Buz

Hi all If my experience at trying Irish trains is anything to go on here are some reasons I think Irish rail may not be of interest to the young. More young than we think are building or helping to build model railways just not Irish ones. Perhaps Irish Railways would best be classed as a special interest modelling group. Lack of reliable supply for the common as muck stuff, limited and short runs of ready to run stock, and no starter sets. I have a bit of a passenger train and can't complete it I can't get a Cravens snack bar or standard class coach surely a nice complete four coach train is not to much to ask for given its a train set sized train, but obviously it is . I have one goods wagon and every time I find out about new stuff that interests or might interest me its gone before I even get a look in, and evil bay prices are pure evil and so far over the top it's a very bad joke and the money goes back in wallet and some how ends up back in the domestic budget. I am on the verge of giving up and I am not a young one this is in-spite of finding a suitable single line station plan to build a freelance impression of Ireland. Bachmann's Carlow ( spelling) station weighs too much for Postage ?? or is that just me. With all this agro it is just so much easier to build a nice USA or UK or even local Aus railway ( you really won't like the prices of the Aus outline trains) which is why Nimby a SAR au station never got anywhere close to starting but I do have a complete goods train that I put together for it. regards John