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Happy birthday Fran.

Cheers and thanks lads, Welcome back Anthony.

I have never seen the Intercity logo on the side of a Craven coach but I do remember-(as Killucan said) a couple with the IR loco near the doors,particularly around the 1988/89 era, I've recreated this on one of my Cravens with a few spare IR logos I had.

More action from this mornings operations on Tara Junction.

Great find there Robert,thanks for sharing.

Very nice Vincent,the stack of containers look well also.

Happy Christmas lads.

Happy Christmas to all fellow modellers,thanks for your comments about Tara Junction.

No harm Stephen as his glass case was full of some very very tempting models.

Thanks Vincent, It's nice to know that the real 8208 is back on Enterprise duties along with the gen van, It's also great to be able to recreate in model form an identical Enterprise train thanks to Paddy Murphy and David and Mark. Thanks Stephen for reposting the link.

62 and counting....still more kits to be built.

A video of the Enterprise being pushed by 8208.

Sunday morning on Tara Junction sees the recently introduced Enterprise liveried loco 233 on a trial run 233 was painted by Seamus Graham, However while on trial 8208 failed with the down Enterprise so it was left to 233 to couple to the failed train and haul it to the maintenance depot for attention. 233 eases up to control car 9001. 233 hauls the failed Enterprise to the depot.

Current type tail lamps being used on liner/Perway trains on IE.

So sorry to hear about your loss Anthony,I know what your going though having been there myself only a few months ago.

Afternoon Robert, After the inquiry into the Cherryville Jctn accident, which recommended the introduction of a high intensity tail lamp to be on the rear of all trains, Irish rail decided to introduce two tail lamps for all trains during 1990-1991, The first type were of a French design and were yellow in colour,they were activated by being placed on the lamp iron-but could be switched off with a carriage key where necessary, The second type were white in colour and were identical to some BR ones that were being used at that time in the UK-(some of the irish ones even having the BR double arrow on them) They could be switched on or off with a black switch to the right hand side of the red light, When the battery ran out a little red indicator went out and the lamp had to be sent back to Inchicore for replacement, These lamps lasted most of the late 1990s until about 2002 when a new lightweight type of lamp was introduced which had LEDs as the red light and are very effective-they are switched on/off by turning a switch at the back of the lamp-and an LED indicator light is located in the side and when this goes out the batteries can be replaced, Both white types of lamps can still be seen nowadays on liner/Perway trains-but it's the LED type lamp that is the preferred type. As regards the rule on the use of the lamps,if one or both failed en route then the train could continue to the next station where there was a stock of spare lamps available.

Thanks Stephen, Yes it's fresh ballast from the autoballasters and given a good packing by tamper 751....

Just finished the brown and cream tours livery M class-M51 and M140.

Non standard couplers between the coaches Dave-a bar connects each of the coaches,the Silverfox Mk3 van has the tension lock couplers,so the bar is screwed above the bogie of the van,so far so good.

Thanks Gareth.....your 201 sound chip that's fitted to 209 will be the icing on the cake for me

Can't do a video just yet Anto....I want to modify the Mk3 van so it can operate with the coaches and that may take a few hours.....

More staged shots of The Enterprise..... 9001 at the front of the 20:10 service overtakes 083 on the autoballaster train And returning with the 20:40 service. Lights....camera......ACTION

Thanks for your comments lads,it certainly is a credit to David and Mark when you can build a model of such a high standard, Here are a few more.... A staged shot for Vincent as I have to modify the Mk3 van to work with the De Dietrich's-so no actual running just yet.. But the lights work.....even while standing still A dim lighting mood in 9001...fair play to David,you can adjust the brightness of the lights by turning a screw underneath.

Just spotted this on the back of a low loader heading for Tara Junctions MPD..... And this on the rails and coupled to 8208.... More photos and a video during the week... P.S-thank you to David and Mark.

Many thanks lads, I received two 071 sound chips off Gareth today,they have certainly added to the realism of my MPD-the 071s and 201s side by side ticking over are just as if you were standing beside the real thing at Inchicore-and that is just the effect that I've always wanted, I've spent the last three hours operating Tara Jctn and came away very happy, One photo from earlier shows 8208 wait out on a holding road for access to the running shed,the depot driver being very busy this evening shunting locos in and out of the shed for servicing and stabling.