Majesitc_Trains

8 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

Hi Majestic
I have had a lot of fun with the website which I must close down.

You can my kits from me  by emailing me on

lesliemcallister@aol.co

I’m Interrailing at the moment, but back in UK on  1 September. Almost every kit in stock.

Glad that you thought that the kits produce good results!

Leslie

 

Hi, I'm not too familiar with all the kits you have in the range, which ones do you make?

I noticed some Bullied Wagons and covered H wagons in some photos on another thread which look appealing, and do you have any brake van kits?

I have seen quite a few posts with CIE wagons from provincial wagons, and they look pretty good. I have 1950s era CIE locomotives (an A and 372) but I do not have any rolling stock for these, and was wondering where to get these wagons from? The website appears to be dead, is the company still operating elsewhere?

Thanks.

4 hours ago, Galteemore said:

The evidence does seem fairly light in terms of actual trains spotted in that case. Sounds more like low level, and not very competent, espionage….

Anyway officer, here's the actual evidence of trainspotting!

The 071, no. 086 is coincidently the one I have a model of, nice to see the real thing.

2 hours ago, Galteemore said:

The evidence does seem fairly light in terms of actual trains spotted in that case. Sounds more like low level, and not very competent, espionage….

Ah you've caught me! Spying to find the average delay to the enterprise when they route a DART in front of it!

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

These clowns have absolutely ZERO right to eject someone from a public railway platform solely for taking photos. While the UK is a different country with a different legal system, their railway laws are based on the same original legislation as ours, and this has been tested in court there on a number of occasions.

One extremely highly respected and well kinown railway photographer was threatened by a member of railway staff at a location on the Kildare suburban route and threatened with the gardai. Her told the member of staff that he would go of his own accord when he was finished, and suggested they call the gardai if they want. The railway staff member retreated, with bad grace.

By law, there is no restriction on taking photographgs of trains in Ireland (south OR north), either on non-railway premises (e.g. over a wall) or ON railway premises, such as a platform; provided:

1.  You are not obstructing the public or staff in any way, by the use of your equipment or your personal presence.

2.  You remain at all times on the platform or footbridges in areas where the public are permitted (e.g. not up signal cabin steps, or off platform ramps).

3.  You do not interfere with, or in any way obstruct, railway staff going about their business.#

4.  You do not violate the personal privacy of the general public by including thewm within your images (within reason; a distant image of a tiny figure with their back to you wouldn't be held up in court as being a problem, or else all public photography would have to be banned).

.....and so on.

I have taken pics at Malahide station myself - and posted them (publicly) online. If I am ever confronted with a person wearing any uniform - be they security companies, railway staff, or whatever, I will make a note of, or ask them, for their name or ID number and make a complaint accordingly; I would suggest that anyone else does the same. Firstly, though, I would politely tell them that there are no laws of any sort preventing you taking photographs of trains subject to the above.

As for the Taras, yes, the above times are when they are SUPPOSED to operate; but they rarely stick to the paths allocated. At one stage, I monitored their times for several months for the benefit of an IRRS member who intends in due course to write an article about them for the journal. I can do this, as I can see the line from outside my study window; a 29 class railcar has just passed me by a few minutes ago. I know of several potential photographers who have stood about Malahide, Donabate, Skerries and Drogheda stations for ages hoping to see one, but having no luck. The scheduled three return trips per day don't always run either - occasionally just two.

I know where I stand in terms of spotting in the UK, but I'm unfamiliar with rules and laws on IE so I didn't really want to risk it, especially since i left my passport in belfast. I ended up going to a strip of grass along side the road with a good view of the causeway and got some good shots there.

In terms of the taras, I saw a loaded one pass me around Howth junction, which if the Drogheda commuter wasn't late i would have seen. I saw the same train return later empty before i got kicked off the station. Another loaded one may have passed by while i was in the casino model railway, but I didn't hear anything that sounded like an 071.

Got kicked out of Malahide station, apparently filming isnt allowed for some reason.

Ive spent entire days at Drogheda and Killdare before and no one has said anything. The security guy was really quite rude, and even threatened to call the guards. I wonder if he was just some rent-a-thug taking his job too seriously.

1 hour ago, Branchline121 said:

I’m not sure about this but I think they leave Navan at 9:30, 12:30 and 18:30.

I wouldn’t count on it though as I can’t remember that well.

Yeah, i saw one come through Howth Junction at about 11, so that would seem about right.

Does anyone know what times the Taras, both loaded and empty, typically pass through Malahide? The only times i could find were from 2014, and I'm guessing these are outdated by now. 

I'm staying in NI with family this week, and I was wondering if there are any non-regular operations happening, for example involving the 111s in the North, or the retro liveries locos on IE. If anyone knows I would appreciate it, the only day I can't really do is saturday as I'm visiting the DCDR.

Thank you. 

Found one now, thanks to Wrenneire. Thanks for the help to all that replied. 

I understand this is probably a very common request, but I recently found that these locos exist, and Ive been looking all over for one. I cant find either the individual loco or the American set for sale anywhere right now. I would really appreciate it if anyone can help or point me in the right direction, thanks. 

Ive attached an image from Hattons website which has sold them in the past, but has none for sale right now.