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Already regretting not ordering the pack of 8... I only ordered 4.

Is this the show that used to be held in Clontarf?

So I've fitted two LaisDCC 21 pin 4 function decoders into each of my two 141/181 locos. I am using the NCE Power Cab for control. My main issue is with lights. Function 0 turns on/off all lights including headlights and front and rear marker lights. These change direction with the direction of the loco. I would be perfectly happy with this if it wasn't for the fact that I want to double head these locos. Is it possible to assign heads, front lights and rear lights to seperate functions (I'm coming across a lot of talk of CVs whatever they are)? My other issue is when I want to run each loco seperately outside of a consist/double header. Is it possible to do this? My final issue is acceleration rates. I've set acceleration rates before but that method isn't working now.

It's not going to be cheap now...

Is there any update on an arrival date for the Ferts?

The Kilkenny/Waterford to Heuston liner used to carry Budweiser from Kilkenny and Bulmers from Waterford. It probably carried Guinness kegs to those locations also.

I think the IRM keg pallets were in traffic from about 95/96/97 on 47' and 22' skeletal wagons. The last few years of keg liners saw the 42' wagons in use too. I'm modelling the mid 90s and hoping to preorder a pack of the keg wagons when the time comes.

This is what a refurbished 42' flat looked like in 95. Most had the Y33 bogies like the IRM wagon.

Will the keg wagons come with these? Will they also have the brown bogies?

Great deal... I just took advantage of it.

Has anyone come across any Black Friday deals?

Are there any plans for a variance in the marker lights? For example there would have been at least two different types of marker lights used by locos carrying the IÉ livery. I assume 124 and 134 will have the latest marker lights but will 129 have the older type used in the 90s?

192 now sold.

Coaches now sold.

I have a 181 class no.192 (€140) and two Galway livery MK2ds (€40 each, €70 together) for sale. I already have the loco and the coaches are outside of my era.

I bought some spares recently consisting of various parts from MM112 and MM8113 so that I could convert my MM082 to NIR no.111. I used to the cabs from 112 and the rest of the body came from 113. To do this I had to strip 082 down to the chassis. No wiring was cut apart from the two connecting the chassis to each cab (light?). The loco has been reassembled with the new body. I haven't reconnected the wiring in the cabs yet in case they need to be taken off again. The loco has been placed on a live track with the default decoder fitted and it shows absolutely no sign of life. An observation I made is that 082 had four silver things at each end behind the four marker lights while the part for 8113 only had two. I know it is a different arrangement but am I right in saying there should be three of them for 8113? Also I can't see the likes of bulbs or wiring in the cabs for the headlights and markers lights, how are these connected to the chassis? These were fully functioning on my 082. This is the first time I've taken a loco apart. Any help would be appreciated.

201 and both IÉ livery coaches now sold.

I have various items for sale. All items have original boxes. Discounts can be arranged for items sold in multiple. €130 - Murphy Models 071 class no.082 The model has been run and has some detail fitted. €45 - Murphy Models Mk2d restaurant coach no. 5411 in IÉ Galway livery €45 - Murphy Models Mk2d generator coach no. 5601 in IÉ Galway livery

Some photos from Monday in Kildare, Monasterevin and Limerick Junction. Including 215, 217, 222, 234 and Enterprise 233 on Cork services, 085 and 086 on the DFDS liner, 073 on the laden timber train, 22000 and 2800 class railcars, water birds and an air crops plane over Monasterevin doing loops. Kildare http://www.flickr.com/photos/99687034@N06/sets/72157649910121053/ Monasterevin http://www.flickr.com/photos/99687034@N06/sets/72157651776125747/ Limerick Junction https://www.flickr.com/photos/99687034@N06/sets/72157651776256167/

Is the private charter steam or diesel hauled snapper?

This is what they look like. A per way worker gave me a look at some one night.

A video of the railtour and the shunt release in Kilkenny today.

The cab-side logos are how you tell the difference between those three. 071 doesn't have them, 077 has the full logos and 088 only has bits and pieces of it.

I got some shots of 233 and the Westport to Waterford timber train at Kildare yesterday on my way home. It failed at Athy and I later got a poor shot of 078 hauling the train through Muine Beag.

I have no experience with Kadees and have only tried the Roco couplings on the MM MK2Ds. They worked brilliantly for me as they allow the coaches to be actually joined but, thanks to the otherwise crap swivel coupling on the MK2Ds, they don't derail on tight curves. However you can't use them to couple the MK2s to MM locos because there is too much of a height difference so that may be a job for the Kadees if you can buy them in varied heights.