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233 was on IWT liners up till last week anyway. Itself and 231 have yet to be overhauled, it's only a matter of time. So far only 206, 8208 and 228 have worked the refurbed sets in service.

Still reckon theres no need for 206/207/208/209/227/228/231 & 233 to be all fitted with the new gear.

Is it just 071 and 084 with the plaques? Any idea why only those two have them (or maybe it's just so far?)

Hope they all get them, its an achievement that all 18 got to 40 years service.

As for the grey livery i think it suits them, the removal of their handrails on the front of the cabs gives them a more modern look.

216 can't work Enterprise, it won't have the MMI screen and new jumper connections fitted. It will have TPWS and NIR radio however.

Still can work the rest thou any news on whats happening with 233?

Just noticed 072 this evening with it. 3 liveries on one loco at the same time to boot.

She has to be going in soon for her refurb, orange/black door, grey patch and her black/silver livery. I wasn t certain on whether she had the new brake set up or not as shes had work done on her in the last three weeks

Just noticed 072 this evening with it. 3 liveries on one loco at the same time to boot.

She has to be going in soon for her refurb, orange/black door, grey patch and her black/silver livery complete with blacked out logo I wasn t certain on whether she had the new brake set up or not as shes been in Inchicore since the last time i saw her 3 weeks ago

What does the locomotive have to accrue, depends on what has been refurbished/replaced? Presume this has to be done light engine or goods (if they existed) are allowed?

Good bit of goods running that she could do, dfds Ballina - Belview, iwt Dublin port to Ballina, timber waterford- Ballina/Westport, wagon transfers. It could also turn up on the Dublin to Cork & Dublin to Belfast passenger runs like the newly reliveried enterprise locos have done recently

They are the only two with it from what I can see and they were only fitted very recently. 076,077,078,085 and 088 do not have it yet as I have spotted all them over the past 3 weeks.

085/087/071/084 all have them . 075 in black and silver also has it.

Excellent job so far, the woolie looks the business. Try Des at ssm for the flying snail and number.

Finally gotten round to installing a chip into the c class, first timer at hardwiring a chip into a lima ringfield motor. Didn t take long and now shes free to roam around with the gm's . [ATTACH=CONFIG]22654[/ATTACH]

Theres also another batch of mk 3's heading to the paint shop with 072 doing the honours of bringing them to the bench

Nice bit of work Boskonay, its building up to be a right cracker of a layout

084 has been outside Connolly shed road 2 for 3 weeks now. I have noted that 084 and 071 have a new handbrake wheel fitted to them also. It much larger than the regular one.

Quite a few of the refurbished ones have the new handbrake wheels pretty sure its a new braking system as well.

Thought originally that it was the tight bends on the layout so they were replaced with larger radius track, but the problems persist

Check the wheel spacing, mine used to do that but adjusted the spacing and she ran grand till the other problem above started.

My one is in the cripple siding with motion gear problems......

Wouldn t it make more sense to put it with a rake of cravens or mk 2's? The rpsi have both and its could be an rpsi charter?

Pretty sure Waterford west controls as far as Wellingtonbridge on the South Wexford line along with Sallypark yard, the station environs and the limerick/Dublin line junction. They also control the level crossing at Belview.

... 1 or 2 more Tom??

Theres always room for more

One of the main retailers here in Ireland, told me when the baby GMs went on sale years ago, he had a number of clients who bought one of every single running number available from him, and one client bought four of every running number. Who in the world would want that many locos unless they have a tennis court sized layout, or are trader/collectors hoping to make a few bob profit in the future when the models are out of production? I don't get it.

 

I am lucky to have eight baby GMs, four 071s, a single 201, and hoping to buy three or four 121s next year when they are on sale, but I won't be buying one of every livery or every running number. Hopefully over time 2xB&T 1xIR and possibly 1xGrey, which will nicely complement the existing GM fleet on the layout.

And your point is? I was one of those type you refer too i ve multiples of all the IE livery 141/181 & a few of the ir livery ones did you ever hear of renumbering?

For what i want in my layout i ll have them running in multiple with other baby gms and i ain t going to apologise for reaching into my wallet and taking a wad of my hard earned foldy notes to pay for them. I ve also done the same with subsequent murphy models releases such as the 071 & 201, when the 121's come out there ll be at least six new additions to my lot but knowing me there s bound to be one or two more sneaking in.

Im not a collector, if i like them i ll buy them and normally do a little work on them to make them look like the way i remember them & when my house moving days are over they ll have a bigish layout to roam around on

Did the Murphy Models Woolwich mogul come with both types of chassis? I certainly did not go through the tribulations of that link when converting mine.

No the murphy ones were the later chassis which are a lot easier to convert to dcc

Just remembered that I found Tom Ferris's The Gleam of the Lines in Eason's for €9.99 at Christmas.

 

That was in the Port Laoise branch and there were four or five left after mine..

 

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Got one as well in one of the newsagents in Waterford for the same price. Some of the piccys are pretty good for us modellers although the readie bits are a little basic

Have seen somewhere the theory that if the West Cork had lasted a little bit longer to coincide with the opening of Whiddy Island oil terminal, it just might have provided a lifeline for it.

Colm Creedon came to that conclusion, a few years after the closure and lifting of the line the oil company did look into getting the line relaid but the cost was too prohibitive.

Hornby freightliner wagon is a good basis for pw material wagons, timber bogies & 60ft container wagons just need to upgrade the bogies and add bufferbeams plus buffers. With careful cutting etc 47ft container wagons can be made too.

Dapol Kqa's make good donors for pocket wagons although strictly speaking they would also need new bogies and be stretched in length.

Dapol prestwin kit chassis have been used for a lot of 2 axle wagon types spoil, cement, ballast etc. Dapol tank kits for cie tankers.

With matchboarded coaches it would be difficult to apply a decal, unless you did what the West Clare did in pre-GSR days, mount it on a flat board fixed to the coach sides.

No it's not, a little decal setting solution makes it quite easy to do.

Nothing wrong with releasing more 201's, need a few more to replace the auld lima ones .

Wish people would relax a bit, we re getting the 121's pretty soon, the a class will eventually come out just give it time.

Quite surprised that there wasnt a new 141/181 in the announcement as they re starting to get a little scarce ( 146 would be nice in her new Downpatrick livery )

Will do!

Thanks, for that! Very much appreciated:tumbsup:

No prob

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