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  1. Railer
    Never noticed before but why did the Huns have a gangway buffer like they have on some UK locos? Love the weathering on Falcon btw.
  2. Railer
    Any update on the ETA of 111 and 8113? Are they on route from China or held up with customs?
  3. Railer
    That will buff out, no problem.
  4. Railer
    It was a DART mock derailment and DFB response time exercise. The DART left Connolly with pre-briefed passengers and ran non stop to the "derailment point". The DFB crew were dispatched from Pearse Street.
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    The new 071 livery is almost a throwback of the 121 as delivered livery looking at that cover pic. Is there any way to get copies of the older IRRS journals? I remember reading one that I found one in college in 2003/4 that covered the then new 2900s is nice detail.
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    I'd love to see what D&M could come with for a 22k RTR model looking at the great work they did on the 2600s.
  7. Railer
    It's short hand for the 22000 series ICR sets. NIR shortened their 3000 series make by CAF to the C3Ks and then C4Ks. So rail fans have shortened the 29000s to 29Ks once then went form the 2900 to 29000 series with the follow on sets being delivered. And the 22000s to 22Ks.
  8. Railer
    Speaking of the blanking plates on 203, wonder will they be included on 230. They make it easier to pick out 230 from 206 or 209 at a distance.
  9. Railer
    They are indeed. I got 1504 on ebay the other day for about €45, 1149 the 1st class went for about the same money. They are hard to get alright but the other 5-6 can be found handy enough and pop up on ebay all the time but are on the pricey side usually. You like to get a few done in RPSI blue livery but the yellow detailing would be hard.
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    I was wondering this myself and I think it was around 2002/2003. I was going through pictures online to try and pin down when the black roofs came in. I have never seen black and orange roofs in the same rake but I'm sure it must have happened like when the mixed Cravens liverys ran together in the late '80s to mid '90s
  11. Railer
    Strange that 223 could not run around and haul the train seeing as it was a DVT failure. Leaving the Thunderbird loco in place.
  12. Railer
    It's the 201s and Cravens they are trying to clear. The 141/181s are more or less sold out everywhere.
  13. Railer
    They generally run in a mix 1 + 3 formation. In sets of 8 or 4. An odd 6 wagon set was in use, 2 gennys and 4 standards. The genny units are usually at the ends of the rake. When they were ordered the 24 wagons were to be formed up as an 8, 6 and 4 wagon formation, this didn't go to plan. Using 5 of the 6 genny units, leaving 1 genny and 5 unpowered as spares. Wagons 51001-006 are the genny units, 007-024 are standards. There are pictures online of a formation at Limerick Junction, I think, with genny units mixed in to the middle of the formation but this was for a stock movement and not in use.
  14. Railer

    My new baby!

    Railer replied to Dave's topic in General Chat

    As it is 077 still looks brand new from the paint shop despite spending 5 weeks so far on the taras and a small ballast run to Dundalk. I saw it on Friday afternoon in the sunshine at Killester and only the bogies are rust brown.
  15. Railer

    My new baby!

    Railer replied to Dave's topic in General Chat

    You can put it with some autoballasters, 077 did a small stint with them between Drogheda and Dundalk one weekend. Looks far better than the freight livery, think the yellow face just takes from the whole thing.
  16. Railer
    Probably to move the castle class? The 111s would need the Mk2fs to couple to the castle's buckeyes.
  17. Railer
    For people who can't or don't have time to scratch build and paint Irish rolling stock it's not so bad. I know I couldn't put one together if my life depended on it.
  18. Railer
    Wow, got that set last year for half that including postage in perfect nick.
  19. Railer
    That was 084's last job for the time being. It is now in Inchicore for it's big overhaul. The days of the last loco in IE orange in service is over. I got some photos of it last summer when it spent a while on the taras thinking that it's days were numbered. Little did I know there was another year left in her.
  20. Railer

    railway modeller

    Railer replied to UP6936's topic in News

    Or else the fact that 111 and 112 were ordered together and 113 was ordered later as a follow on option. Because 111 is now 8111 like 8113. Again depends on what source the reviewer used I suppose.
  21. Railer
    For the 141/181/071 brake hose connections. Starting from the coupler to the buffers, it's red (drivers side only) yellow, green. The 201s have just red and yellow on the drivers side and yellow only on the off side.
  22. Railer
    Thanks lads. It's the Speno unit that had my interest. It showed up shortly after I got properly interested in Irish Rail in 2003 and always wondered what happened the vehicle after. Do IE actually own the SRS 242 wagon or is it on a lease?
  23. Railer
    Yes, that's the one. Thanks, thought it was the Mk1s and not the Dutch vans for some reason. Would love to model that train. The 4 wheeler Sperry I can find pics of no problem from google. It was hauled around on it's own alright. Is that wagon still in the country or has it been replaced by the new Sperry?
  24. Railer
    Slightly off here but does anyone remember the old Sperry wagon that was around 2005ish. There was photos of it up on the old IRN site before photopic went down and a lot of member collections went with it. It was a much shorter wagon and had a Mk1 GSV coupled to each end of it for brake force. There was some issue with the brake setup that required a cable running along side the loco to the rest of the train. The photo I remember of it was at platform 5 of Connolly station and was hauled by a single 141.
  25. Railer
    Good to see 233 back on Enterprise after it's big failure at Clongriffin last September. I saw it train being hauled back to Connolly by an 071 at slow speed, seemed to be struggling.
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