Retro Herbie

Loving the flurry of pics the last few days, thanks!

If my name was Uri Gellar I would have but seeing as its not and I was only told about it approx 5 mins before i posted, posting yesterday proved impossible

Thanks for the photos Gareth although it is depressing to see this heritage disappearing.

Love the subtle placing of your van in the composition of the last photo, nice touch.

Even I couldnt claim that was subtle

If all went to plan 082 should be arriving at York Road with two in tow in about 15minutes.

Great stuff! Well done to all the guys in the Wexford Club

Was tempted to lay some ballast while I was there but would have taken about 10,000 bags so decided to give it a miss.

Was working on a railway build for a customer in Kingscourt today so took the chance to photograph the station this evening before heading for home.

The station building work looks to be little different from eiretrains photos from a few years back. It appears some half hearted FAS scheme, looks like a brick hasn't been laid for many years. Anyone local know what the long term plan for the building is?

Great shots, cheers!

Autoballasters now instock in Belfast

http://modelshopbelfast.com/bachmann-38-210z-jja-mk2-twin-pack-auto-ballaster-units-iarnrod-eireann.html

Thanks Retro Herbie for answering my question,I like to try and support my local model shops but sometimes prices prevent me from doing so,no offence was meant by my question,thats all it was a simple question.

No offence taken mate I saw it as a genuine question. Expect the delivery to arrive early afternoon Monday so will confirm price then. Cheers

80 class I suggest you read my post above, and talking about 'sticking the arm in' is nonsense

Very simple Northman, they arrived into Dublin on Friday and shipped straight away to us, they will arrive with us Monday along with paper work which means we can confirm price. The estimate has always been approx £99 (see recent Bachmann publications too) if it is lower then great, everyone who has pre ordered them is fully aware the price is a guide and will be finalised when they arrive on Monday.

I'll not sell your stuff before you get back! Enjoy the hols

I see that they're doing weathered versions

will it be like the 141 weathering ?

No samples yet. And of course don't forget modelshopbelfast.com and Grahams Toymaster offer their usual top quality weathering at source so you can get any running number weathered as new.

Lovely!

Great shots, love the layout too

Pretty much all ballast trains go to dundalk sidings to run round before going back to Poyntzpass, running round on the mainline at Newry is generally a no no now

There are two versions available, LMS and GWR Broithe posted pics of the GWR, heres the LMS ones

Wiring is so easy, four wires from the signal, red and black are to a 16v power supply for the lights and two yellow leads for the mechanism and light switching. It requires a minimal pulse to throw the switch so can be wired to either a stud and pin/control panel or to the switches on the bottom of a motor.

Nothing yet, will post them as soon as I have them

We carry both the n and 00 versions and have to agree they are cracker bits of kit