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StevieB
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It seems to me that an awful lot of people would be more than interested in having 121's. As long as the price stays within the bounds of reasonableness (?), they'l disappear off the shelves in record time. I believe this is online marketing, the right product at the right time at the right price in the right quantity. Stephen
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I have come across a couple of interesting items and http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1932/sro/16/made/en/html.The first is the only photo I have come across of the station and what a beauty - one or more double slips across the station throat on what is, to all intents and purposes, a light railway! The second relates to the reduction in train services prior to closure - government recognition of the parlous state of GSR's finances. Stephen
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The line from Ballina to Killala is probably one of the least recorded lines in Ireland. Apart from short pieces of prose on Wikipedia and JHB's WTT's, I have come across absolutely nothing else, certainly no photos of the line. The only thing I have come across is an aerial view of Killala bay on alamy.com, which shows the station site. Does anyone know of anything? Stephen
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In the post on Brown Vans there is a link to Colm Creedon's notebooks that are in digital form in the Cork County Library. One of them has the last working timetable for the Mallow-Waterford line and I was interested in the fact that there were paths for two Rosslare-Limerick passenger trains but none in the opposite direction. Can anyone explain what was going on, in particular what was the passenger service between Waterford and Limerick in the mid 60's? Stephen
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They all appear to sit quite happily together, thereby recreating the Irish passenger train of days gone by. Stephen
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I agree that substituting the correct size wheels will make the coach sit a little higher but I think that this is far preferable to the sight of under sized wheels. Look at any photo of an Irish passenger prior to the introduction of the mk2d's and what do you see - an inconsistent roofline to say nothing of the bodyline. And anyway you can do something about the increased ride height - reduce the height of the rubbing plate. A few strokes with the right file and the height will come down to something that the eye will find acceptable. Stephen
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Now that everyone has calmed down, let's put things into perspective. Excellent as they are, the MM coaches are not perfect, especially the mk2d's if I am to believe what others have written. The same goes for IFM's coaches but, with a little effort, many of the faults can be overcome. To me the biggest issue with all of them is the undersize wheels - with the correct 3'-0" dia ones in place, the difference is amazing. To all those who provide us with the hardware to replicate Irish railways in miniature I say 'thank you'. Stephen
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Do you have anything for the lines from Waterford to both Limerick and Rosslare, please? Stephen
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Is it one of the 6w heating vans? Stephen
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All sorted - thanks to Mark's Models for their excellent customer service - we rely so much on modern technology these days that we forget that it can have down days! Stephen
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I also took advantage of the discounts on offer and bought MM077 for the very, very competitive price of €139.99. However, these days you get used to almost instantaneous emails confirming your purchase, but the silence from Mark's Models is deafening. Is this normal, did I do something wrong or what? Now they may be busy, but so busy they can't respond to emails? Stephen
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Belmond Hibernian - Luxury Touring Train
StevieB replied to Broithe's topic in What's happening on the network?
Just watched one of the videos - class 60 with 21 bogie timber wagons, not the usual 071 plus 12! Stephen -
For those interested, and able to get there, Valencia Harbour is being exhibited at Cheltenham this coming week-end http://www.cheltmodrail.org.uk. It's always a good little show with the profits going to a very good cause. Stephen
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I think this covers James Mckay http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2685-Model-Irish-Scale-Rail?highlight=misr. Stephen
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If you open the link in Kirley's post, it will all be explained, but trying to find out any more just brings you up against a brick wall. Stephen
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I'm gradually adopting Kadees - #19 are the recommended ones although I find my stock will go round 24"/61cm curves without trouble with #18 fitted - as a result, they look more realistic. Stephen
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Has anyone else come across these? I found a reference to them recently and they certainly look the business. Sorry but I haven't got a link to them. Stephen
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Let's not get too carried away just yet - we haven't had the announcement yet and, at best, it'll probably just confirm that MM121 is going to be produced - in the shops 2017 at the earliest methinks - plenty of time to save up, though. Stephen
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Correct me if I am wrong but aren't DOGA standards the same as EM, save for the different track gauge? I believe that Valencia Harbour was featured in a recent edition of one of the main stream UK modelling mags - looked very good. Stephen
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Both EM and P4 are modelling standards, with the latter finer than the former, but both would use a track gauge of 21mm. As EM is short for 18mm, should we not use the term TM for the equivalent 21mm standard? If the American 00 standard of 19mm had been more widely accepted, then would we be working too much about the extra 2mm? Stephen
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I look forward to following your progress with this - before we know it, you'll be producing a model of one of the last two 0-6-4T's just to complete things. Stephen
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I've just been looking through some of the Irish Railfans' News on the RPSI website. It seems that the original consist for the oil and magnesite trains was going to be six oil and 12 magnesite wagons for no better reason than they could discharge six oil wagons at a time! Stephen
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I, too, subscribe to the view that model railways should be operated realistically. At the recent Warwick and Leamington at the Royal Showground, Stoneleigh, there was a beautiful model of Sidmouth in Devon but all that happened was that a passenger train came into the station, the loco ran round and off it went to the hidden sidings - where was the freight traffic? But I have also been the victim of gremlins which meant that a train could only run from one end to the other and back again, and that was at the Warley Show at the NEC. Congratulations on such a realistic model. Stephen
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Look forward to your tutorial. Stephen
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In the same vain, travelling from Cheltenham to Birmingham via Bromsgrove, splitting your journey at Bromsgrove was cheaper than direct. Stephen