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Excellent stuff Ritchie,just what I needed,thanks for posting.

Great work Ritchie,that Sperry wagon is spot on,well done.

Evening lads I finished the Mk2 Supertrain coaches yesterday and gave them a trial run behind locos 181+177, 181+177. I've also put together a four coach CIE mail train based on the one that used to operate between Dublin and Cork and Dublin-Galway during the 1970s-1990s, As a bit of a novelty I bought the Hornby operating mail coach and repainted it into black and tan livery along with a Bachmann TPO coach, The train has two mail coaches (2976+2977) a Cravens passenger coach (1515) and a BR type steam heating van (3177) hauled by 160+156 Passenger accommodation was also provided on some mail train e.g 05:50 Dublin-Cork,15:00 Cork -Dublin, I've also uploaded two videos to YouTube of the mail train picking up and dropping off mailbags at speed, Here are a few photos.... 160+156 haul the mail train passing the Mk2 Supertrain. The mail train stops at Central station for a crew change.

Brian is a gentleman and is very knowledgable on the American railroad scene, He has also provided some excellent articles and photos in recent IRRS journals on the history of the 121/141 locos I met Brian last week in Dublin and his advice and expert help on photography was much appreciated.

Hidden-agenda-the IRRS journal of February 2006,No.159 contains an excellent article and photos-"Past Scenes-Freight that was",on page 408 it has a rare colour photo of the Asahi liner hauled by 042 in the loop at the Hill of Down which shows the Asahi tanks in the red/silver livery, As far as I can remember that liner was used for an emergency exercise in Ballina at that time,as there are no bogie wagons next to the loco,only a two axle barrier wagon,then the chemical tanks.

A fantastic job there Eamonn-a typical daily Irish scene,I love the phone box with its interior detail and open door,well done.

On the exit of the train are depot-blocking in several ICRs that were due to go to Dublin for evening services Check out the rail safety commission website, It has more detailed information on the accident, and exactly where it happened....

Set 33 was involved in the underfloor fire in coach 22633 last September 2011 near Athenry-and has only recently entered traffic with a refurbished First class, Check out the Wanderers website for details etc.

Best of luck with your new site, Lots of interesting and useful models, I'll be in touch in the future....after I get my hands on an 071/112 loco.

Great work so far Stephen-look forward to more in the future.

Thanks again lads-Now that i've got the hang of uploading videos.here is another featuring my ICR, a Mk4 pushed by 209,a Mk2 in the"Galway"livery hauled by 221 and 181+156 hauling a Supertrain liveried Mk3 set.... [video=youtube_share;uBwyOL2dlMo]

Excellent work there Eamonn-well done/

[video=youtube_share;lfmq8SI2XeM] Many thanks Gentlemen for your comments, Baby GM-all of the workers are from the Bachmann Scenecraft range, Lads,I've finally managed to upload some videos of the layout to Youtube-(if the above link doesn't work.then type in"Trains on Tara Junction"on youtube and see what you think..

Welcome to the site Hunslet 102,thanks for your comments about Tara Junction, Your own layout is impressive-a nice era and lots of interesting locos and rolling stock,please post more pictures of the layout on here if possible, I also like the backs of the terraced houses-and Adelade freight yard looks great with the containers,cement and fertliser wagons, Keep up the good work.

The Sperry train is in Mayo today, I managed to get it at a few locations in the County... here are a few photos of it in Claremorris, All photos were taken with prior permission given and a valid PTS cert. 079 has propelled the Sperry train into the siding at Claremorris to allow 226 on the IWT liner to overtake and an ICR to pass also One side of the Sperry wagon. And the other side-the monitoring/measuring equipment is located in front of the bogie of the wagon.

It was a great day at Dun Laoghaire yesterday, Anyone who can should head there today, It was a pleasure meeting up with Anthony,Fran and Paul R along with many others, Highlight for me of course was the 071/112 at Paddy Murphy's stand,Paddy being his usual helpful and courteous gentleman that he is, Layouts were top class-Dorset Jctn being my favourite, Well done to all concerned-roll on October....

I thought this thread was about Bedford school buses????

No green paint left I'm afraid.....cutbacks at the local council....!!!!

Well worth investing in when these School buses are re-released, I was lucky the first time around... Here are a few on mine on my layout-ideal for any Irish 1970s-1990s themed layout.... Long version-plated front Short version-original front,small windscreen Short version-original front,large windscreen, Near bus has original front with large windscreen.

Evening all, I had a spare set of Lima Mk2 coaches left on a siding on the layout,so I decided to repaint them into CIE Supertrain livery,three coaches were shunted from the paint shop earlier by the RPSI loco B141 and left for inspection by the works manager on road no'2 beside the carriage valeting plant, Super standard coaches 5101 and 5102. 5101. Composite coach 5151 being examined by the works manager, Still in the paint shop are another standard coach,a dining coach and an EGV. Minor finishing work and transfers have still to be applied......with out road trials after that.

Irish models have certainly came a long way since the CIE liveried Hymek and Class 33,and of course the Slainte express.... We had the Lima 201s 11 years ago...what can we expect in the next 5-10 years????? Thank you to Paddy Murphy for upgrading the Irish model scene.