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26 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

They have all been stamped as seconds / imperfect and we’ve put in place a limit of a maximum of two packs of each sku per customer. More details in a few days. 

Thats sounds like a sensible plan hopefully people won’t be greedy and limit themselves to one or two packs so everyone will get an opportunity to get some . 

Any update on this for Black Friday should I be breaking out my sleeping bag flask and woolly hat for an overnight queue?

30 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Get a working Crossley engine or get a Crossley engine working?

both

I think they might be waiting for someone to get a working crossley engine 

8 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Do the 1971 batch of 30001 to 30099 still run on ride control bogies today, or have they been updated with Sambre et Meuse bogies?

Not that I am aware of the first ones to be withdrawn were of this type a number of the ones at Mallow BFS were the older 30001-30099.

I would also be interested in this Phillip. 

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Sorry, bit dim here, but what does that mean? There are two types of 42' Flats?

No , your certainly not dim , there were two batches of 42’ containers flats , the first batch were built 1971 30001-30099 distinguished by using ride control bogies and  second batch 30100 onwards built 1974 using sambre et meuse bogies virtually the same wagons. 

Received my Liners and Guinness this morning and they are fabulous wagons, I do notice that some of the wagons are numbered below 30100 which were the 1971 original 42 flats , I thought the ones that IRM were doing were the 30101 upwards numbers? 

6 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Where does it say that and I can ask the Project manager
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In the Description on your site 

Mk.2c Ph2 SO (ex-FO) 4103 Black Roof
Mk.2c Ph2 SO (ex-FO) 4104 Black Roof
Mk.2c Ph2 SO (ex-FO) 4105 Black Roof
Mk.2b Buffet (ex-FK) 4402 Orange Roof

10 hours ago, Robert Shrives said:

Hi,   Any chance of saying how you fitted the IRM bogies, thanks 

Robert 

I think they are Bachmann bogies

8 minutes ago, Rush and Lusk said:

Hi Fran,

Great to chat at the show today - congratulations again to all at IRM for the tremendous range and quality of products for modellers of all abilities. Very pleased that my ordered kegs, fertilisers & containers are imminent.

A suggestion for all of us who missed the "dickies" (swallowed up by all the "January Sales" folks yesterday !), to help fair availability and control large accumulation by some, perhaps you might consider a max quantity per existing IRM customer in the Black Friday event ? - just a thought.

Regards,

George 

That’s is a very good idea and perhaps a way of rewarding IRM loyal customers and at the same time discourage the skelpers.

58 minutes ago, Wexford70 said:

Did any of the buffet coaches ever have black rooves?

Don't know about 4401 but 4402 never had a black roof 

18 hours ago, murphaph said:

Does anyone know how long 174 stayed in that STIR livery?

Thats a difficult one to answer 174 made it into full IR livery prior to its withdrawal in sometime circa 1993 there are other examples of 141's in STIR livery up to 1991 /1992 if not beyond.

A Jonthan Allen picture of a weathered 174 in 1992

One question I forgot to ask yesterday when visiting Paddy Murphy's stand was the ETA on the 141/181 class additions.

1 minute ago, Broithe said:

I did scratchbuild one with lighting.

Not impressed those scones always had florescent candles as opposed to incandescent completely different hue .

6 minutes ago, Broithe said:

I was looking to get a full rake of the scones, but the butter was a rather deeper yellow than it should have been.

It ought to be more of a 'straw colour' really.

Well, if you're hungry enough I'm sure the scones would pass the 2ft rule.

1 hour ago, connollystn said:

Have to say, the highlight of the show (for me) was the cafe. Had three cups of tea, a ham sandwich and a couple of extremely tasty scones.

You must have been famished and I hope it was extra strong Lyons tea after all those announcements.

2 minutes ago, gm171 kk said:

Does anyone know when they started painting the roofs black? 

I think that started happening in the late 1990's

17 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

No, it was corkonian after many pints! 
 

imagine me trying to find Palmerston tommorow!

I think he mixed Palmerstown with Harmonstown 

17 minutes ago, connollystn said:

Make sure that all of us who are in attendance are around the stand before you make any announcements - I've been waiting for this moment for the last three years

You never know they might organise a party  of drummers from the Artane band to do a drum roll  commencing at 1055 so you car hear it happening. 

13 minutes ago, connollystn said:

Wonder who will be the first user on here to announce the announcements which will be announced at the exhibition tomorrow?

I believe Kay Burley will be reporting live from the show . 

10 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I’m looking forward to the announcements more then anything…other then those Tara’s, I don’t see myself buying anything…unless there are some “green and grey” era stuff (as @jhb171achill has christened it) I won’t be interested in a whole pile. I’d like to see what tailte tours are up to next, see these murphy’s toolings ect. 
 

besides I can’t afford to be throwing 1000 euro at some models….well the bandon tanks are an exception to the rule

For that reason I’m trying to encourage myself to save money on me heating 

5 minutes ago, connollystn said:

So close now. The excitement surrounding IRMs latest releases is building. Going to camp outside St Paul's tonight so I'll be first inline to get into the exhibition. If anyone wants to say 'hello' I'll be the long haired, weird looking dude wearing a black anorak and dark blue jeans (they were light blue when I bought them). Hope that those of you who can make it to the show have a great time.

PS. Wonder if it'll be too early to start 'trick or treating' tomorrow? Could end up leaving the exhibition with a bag full of goodies.

I hope it's not going to be like the start of the sales after Christmas when the waiting horde is unleashed into the store like greyhound's out of a trap.

That is unfortunate news, it's unfair to blame the customs official as someone who works in the business what one usually finds is someone somewhere has got something wrong a description a code etc as customs have said they have a system and people need to work too that system, instead of blaming the official perhaps they should aim their ire at the geniuses who thought leaving the customs union and single market was a good idea in a bid to improve trade .

14 minutes ago, Sleeper said:

Is the buffers supposed to be brown ?

in the 1970's everything on the wagon was brown