Darrman

I've been reading the goings on here for a while, but now I'm going to introduce myself. I come from West Cork and I've always liked trains, even if there hasn't been a full-sized one around in over sixty years. Occasional trips to the West Cork Model Railway Village and a bit of reading of related literature kept my interest. During the pandemic I had a bit too much time on my hands and I started reading more about the railway and keeping up with any developments. About a year ago I made it a goal of mine to travel on every railway line in Ireland, and so I checked off much of the network over 2022, taking rather roundabout routes in order to check segments off. For example, last month I returned from Dublin to Cork via Waterford to travel the Dublin-Waterford and Limerick Junction-Waterford lines. At the time of writing I have yet to travel from Dublin to Rosslare, Belfast to Derry, Killarney to Tralee, and various Dublin and Belfast suburban lines. If anyone's interested in the details, I'm more than happy to talk about them. For Christmas I received some railway models, and now a few weeks after that I've decided to show them off. (Between the Tayto truck, Lyons containers, and Guinness kegs, my mother sent a message: bring back the catering!)