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On 30/3/2024 at 11:55 PM, 226 Abhann na Suire said:

I know not the topic of this thread, but my god wasn’t Heuston looking well!! Gorgeous natural light through the roof and hanging baskets and everything!! And I was always fierce fond of checked station platforms! Such a shame that there’s been a bit of a decrease in station pride and well-kemptedness with some of these aspects - certainly the station is still well-kept with the new platform surfaces and signage and boards, but the roof windows could certainly use a shine these days and a few flowers wouldn’t go astray!! 

You're not the only fan of a checkerboard pattern! 
https://www.rockarchive.com/prints/s/specials-the-spec001jf

I must get the finger out & do something like that myself, as I have no layout & a small shelf one would be good for practicing scenery techniques, etc...

2 hours ago, airfixfan said:

The only thing accurate is that until 1937 Donegal kocos were painted black!

I was going to say 'wheels'

30 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

Any disruption likely for 25 May??

Works are scheduled to take 12 weeks as far as I know, so yes, I'd say so!

I really enjoyed that! Great to see shots from locations you wouldn't normally see, being taken by the driver when held at a signal.

Also, the background detail behind the pics gave it that extra too.

I asked whether the recording was going to be uploaded to the IRRS youtube channel, for those that missed it, and it looks like it will be.

I'd rewatch the show myself, as I did get called away from the show during the first half, and want to see what I missed!

Here's an update from November last year that ITV did:

https://youtu.be/OUbZrXcMMqY?si=k-8vWn5Uak_4qPh-

11 hours ago, Metrovik said:

I can't make it to the meeting live, is there anyway to see a recording of the meeting after the date? Will be shame to miss it.

Sometimes they will post a recording of the event - if they do, I'll stick it up here.

That one good thing to come out of Covid lockdowns - the IRRS started holding these Zoom meetings. I am a member, and never made it to a single meeting in Heuston for any of the slideshow/talks, so it has been great being able to tune in to the online meetings!

ZOOM WEBINAR

Thursday 21 March 2024 19:30

Iarnród Éireann in the 1990s 

An illustrated presentation by by Tony Cooke.

Tony Cooke is a retired railwayman and driver, which gave him inside experience of the railway system. Tony will be presenting a selection of images from his vast collection showing Iarnród Éireann in the 1990s. Arguably the last decade of traditional railway operations before modernisation swept across the company from the 2000s onwards.

THIS EVENT WILL BE ZOOM ONLY.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86419759330?pwd=REE5b2NDdEloR3JBTkl1WE1HcjdkUT09

Nice! They got there in the end - hand delivered too!

(for context - I tried posting them, but the parcel ended up being sent back to me due to some customs issue sending to the Canary Islands)

Here's a similar take on that sort of thing: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cktlY8JfvQ

The new ones won't work with the older 141/181 models I saw it mentioned somewhere I think

12 hours ago, Noel said:

Am I the only one who has never been to IKEA? Nor have I any desire to. 

Never been there either!

Sounds like cost-cutting measures went too far to me

On 12/3/2024 at 9:58 PM, Mayner said:

Steelwork spray painted red-oxide to prevent rust, galvanised steel body left unpainted when when wagons overhauled for beet traffic mid-70s

Wagon dumped out of service at Liffey Junction 83-4 had been used as spoil wagons on the DART project for several years.

 

 

 

I was thinking that's what it was, rather than 'paint bleed' on the model itself! Hail hail IRM's eye for detail!

Am I the only one here who can't drive a car? 

(I'm a biker, and never saw the point of a car when living in Dublin, with the traffic)

Plans have been unveiled for short-stay accommodation and a major model railway project on the Waterford Greenway at Kilmacthomas.

Waterford City & County Council has commenced the Part 8 planning process for the project, situated at the village's former railway station.

Labour Councillor Ger Barron says it's an exciting development for the local area - and outlined more details to WLR News.

He described it as "a work of beauty".

"In my view it will be a very big tourist attraction - people will love it when they see it. It's accurate in every detail, explains the history of the line and includes all of the features along the line such as towns, villages, tunnels, bridges and station houses."

Cllr Barron explained that it will be built in a separate unit alongside the former train station as the existing building isn't large enough to accommodate the entire feature.

The model railway was created by the late Lar Barton over a period of 30 to 35 years.

source: https://www.wlrfm.com/news/model-railway-and-tourist-accommodation-planned-for-kilmacthomas-train-station-350518

I wouldn't go near anything that Space Karen has to do with!

Someone put together this horror themed movie of Thomas the Tank Engine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4SLJM9A2NA

You could do various era vans too - sheet the outside, and paint it yellow for the PWay plough van look for example, with the 'porch/veranda' at one end

Listening to this banger at the moment, but could be anything really! Back when I was in college, a few of us went for a drive down to north Spain to visit a friend, and we had a mix tape with this track on it - brings back good memories!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yAOMIzUBQA

30 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

With all the money in the world! I would love to see a narrow gauge rail system to all the remote villages in the country linking to a rail system covering each large town and city properly.

A rail link to the airport would do me! 

It's a no-brainer really

One thing I could see possibly being an issue is the pathing of extra freight services over the single track section to Tullamore.

Maybe this would be an issue, or maybe not

https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/tullamore-tribune/1420917/exploring-the-possibility-of-tullamore-becoming-a-midland-s-freight-hub.html

'New' trains for Iran some years ago, or a 'look what we are doing for the country' type thing, where they just used a shot of our very own 181!