John-r

Delighted to hear your news Ken, gave myself a bit of time to study properly the photos of Port Breige, and it's just really something else the detail is brilliant. 

My tuppence worth it I may, I was their on Sunday and  yes it was a bit cramped, some stalls and layouts were hard to look at, it did look smaller than previous years (not the crowd )  But it was my first show in 4 years, did I enjoy it !  Most certainly, from having a good chat with Fran then talking to Paddy Murphy both taking a good bit of time to explain things, some other tall lad joined the conversation with Paddy explaining the new 141 in supertrain livery with ir logos was one of the first cut up, to me living in Kerry so far away you cannot buy that interaction with people. Finished off with a lovely cup of coffee and slice of brack, well done to everyone involved and thank you

Brilliant work and great credit to all involved, well done.

Brilliant idea Noel, was at the Glasgow show before covid and was blown away by the amount of traders, layouts and space to walk around freely, a great show,   Warley might overwhelm me completely. This sounds like a  good start?

Quick question lads, is there anyway you can let us know how many of the coach packs are left as you are doing with the icr sets, just to budget out which to order first, as I missed out on some of the nir coach packs, and before anyone helpfully suggests we had plenty of notice, I have to eat first then trains. Totally understand if you do not want to divulge this information.

Got a copy of this from Leslie at the show on Sunday, what a great read, brilliant photos as well, Grew up watching these trains at Greencastle, it was a dare with my mates to stand under the small bridge at hazelbank not far from the mill road, first time I did it when the spoil train went over it was nearly new underpants time , the noise was tremendous, anyway a fantastic book well worth it.

Really enjoy this thread, an outstanding collection of the history of our railways, there is something to suit everyone in this collection of photos including myself as I grew up watching the spoil trains around Greencastle, then got a school trip to York road depot around 1970, moved to Tralee around 1983, oh to have the sense to have a to record one's own history as well with all the railway changes.  Thank you Ernie so much.

1 hour ago, murphaph said:

. Aren't we lucky that our models are made by men of a different calibre.

Very well put phil, the lads leave no screw unturned when it comes to top Quality models for us.

Nice one , thank you , when I put in shale wagon nothing like this came up, on hindsight the two different Tara wagons a bit easier

They look the part, very well weathered too.Great job

Good call is right, that looks doable even for me, any side pics, not to go off topic.

11 minutes ago, murphaph said:

I'm sure it's mostly down to increased demand in a growing market. This bodes well for us all in time. Have we ever had a week with so many announcements? And the IRM lads aren't even finished yet! (and PM may have something else to say too, from what some members have hinted at). I just hope that too much stuff doesn't hit the shelves simultaneously or some or of us will have to make difficult choices. 

Body parts (mine not worth much) , Family, house, nothing else springs to mind just yet.

3 minutes ago, murphaph said:

I was actually hoping that the bargain would also be open to those unable to attend the show. It's great that IRM has remembered its customers in the farther flung reaches of the planet  I shall definitely be taking some come Black Friday.

I was actually hoping that some of the bargain will be there Sunday for us customer that has to rip the mattress up Saturday night to Get musty bank notes out ( not the northern type ) , I swear they should be fine..

Really lovely layout, the weathering is also superb.

Really like these new containers, great addition hope there are some left by the time I Get to the show Sunday.

Nah sorry Stephen, I don't  buy that at all, I Get this little vision in me head of the three of you sitting round a table ,log fire, three pints of the black stuff, in stitches, saying tell em nothing, or is just my way of thinking , any backers.

45 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

and thats before we get into the coming year's roadmap! 

It's killing us to not be telling ye all

 

So tonight is like a mini Christmas eve,  No sleep till noon tomorrow and the wallet just packed its bag and left.

Bring some spoil ( muck ) wagons if you can Leslie. Sorry to deviate from topic, trying to take my mind off what's coming,  its not working.

Is there a minimum number of containers that keeps customs at bay, as I have not bought anything from the UK since brexit , but have bought from Arran before and I have to say these are the best containers you can get, and I do have a lot of them and need some more.

Sorry to hear this news, please look after yourself, your attention to detail on your modelling is superb.

"Jeep" ers  creepers this thread has taken a whole new road ( as in York ).

Can't wait for the show and these announcements, really looking forward to getting there Sunday, Really hope there is some of the serious bargains that will blow my mind ( which wouldn't be hard to do ) left. Cheers till then .

This is just class, real class, what more can you say. 

Really lovely layout, just captures the era so well, great work Patrick.

Fantastic as always, really enjoy these videos, so much detail you want to look at.