Rush and Lusk

Congratulations to IRM/Accurascale for a fantastic evening in Malahide - Fran, Paul, Paddy and the always riveting Jonathan. Great company, nice food and of course, super new models on display. Below we see A46 depart Malahide for Drogheda with a rake of H Vans meeting the wonderful GSR 800 crossing the estuary towards Dublin. This is followed by the lovely Hunslet hauling some cement wagons. Regards, George IMG_9670.MOV IMG_9671.MOV

This looks very interesting Jonathan, my "home Line" - I plan to attend, its in my diary. George

Fabulous modelling Andreas - looks amazing, especially being an outdoors layout - well done. George

Hi Derek, great minds indeed - we both like that very natural scene, I plan to use another version of it again as its an activity most people can relate to. Thats a very nice looking layout of yours !. Thanks, George

Thank you all very much , Regards, George

Just to add to the many other very satisfied customers of the recently received, Corrugated Open Wagons - wonderful details, surprising weight and smooth running - congratulations IRM, - George A Class, 39r outward bound and later return, hauling short rake of wagons on this sunny evening, as the farmers move their fattening stock before the weather turns tomorrow !

Hello Davenport, Firstly, any layout is a good layout !, so enjoy the experience, learning & fun (plus occasional frustration at times). From my own experience, I put far too much in to my first layout, learnt from that over ambition, which takes me to my second observation, 'less is more" - consider perhaps one less main line. Next consider how many sidings do you need, perhaps just one set rather than the two showing ?. Also consider the space remaining for scenics, and what type of scenic settings are you going for ? - Metcalfe card builds for example are relatively inexpensive, enjoyable to build, but even so, take up quite an amount of space, you will also need roads in/out for the freight trucks, an open yard for container storage and loading equipment/vehicles etc. Hope these few observations are of some help. You are off to a great start - enjoy the adventure.

This is truly breathtaking modelling Alan - the remarkable attention to endless details is remarkable. Whilst most of us may never achieve these standards, it is nonetheless inspiring, encouraging and of course entertaining. Fabulous. George

Fabulous video clips from this most magnificent set of models - well done as always Jonathan

Super work - really works with that back-scene.

Super Aircraft - and as for those lovely buses !

Fabulous modelling Kevin, envious of your talent - Bray Town Hall is a most impressive building, always admired it, rather untypically Irish, but very attractive.

interesting article - thanks

Another fabulous show by the truly lovely folks at Wexford Model Railway Club - I traveled down from Dublin on sunny Sunday morning at a relaxed pace on undoubtedly the most scenic motorway journey in the country, fortified by a tasty sandwich and tea in the Station Cafe, out to meet welcoming, knowledgeable and fun people for the afternoon - from super layout hosts to a Donegal YouTube'r to IRM front man Fran etc. Now one of my very favourite annual events. Well done to all at WMRC. George

Great, intriguing, news BosKonay - I will certainly be at Wexford Show, a super friendly and enjoyable event.

Great news Irishrailwayman, fantastic pictures & layout - I looked on your club website yesterday and couldn't see any reference ?. I will definitely be there, probably Sunday. One of my very favourite shows.

What a fantastic livery - super photos. It serves to heighten my disappointment with the truly boring and unimaginative current livery of the 29000 sets every time I see and travel on one - and as for the droning sound ! - (enough already).

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, very disappointing for all concerned - many thanks Galteemore.

Locomotive 131 steaming magnificently through Booterstown Station en route to Wexford on the RPSI Sea Breeze trip this beautiful Sunday morning. Also met a couple of nice fellow train enthusiasts - a good to be alive day. George IMG_7494.MOV

Your layout looks fantastic Gabhal L

Fabulous story board and video production - very well done Patrick.

Noel, your narrative and pictures are superb, and very helpful to us all as we move to this stage of acquisition and installation - thank you.

Excellent pictures DJ D - I'm so envious of the sun kissed mountains and warmth of where you live - its like late November here (Dublin), rained all day, dark and miserable !

Excellent, informative responses to this enquiry - tremendous back story evolution by jhb171achill and excellent descriptive photographs by DJ Dangerous - we all learned something today !

Interesting article below from today's Irish Times. Notwithstanding the predictable objections from local politicians, it is encouraging to see the exploration of options to optimise existing and future rail assets. Direct rail services between Wexford and Dublin could face axe TIM O’BRIEN The National Transport Authority (NTA) is looking at plans to end direct rail services between Co Wexford and Dublin. Two separate studies into capacity on the line are considering having passengers from the Rosslare line change from intercity trains to the Dart at either Wicklow or Greystones. The move comes as passenger numbers on the line have grown in recent years, with daily boardings at Wexford station in 2022 more than twice what they were in 2013. Passenger numbers at Enniscorthy have also grown significantly, while in May 2022, Irish Rail introduced a new night-time service between Gorey and Connolly, to meet demand. Rosslare port is also being rapidly expanded post-Brexit, with a new, €170 million facility for workers including gardaí, customs, HSE and Department of Agriculture personnel under construction since last September. The port owner, Irish Rail, has said “the next five years will see historical investment and the largest ever developments at the port through a number of proposed projects” including an offshore renewable energy hub. However, in an email to Co Wexford based Senator Malcolm Byrne, seen by The Irish Times, the deputy chief executive of the NTA Hugh Creegan said: “The current proposals under development envisage that train services from Rosslare/Gorey would terminate at either Wicklow or Greystones and passengers would interchange to the Dart service at that interchange point.” Mr Creegan said “this would allow more frequent services to be provided by diesel trains operating between Rosslare and Wicklow/ Greystones, linking in with the frequent Dart services from that point northwards”. Challenging Irish Rail spokesman Barry Kenny said “delivering additional frequency on the Rosslare to Dublin line has always been challenging in the context of a high frequency Dart service from Bray to Dublin, and this challenge will increase with improvements in Greystones Dart frequency”. The proposals were criticised by Mr Byrne who said “forcing passengers to have to change trains at Wicklow or Greystones will not encourage more passengers to use rail”. The voluntary group Rail Users Ireland said changing trains would “kill” the Rosslare service. “Who is going to get off an intercity train with a nice seat, to cross at Wicklow where there is no fully accessible access at present, and wait in the rain for a Dart train?” the group’s spokesman Mark Gleeson asked.