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A nocturnal view of the new Lakeview container freight depot at Tara junction,With over sixty containers to choose from-it certainly is going to be a busy place for freight and shunting movements.... CIE loco 161SA is the yard pilot and is seen here awaiting its next turn of duty, Thanks to Baseboard Dave for supplying the fantastic tower lights, highly recommended.

The ever versatile class 08 diesel shunter no 08 672 makes a welcome addition to the Ashburton grove locomotive fleet.

The new bogie spoil wagons are being loaded with spent ballast from a recent overnight ballast cleaning project at the junction, they are being hauled by loco 080.

Yes Rich,That was indeed myself in 3173 while working the Ballina branch- it was the morning shift.

Delighted to have met the both of you at Warley and best of luck with your new venture.

Hi Des, I'll take one too as I am fortunate to have worked GSV 3173 both in IE and RPSI ownership.

Another superb video of the historic event on Irish railways,well done Noel.

Excellent video Robert...

Lovely work ,very realistic looking wagons, well done Jason.

I also attended this exhibition earlier today and was a little disappointed with the lack of any CIE/IR/IE/NIR modern image layouts, It was a nice venue with free parking within a short walk from the school, Great to meet some of the gentlemen from the IRRS who were there on a day trip from Dublin, I enjoyed Llangollen,a marvel in miniature-well done Gerry. There were a few layouts aimed mainly at the younger generation, and only two that I had any interest in, a large OO gauge in the main hall which had a coach fitted with a small CCTV camera that was connected to a monitor and an O gauge DCC controlled steam depot the shed being based on Portadown. I may give this one a miss next year, Next on the list is the annual pilgrimage to Blackrock and after that Warley

Many thanks Jason:tumbsup:

Some "drone footage from Tara junction....

All going well I intend to visit this exhibition, I missed out last year:trains:

A welcome and useful addition to any modern image Irish layout, well done to the RPSI and Paddy Murphy, This is sure to be a winner and one that is guaranteed to sell out quickly

Thank you jhb-Yes the wanderer is still looking out that window,but he is not seeing much as the coach is getting an exam done in one of the sheds.

Thanks Jason-The timber wagons are made by Piko.

No roxyguy-long gone..

Yes I did-I still get nightmares about doing it.....!!!

It departs from the station at 18:35,and operates to the loop where it is held until the 16:30 Heuston-Galway passes-it then departs at 18:50 for Athlone.

Very nice and realistic-well done Raymond.

Cheers and thank you jhb.

The above photos show my final two out of twelve nearly completed M class buses on Tara junction, Thank you to Jim Poots for producing such a fine model in kit form.