Westcorkrailway

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

Convincing me to leave my native cork to go to these model shows….hopefully I won’t end up buying them !

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

Question. Will there be a prolonged stop at Tipperary? Or just 1 minute or something along those lines

Honestly after being around it in person for 3 days I have gotten used to how it looks. I think it will possibly get better as time goes on

Back on the sperry talk. It looks as though the sperry will stick to its original timtable today with extended stops at Limerick JCT, Thurlus and ballybrophy

If your counting the DCDR sugar puffs. The 4 preserved EX-CSE Ruston 88DS should count too There WAS 2 preserved hunslet locos

There is an awful lot of Ruston 88DS locos still around. I count 4 141s

It’s all up in the air now cause the sperry never made it to mallow today! It’s still in cork

Infairness it’s not everyday you see a 1950s coach working mainline duty. That’s like a 6 wheeler from the 1880s work In 1960s The only loco hauled trains coming down to Middleton and cobh now are the track trains, hobs and maybe a railtour if passing loops are installed/ multiple engines like the sperry All those trains will be VERY occasional

Due to a lack of tracks. The sperry can’t continue to youghal so for now 085 will pick it up from here

While gricing this morning I had the news confirmed that this is the last Ever Sperry train. After it’s trip around the commuter lines in cork, it will head north to mallow for the night before completing its final ever journey from mallow to portlaoise. farewell the sperry road! 221 takes the sperry back to cork 085 heading back to cork light

It’s easier to see here but there is a 2nd pinstripe too. Although the livery is so shiny now it just looks like a reflection

Midleton and cobh tommorow and I think back up to mallow then (I think). But its in cork parked there all night until sometime tommorow No just the GSV. As to why it’s in this colour is bit of a mystery.

Yea it’s now pink purple with not one….but two YELLA lines on the side its due in cork today and tommorow so I must catch a glimpse of it before the sperry goes

The macroom bypass is going to make that border a bit softer If your going to cork model shows….however I suspect when Kerry play in pairc ui chaoimh….that’s when Cork Coco will do roadworks on it

Yes the one Irish rail had is cream crackered. So the RPSI lent there one back to Irish Rail

I remember first seeing lough Erne and being gobsmacked that it had survived into preservation (back when I hadn’t a clue what was preserved and what wasn’t so I just went to all the meuseum instead of looking on the web) Every person I’ve met with a bit of experience with heritage railways has called it unphesable. Unless we get a much longer heritage line (unlikely) then the ones we have now. It’s probably destined for static display. Like 184 is now

As always, photographs make it much easier for any appraisal of goods like this

If we did a nationwide rollout of 1500dc….and waited 20 years time to change it. It would have been almost as hard to change the gauge of track!

I suppose that could also become the nee theory. That would mean electrifying the cork area. are we sticking with 1500 DC or switching does anyone know? That could be another reason the additional darts were ordered

It apears the post man was not to kind to the 201s due for cork. As yet another 201 has been reported pretty seriously broken. Once again 230 burst through its box and r the front from the buffer beam down ( and some bogey detail missing)…..good bit of damage done unfortunately

611111111 is how much it will cost to fix it