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    The Arrow is back….

    in News

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    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). 

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    murphys models

    in Irish Models

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

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    Direct rail services between Wexford and Dublin could face axe

    in General Chat

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    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.

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    Midlander Outing - March 2024

    in What's happening on the network?

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    Is that Skerries Galteemore ? - great pictures. After my super Midlander trip, I couldn't make the Trip today - even worse, I missed out on the Wexford trip, all sold out ! (only wanted 1 this time), however, I'm delighted for RPSI that these trips are so popular - I think there may be a Kilkenny trip sometime in the future ?  

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    New Shelf Layout Some Advice Please

    in Irish Model Layouts

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    Hello Stoby,

    I am also a relative newcomer to the world of model railways (Covid stimulus !) and can thoroughly endorse the help, advice and entertainment value of this excellent community. A few quick suggestions - (1) consider starting with a small railway based diorama on an IKEA shelf, great to experiment and learn a range of skills on a very small scale - (2) start with PECO Setrack, easy to use & widely available - (3) consider not electrifying point motors initially, use the "hand of God" method - (3) temper your ambitions, much less track than you might initially envisage/desire, less is more, (be prepared to stop and rip things up, I have done so a couple of times ! - (4) source your buildings from Metcalfe, inexpensive self build card structures which are fun and satisfying to construct - (5) go to model railway shows, you will lean so much from the displays and the mostly great folks you meet there - (6) purchase fabulous models from IRM, game changers for everyone interested in Irish railway modelling (also the good folks at Marks Models). (6) Have fun.

    George    

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    The buses of Tara Jctn.

    in Bus models

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    Thants a great collection of classic Ford's on the railway bridge Noel - Mark 1 & Mark 2 Escorts, a Mark 1 Capri (another one just visible on the decline), Mark 2 Capri, a Mark 1 Cortina, and most special of all, an Escort XR3 the quintessential "hot hatch" of it's generation (along with the golf GTI of course) - lovely memories from my youth. 

    Layout is fantastic as always.

    George 

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    Bord na Móna- rolling stock

    in General Chat

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    Fabulous photographs !

    The images are an excellent capture of evolution and change. While we all embrace the migration to renewable energy sources, there is nonetheless a definite air of melancholy about the abandoned and decaying locomotives, rolling stock and rails, as nature reclaims and absorbs them. The night sky picture is superb (I'm assuming a time lapse sequence - how long was the shutter open ?).

    Excellent work,

    George 

     

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