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Will enjoy watching another of Alan's masterpieces take shape.

I've a feeling that @jhb171achill will be along shortly with an explanation for that...........!

This short video popped up on YouTube, I'm sure that many on here will enjoy it. A great portrayal of the wonderful work being done by our friends at the DCDR in Downpatrick and a reminder of the extreme adversity that they have to work with. Let's hope we have a drier winter this year.

Ah! the fog clears! That makes sense. Thanks @BosKonay so much for taking the trouble to clarify this especially at this late hour of the evening, it was nice meeting with your colleagues at the show today, the Hunslets look super and were a very pleasant surprise, I for one hadn't expected to see them for a very long time...

Thanks @BosKonay for the very quick response, so just to clarify when I look at my account (logged in) it shows recent order (for H-Vans) order number IRM-xxxx(numbers not shown here for obvious reasons), if I now go to the shop and order Hunslets, they will show in my cart and then I place the order, does my "recent orders" now show IRM-xxxx (the H vans) and IRM-yyyy (the Hunslets) or do the Hunslets get added to the IRM-xxxx (ie an order with H-vans and Hunslets). I suppose what I am asking (in a roundabout way) is if I wish to order items from two different lines tonight then if I place the items from one line in the cart and submit it, then go to a second line, add them to cart and submit the order, does this generate two separate (ie not mixed) orders?

Perhaps @BosKonay might be able to clear up a bit of confusion in my mind regarding pre-orders using the account login (i.e. where loyalty points are awarded).... I have a pre-order in for H-Vans and I wish to order some Hunslets, from what I have read above it appears that if I order the Hunslets (via the account) it would appear that the H-Van order gets cancelled? This seems strange to say the least or am I reading it wrong? Any clarification would be much appreciated.

(Edited version in italics). Don't think so, that looks to be from Griffith Ave, as far as I know (and as stated above) the entrance to DFB Training Centre is on Malahide Road. Just looked at it there on Google Street View and it shows it clearly enough, (drove past this afternoon just to check). The entrance is directly opposite the gates to Mount Temple (the show venue) on Malahide Road. Be aware that Malahide Road is a dual carriageway so entry to the DFB Training Centre is only possible heading towards Malahide ie travelling away from the city centre, for those coming from M50 etc head down the M1 towards Whitehall, keep going until Griffith Avenue (a large tree lined road), turn left onto Griffith Ave and keep going straight, past large white church on left hand side until you come to a large chicane (s bend) (trees straight in front of you) and go left there onto Malahide Road and the entrance is a short distance up that road on left hand side. Hope this helps.

@jhb171achillI am sure that you probably saw it already but @Irishswissernie posted a photo last saturday of just such a van on the UTA system, in full living techicolour (especially the rust!)

Love this, it is absolutely brilliant, wonderful storyline and video, loved the nuns sitting on the side of the loco. Well done Patrick

Ah, a classic.

"The Lads" are in Wexford this weekend at the Wexford Model Railway Club's show! I wish I was there too as they always put on a good show there, but alas work gets in the way this time. Enjoy the weekend.

I see what you mean about the second video, in fairness I was really giving it welly in that one and the unsecured track on timber without any underlay is probably not helping. I ran one of the original batch (2013?) on the track just now and it sounds very similar to the new one and at very low speeds I would say that they are both comparable to the MM 121s. I also have the iPhone quite close to the loco, from a normal hearing distance (say 2ft) it doesn't sound that noisy. But the stamp collecting might be cheaper!

Hi @derek, that noise does not sound normal to me. For comparison purposes I have uploaded a few clips of my new MM181 class (by co-incidence the same number) and I think you'll agree that they sound very different. I too have run mine in for 30 minutes in each direction but there was no appreciable difference in sound before and after. It sounds to me like your replacement loco has the same fault as your original one. One or two folk on here have suggested various repairs that you might attempt yourself which is fine if you have purchased an oldish second hand loco and have really no other option to make it work, in this case you have purchased a full price new loco with a warranty from a reputable dealer and manufacturer so if it were me I would definitely get back onto IRM for a further replacement or repair. In fairness I have found both IRM and Murphy Models (via Mark's Models shop) to be very good for warranty repair or replacement in the past IMG_8620.MOV IMG_8621.MOV IMG_8622.MOV Hope these are of some help.

Thanks for that Jonathan, I can feel my appetite being whetted!

Nice pictures @Broadstone. Can anyone enlighten us as to what the type of wagons are nearest the camera in the bottom photo (The Royal Canal 1961), would they be horse boxes?