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Double WhoHoooo:tumbsup:

It certainly was worth the 402 mile round trip yesterday to this excellent exhibition, Well done to the Lads at the Wexford club for organizing it, It was great to meet some old friends and also some new ones, I managed to pick up some IE Cravens coaches for 30 euro each, from the local Wexford club stand there, which was less than what some of the trade stands were looking for, Well worth a visit if you can make the trip.

Raymond, I'm delighted to see that you converted to DCC you won't regret it, It will really suit your fantastic layout, I am five years into DCC and certainly wouldn't go back now. Best of luck with it.

Happy anniversary IRM,it certainly has been a great resource for modellers young and old, keep up the great work everyone .

Well done gentlemen, a lot of hard work has gone into these wagons-and as I have said from the start I will be supporting you on this and other planned releases, Thank you for producing such a high standard Irish model.

All in good time Railer.......

Continually raising the bar with your high standards of work,well done Kieran.

Looks like 1960's Ireland with lines and stations being closed, Onwards and upwards as you have already shown elsewhere Kieran.

Get well soon Seamus.

Having just arrived back from my first visit to the U.S.A,where I travelled on the New York-Chicago Lake shore limited and Chicago-San Francisco California Zephyr, I had no choice but to commemorate this trip by purchasing this locomotive while in New York, as I travelled behind four of these impressive locomotives while traversing the country, I was also fortunate to spot 190 on shed in Chicago, What an impressive system and it has given me inspiration to maybe do a small diorama of a small loco depot, I hope to get a few Union Pacific C44 locos as I was most impressed by the size and sound of these machines,in particular around Roseville depot.

Thanks gentlemen

A class108 passes on the mainline with a Leeds-Doncaster local service, while 20063 shunts the tanks into position for unloading, after uncoupling the loco will operate light engine to the MPD for servicing.

A lunchtime arrival at Ashburton Grove's up loop, Class 20-20 063 arrives with a trip working consisting of four oil tanks for use at the factory sidings, after running round the tanks it will propel them to the discharging point.

All in good time too jhb..

I was fortunate to be able to acquire a small sample of the deep blue paint that is applied to the real 216,and with thanks to Des at SSM for the transfers, my 216 is now finished, it is seen here propelling a Mk4 set out of the platform at Tara junction station this morning.

Definatly count me in on that one Des-but without the loco transfers as you have already kindly supplied those to me.

Hi Noel-The Mk4 set are repainted Hornby Mk4s,they are the closest type of coach to the prototype.

New arrivals at Ashburton Grove are two class 20 locomotives, two TPO's and two typical West Yorkshire 1980s single and double deck buses.

Thanks Kieran-It was great to have met you in Glasgow.

Thanks Sulzar-the oil tankers are from the Heljan range and were professionally weathered by TMC-(The model centre), I picked them up at the Glasgow exhibition last weekend.

Some Sperry train action from Tara junction earlier-071 is in charge while 216 propels a Mk4 set away from the platform, I have installed some of the excellent Train Tech colour light signals complete with directional feather-see the signal in action just ahead of 071.