No home you say….I’m sure I could find that bandon tank a home
in all seriousness though these are some great models….with an interesting backstory in themselves. I know that missus fry used to run the trains up and down the track herself
The fact 472 made it to 1961 in dugort cannon is quite interesting. It has been involved in the kinsale Crash of 1915 of which there were 2 fatalities so it could be a “cursed” engine
The postage costs more then the starting bid on some of these
still kicking myself I didn’t pick up those RTR dapol wagons converted to GNR. They’dve ran on the west cork as I’m after learning!
They are currently going down but I believe they will stagnate if not increase due to people not knowing the difference between the old and new variants!!!!
That’s what happens when the hype train leaves the station too soon!
however bad he think it is now, during Covid and with the A class Due I remember an drought of announcements unlike what we’re spoilt with at IRM.
The great thing about a drought on announcements for me is to focus on conversions and home brew projects. Like those BR mark 1s in CIE green which I made for a few people.
New smoke box door and get ride of the outside cylinders…
presumably a model of that has not been made cause if it was…
The dark green hattons coaches would be almost perfect
I would say a 101 too. They worked till the end of steam in Ireland….and beyond
After the Dutch vans, 800 class, park royals and 2600 railcars
again, probobly quite a long time before we get as shunter. Silverfox has a rough G class and Hornby will (eventually) release the 88DS, technically another Irish shunter
Aye you could convert a 2600 from something english (hell a 2700 exists RTR from Bachmann) but an ICR is unlike anything in the UK as far as I can see, it would be very hard to scratchbuild.
plus they have unlimited route abalibility. I think only places like ballina, and maybe the ballybrophy line have have not had a 22k yet. Middleton and cobh lines have got 1 or 2 on railtours. these are very much the face of Irish rail outside the cork and northern mainline for the most part (and even then ICR’s can be found on them)
I love the 2600, the best of the 2nd generation of DMU’s. But there not really as well travelled. And in 2022 they barley leave cork and never leave Munster. actually a good article on them here recently. I love the new livery but the as deleived orange with points logo is probobly the nicest
https://www.tailtetours.com/post/the-2600-class-the-railcars-that-keep-on-going
Aah I can see it now“The Irish railway modeller” railtour. An ICR journey from Dublin to killarney….then the premiere take place at the great southern hotel.
I’ll pack my coat
It’s it’s dark or any shadow. It’s the same colour as it was before the repaint….but put any bit of light there and its back to the purple.
however it has not been out of the paint shops that long (the door handles have not been painted yet for instance) so it’s possibly going to cure as some above have suggested