Tractionman

Just spotted this

it's usually running in the school holiday period, so for us that's end of June onwards, but it's probably best to give the local tourist information office in Bushmills a call to ask-- https://discovernorthernireland.com/listing/bushmills-visitor-information-centre/81602101/ to add, on Facebook there is a post calling for "Seasonal Station Assistants", that was March 18th, the phone number given is as in @Broithe's post above.

Just spotted these that might be of interest, MkIIs: https://footplate.co.uk/search?q=irish+ra&price[min]=0&price[max]=74.95&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&filter.p.m.custom.country_of_operation=Ireland&sort_by=relevance results found Sort by Relevance Price, low to high Price, high to low Bachmann OO Gauge MM4108 Irish Railways MK2 TSO Open Second IR Intercity Regular price£74.95 Add to cart Bachmann OO Gauge MM4110 Irish Railways MK2 TSO Open Second IR Intercity Regular price£74.95 Add to cart Bachmann OO Gauge MM4101 Irish Railways MK2 TSO Open Second IR Intercity Regular price£74.95 Add to cart Bachmann OO Gauge MM4102 Irish Railways MK2 TSO Open Second IR Intercity Regular price£74.95 Add to cart

that's a very good point, too cold in winter and too hot in summer, real considerations for lofts, sheds, garages, outbuildings etc where we usually end up being with our layouts!

you've come to the right place yes that is a great space to have. as to answer the q, where to start depends really on your railway interests, eg location, period, operations, etc, and develop a plan around that--eg do you want to watch trains going past, a relaxing thing to do, then you'll need a roundy-roundy type set up, if you enjoy shunting and moving wagons around then a yard needs to go in too etc etc. plus there's the budget, and time, how much have you got for each? They are the two biggest limits to model railway plans in my experience! good luck with the build! cheers, Keith

there seems to be a huge demand for Mark IIs, hope a rerun will be along sometime (soon)!

just in case anyone's after a green A class or other hard to find stuff: https://modelrailwayemporium.com/search?page=1&q=cie cheers, Keith

Their website has a mailshot that you can sign up to https://www.steamtrainsireland.com/trainsevents

it was great to see this in operation, the locos and stock were spot on for me, and it's an impressive layout, very inspiring. cheers, Keith

well done indeed, the standard of modelling is superb, I am glad Kilmore got 'best in show' at Bangor, it really was

It was good to see Enda's products in the flesh too and have a chat about these, really nice chap and great models, I got tempted there were plenty of other folk very interested too, a good sign I thought

a pic from today:

nice to meet you this morning @leslie10646 -- yours was one of the busiest stalls I saw in the place, so hope sales were good cheers, Keith

I have! British and Irish modelling are not mutually exclusive... and my point was exactly that IRM and Accurascale are one and the same (from a buyer's POV)