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1 minute ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

So for all of us with MM 111’s it’s great to have stock of equal or better quality to run with them at last and I will certainly be ordering my fair share as budget dictates. 
 

Now for those that like everything prototypically correct the bad news. 
MM112 carries certain features that came along after these coaches were withdrawn. 

 

Not mine . 

Delighted to have coaches to run behind MM 208.

I've only ever seen a generator coach at either end of the Enterprise whilst hauled by a 201.

When was the DVT used? I know they were used with Hunslets but were they used with 111s and 201s during the 90s?

My money is on oil tankers if its wagon, park royals if its a coach and a kettle if its a loco.

I've managed to sort the alignment issue for the time being fowever I am having issues where the cant in the track changes slightly as it means one corner of a wagon lifts off the rails and derails the train. A real pain! 

14 hours ago, Rob said:

082 at the East Wall yard / Alexandra Road trip this Friday evening at 18:30, before the move to nightime container moves from next week which is a pity.

Good views tonight- plenty of Bruhn Spedition tankers as usual and an 071 class is always great.

Are the liner schedules changing? 

I wouldn't blame rails. I ordered 4 121s from an Irish shop and 3 of 4 had broken detail. The one that came undamaged I broke detail off myself recently... 

I've used these to solve the alignment issue. Not sure what to do with the points on the left. 

First train running on the layout. 

220 rounds the curve with a passenger service. 

On 27/7/2021 at 7:17 PM, David Holman said:

I always lay the track across any baseboard joins and cut the rails afterwards. I use screws, rather than nails at the join, so I can adjust their height to the bottom of the rails. Nevertheless, laying curved track across a baseboard joint is always challenging.

That's pretty much what I have done. 

192 and 143 on a fertiliser train overtake 133 and 129 in the loop with a liner. 

I've had a nightmare trying to get track to align on the joint between the two halves. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them. I've tried solder the rails to nails but it's not really working. 

6 hours ago, David Holman said:

Looks like a nice bit of superelevation there too. What's the radius?

The radius of the board is 1m on the outside and 650mm on the inside. 

Missing one set of points and a tube of glue. Onto wiring tomorrow. 

I'm looking for the following if anyone has them to spare. Buying them new is very expensive for non rolling stock. 

Peco:
2no. SL86 insulfrog curved point 
2no. SL89 insulfrog curved L/H point
1no. SL87 insulfrog curved point

New layout boards braced ready to be treated before track laying. 

Last liner out of Dianghlasáil yard. 

I'm afraid it's sold pending payment. 

I've also had another 150mm cut out from the center as I don't need the scenic space. 

The plan is to make a late winter scene of a curved section of double track mainline. There will be a passing loop and ballast loading siding on one side. There'll be a lot of dead grass, bare trees, frost, puddles and an overall washed out effect. I'm looking forward to getting into it. 

Photos ©CIE141 on YouTube. 

So it begins. 

The As are so far down on my wishlist of Irish models (ive never seen one in real life) but I had to have the IRM model.They lasted til 1995 so just about within my era. 

This layout is now for sale if anyone is interested. 

€200

1 hour ago, Warbonnet said:

One thing we missed on the initial design and tooling for the As was the cut out for the fuel gauge along the side, which many members of the class including 036 and 054 gained later in life. As you can see, we went back and corrected this to ensure we offer a clean sweep of A variants.

Seriously impressive. I've ordered 054.

Hate to ask this before the current models even arrive but... 

Will there be a possibility of the two A classes that ran preserved on the mainline being released in model form? (A3r and A39). 

On 27/4/2021 at 10:26 AM, Blaine said:

Also the ERF EC they do, rare but not impossible back then

I've seen a lot of photos of ERF ECs in IÉ's Road liner colours. Although I don't think they had any with the Olympic cab.

A friend of mine has footage of the push pulls regularly operating on the Waterford line in 1994 hauled by BGMs. 

Then operated in push pull when the 201s arrived. 

Does anyone have any info on the A classes that ran preserved in the late 90s? 

A3 seems to have been knocking about in black and tan for a few years in Inchicore (not sure if it did a mainline run) and A39 did a few railtours on the network in CIE silver?