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I remember the Modeller's Den off Aston Quay. It was a Post Office also I think. I bought a few Tamiya models from him back in the day. Unfortunately, he's long gone.

Something a little different.

That's wonderful news. I'm delighted to see that.

The longest I’ve seen is a 7 car set made up of a 3 and 4 car set linked. The 17:10 from Heuston to Athlone is typically a 7 car set Monday to Thursday. Friday it reverts to the Westport service which is a 6 car set with dining.

I spoke to Paddy Murphy at the MRSI Show last month. He said the following: The 071 class would go into production mid-2025 The MkIII coaches would enter production around the same time The 071 class would come in the same range of liveries as the initial run except in different numbers The 071 class would have various electronic upgrades similar to the recent run of 141/181s. In addition, the 071 would have a modification to the manual parking brake wheel Irish Rail removed the grab handles on the front of the 071 cabs when they were repurposed for freight (current slate grey livery). In order to reflect this deletion on the models, the cabs for the current freight livery had to be retooled otherwise holes would be left in the plastic. This retooling translated into delay. No unit price has been decided yet owing to inflation in the €Euro.

Hi Derek, I'm not certain about Carey's Road bridge. I think it's unlikely though. The Foynes branch line will join the main Limerick line east of Limerick Station, by passing the station altogether. It appears to be a re-instatement of the later branch line closed in 2013 rather than the one closed to passenger traffic in 1963. Apologies about the misidentification of Ardnacrusha. I just re-post the videos from the original source on YouTube. I don't think he's a Limerick man either. Glad you are enjoying the thread. It's not often we get to see a reversal of the rationalization of our rail network.

I went to school in the 1980's on freezing cold, drafty Cravens with leaking steam from broken radiators fogging up the windows, while passengers all around me put out their cigarettes on the floor. I remember having to open the door of the coach by pulling down the window and opening it using the handle on the outside. That was the extent of passenger safety back in those days. I also remember having to run the gauntlet coming out of Heuston when kids along Landen Road in Ballyfermot used to hurl rocks at the train to try and break the windows and fellow passengers ducking when they were successful. I remember the comparative luxury of refurbished Mk2's, they had heating that worked, and the novelty of Mk3's with automatic doors and airline style seating. Whatever about the discomfort of travelling by rail in the past, at least you could get a seat back then. I bought two sets of ICR's during the original pre-order; a 3 car and 4 car set. A 4 car set takes me to work everyday and a 7 car set brings me home. For me, I can't imagine a model set more relevant than these ICR's. However, each to his own. Sales have tanked not because of a lack of interest or desire by the community, it's because the people are struggling to put food on the table. In my view, it's not IRM's fault or that of a fickle or capricious customer, its the fault of the central banks and the inflation they have created.