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Well done George and Eamonn-you certainly done a great job on those brake vans.

Lovely job there on the KD Anthony.

Excellent weathering job there Gareth.

Morning lads, Work is progressing on the refurbished Tara Junction,I got the DCC control up and running this evening and managed to get four passenger trains moving at the same time on the new high speed lines-a lovely sight,after programming more locos,my attention turned the the loco depot,again it was great to see locos being moved independently at incredibly slow speeds and with lights on around the depot as the four trains were passing on the mainlines, I also have a new railcar stabling siding and depot for my 2600 fleet,I'll post some photos when I'm finished, It was well worth the changeover to DCC control,but I still have a lot to learn about the system.Thanks again to Anthony,Enniscorthyman and Gerry Byrne for their helpful advice.

Have you any photos/drawings of those inspection cars? That can easilly be arranged....

Personally David I'd be interested in a 2700 railcar and a Mk4 control car/DVT or even an IE inspection car-e.g no's 721, 722 or 723-(with interior detail and figures and lights of course).

Hi Irishthump,yes its the Advance 2 that I'm waiting for,glad to hear its a great piece of kit.

Eamonn,Thanks for posting the photos of Gerry's excellent layout.it's a credit to him.

Garfield-If you check out any late 1970's/1980's photos of the 071s in Supertrain livery,you can see that plate on some locos,I cant remember the name of the particular website,but I seen 077 with that plate,and also the publicity photo of 071 at Inchicore before entry into service has the plate visible. Paddy Murphy has certainly set a very high standard of fine detail on these models of the 071/111 and well done to him for his time and effort in getting the detail just right.

Hmmmm-those council workmen,I'll have to speak with the foreman tomorrow.....

A few photos of my buses on Tara Jctn for you to enjoy.

Yes Eamonn-I've the prodigy ordered and I'm expecting it during the week, The carpenter is due tomorrow with the new sections-so I'll have a busy week, Many thanks Shinkansen for your comments about the layout,Give David a call-he is an absolute gentleman to deal with-don't bother with altering a 158,you won't be sorry with the quality of the 2600's-which have a DCC socket on board also,I'll post up more photos of the 2600's for you. Thanks hidden agenda-I plan to relocate those containers in the refurbished Tara Jctn..

WOW-Getting better with every photo-excellent detail..

Cheers and thanks Mark.

Tara jctn is undergoing a small rebuilding at the"West"end at the moment-and also being converted to DCC operation, I'll post more photos of the finished layout over the next few weeks.

Thats great about the kadee coupler David,just like the real thing-Would it be possible for you to make the coaches a little heavier than your normal coach? My reason for asking is that I have found that when any of my Mk4 coaches were being pushed around my layout by 201s,the coach behind the loco used to derail a lot particularly on curves,After experimenting with different coaches behind the loco I eventually found that by adding some weight to the coach actually helped to keep it on the rails-and no more derailments.

Nice work there Anthony well done-very realistic.

Usual high standard there David-well done,I love the opening door-and have no doubts that the livery when applied will be top class,I'll be in touch. Your 2600's were excellent and I'm very happy with mine.

Definatly agree with you there Dave,good point.

Morning lads, I'd highly recommend this book if you intend to model the 1970-1990s era of CIE/IR, I like the photos of the single 121 in Athenry and Oranmore, The track plans at the back pages of the book is also very useful, The Knock specials at Claremorris along with the line up of M and C class buses are also interesting.

Great looking site-well done lads,best of luck with it.