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Evening lads, A few photos from the junction of some operations earlier..... Sulzer loco 101 returned to service-(thanks to enniscorthyman and Gerry Byrne)-thanks lads The depot manager and some fitters have a chat about the condition and haulage power of the loco-so it's decided to send her out on a trial run with a Cravens coach and a BR SHV....... 101 is seen here passing the carriage valeting plant under the watchful eyes of the depot manager....the loco now is the pilot loco for the carriage plant releasing a 141 for other duties. Another trial that took place was loco 160 hauling a recently acquired CIE liveried Mk3 gen van-7604.... And finally some 141/181s have been brought back to the MPD for the Christmas for storage as I've cancelled most of the liners-(except the Guinness liner.....which will have an 071 allocated just in case....!!!) Nearest the camera is 146,186,189,175,177,184 and 187 with on the left the RPSI loco B141 being used as the loco depot pilot.

No problems this end with the new website Seamus and as you now know an order has been placed....

I remember it well hauling various M,C and SS type buses back to Ballina over the years but never knew that it was designed and built in Ballina,thanks for sharing the article Stephen.

Excellent attention to detail there Paul top class work well done-your former boss will be delighted I'm sure with your work.

They look to be carrying cable troughs-possibly for use on the DART project-I've seen these heavy duty plastic troughs used a few years ago.

A useful addition to the Main Street at Tara Junction....nice one Des...I'll be in touch

Nice work Stephen-the view from inside the shed looks great.

After a successful commissioning of phase one of the resignalling project which saw nine two and three aspect signals installed-it was time to run some trains, Phase two of the resignalling scheme will take place in January-I'm planning on installing some more three aspect and four aspect signals for the up and down relief/fast lines.... Anyway back to earlier...a busy evening in the freight yard saw 073 haul the BELL liner into the yard for unloading-073 went off to the depot for its overdue exam and was replaced by 011077 fresh from the depot-the liner train now having some present day MSC containers and reefer units and tanks on board....similar to yesterday's Northwall-Ballina IWT liner which was also hauled by 011077....here are a few photos from earlier....enjoy. 087 storms through the up fast with the empty timber while 085 awaits a crew to take forward the ammonia...and 011077 waits for the timber to clear the section before being let out of the loop siding. Out in the mainline 011077 let's loose with the heavy IWT liner while 071 waits in the other loop with the DFDS CPW liner train. A view of the new highly detailed reefer boxes-very nice on the rear of the liner A patrol gangers view of 071 and 011077 And finally loco 078 which is working a seven piece Mk3 set is held at signal TJ 12 as the driver gets down to talk with the controlling signalman who will inform him that he is letting 071 and the CPWs out over the crossover once the empty timber clears signal TJ 15-a busy evening..!!!

Looking great Kieran.

Wow impressive loco Dave-nice one.

Glad to be of help Fin....well done on some excellent photos...and glad you found my secret location....!!!!!

Thanks lads, Yes Rich Warley was something else and will definatly feature in my diary for next year...

Best of luck Richie,hope all goes well for you.

Tara junction resignalling scheme The one thing that has been missing from the layout is the lack of signals.....well not anymore, After an enjoyable day at the Warley exhibition last weekend-I arrived home with some of the fabulous Train-tech DCC operated colour light signals, They are excellent with a very easy set up and as the demo says you can programme a number of signals to operate with the one address-which I have done... Here are a few photos of work in progress showing loco 077 being used to test the signals.. And finally...a green aspect here means 077 can proceed....more signalling updates over the coming week....

Lovely work Scalahane.

Excellent selection Fran.

Yes indeed Mark-the man above has lots of hidden gems I'm told.... Thanks lads for all your comments...

Nice work there Cravens 1508....well done....

The McGowan brothers and a sister if I'm not mistaken, I was first brought there in 1984 and bought the CIE 'Hymek' and some CIE Mk1 coaches-my first 'Irish' set The following year Lima released Class 37-37 012 Loch Rannoch and Class 73-73 108, and both were bought in Monk place-they were lovely people to deal with at that time.