVN code is 60. They were re numbered twice to keep track of what vehicle they were and also when they were added to the DD stock range they got even numbers as all NIR owned DD stock have even numbers. IE own all the odd numbered stock.

232 looks like it's had some work done to replace part of the body work that seems to be rusting on alot of the 201s. It's the first time I've seen the area treated on any 201.

In the second post. 2800s have not been mentioned though.

For the EMUs you have the 8100 class LHB DARTs delivered in 1983. There were 40 2 cars sets, each set had one 8100 power car coupled to an 8300 trailer car. Sets were numbered 8101/8301-8140/8340. Sets 10 and 37 were destroyed by fire in Fairview Depot in 2000. Alstom DART units were bought to replace them and increase capacity in 1999. There were just 5 2 cars sets. 8200 power car and 8400 trailer car in each set. They very not operationally compatible with the older 8100 class but could haul them for maintenance. They generally worked in multiple with the 8500 and 8510 class delivered later on to form mixed 6 car sets as platforms were not long enough for 8 car formations of 8500 units at the time.

The 2600s were delivered with IR logos but entered service after testing with IE logos. They never carried IR logos into revenue service.

Nice shot, I've only ever saw one photo from a 201s driver's point of view and it was in Inchicore with 073 right in front of it. No little blue TPWS box that cab anyway.

Love the RPSI Mk2 set. Could you do a guide on how you made ex547, and what Mk2D did you used for the respray of 303?

I don't recall ever seeing Freightliner containers over here. When did they run, around the mid '90s?

Someone, somewhere, please start making a few Mk3 DVTs while there is still time.

Where is that O scale 121 in your keep safe Dave. Built like a tank.

If you look on their site there are a few listed as less than 10 left and no more stock after that. I'd be amazed if they sold out of them so quickly all considering. They were the only Mk2s discounted in the sale too. The IE and Galways remained the same price. A good few went on ebay last night for €40 sold yet they are €56 in shops, they are shifting but well below RRP.

Yeah and the UK exchange rate is not in our favour at all right now. I got a pair for brand new 141s for €95 each last week, even the hard to find 156 so I'm willing to hold out for a more reasonable price. I don't intend in paying more than Irish RRP for 141A.

I was only looking at that on their site over the past few days and thoughts were racing like little tiny trains. One can only hope for the best all going forward.

They're the very ones Dave. You wouldn't happen to have some resting somewhere?

As in the title. Looking for the Bachmann commissioned IR and IE Mk2As and the MM 141 in preserved RPSI livery condition.

The RPSI are really doing well this year. They have 4, 85, 131 and 461 all in steam. Just a new tender for 131 is all that needed and stopping them from having 4 operational kettles by the years end.

Ah yes. I can see how that design works. Basically by turning the buffer head 90 degrees all tension is disengaged and it can be pushed back by hand and locked in place.

Ok, I'm just wondering how a person can push a buffer back by hand and it stays back when I see locos getting pushed/bounced back from wagon buffers when they release the brakes. If they have the force to push a 100 ton loco back how can a person fully compress one by hand?

So there is no resistive force on the buffer at all until the saddle is fitted? Effectively the saddle provides all the resistive force to force the buffer to push back out.