BosKonay

Great to hear :)

A vote for a three pack...

Cheers Wrenn, will drop him a note!

@Dave - nice one - checking out those options now!! I'll eventually get around to the helix and fiddle phase - I Promise!!!

Yep. My plan is a freight liner contract on cement and intermodal traffic

Very nice idea Kirley - http://scalescenes.com/products/T007-Office-Block looks good too as a background bit of height!

Would be fun to see what one would look like Maybe the new 'primer' 071's are a hint at future rebranding

I've been looking Kirley - would love a busy city scape, but cant seem to find one

It's a gaugemaster 'sky' backscene - and quite nice / subtle it is too... I plan to wallpaper this section to the roof, which will give some backscene height for your terminus over roof ;) The layouts set on a late summer afternoon I think ( ) so lots of green and blue sky, very atypically Irish, but sure tis my mini world

I must admit the same weakness Rich, I've a small stash of freightliner 66's (and some 70s and a 57!). It's nice to have a bit of modern colour I've a weakness for intermodal stuff, so have boxes of pockets, dapol FEA-Bs, bachmann intermodals, etc, on top of the irish 40 and 46'ers! With a bit more time, and baseboard Dave finally back to build the helix and fiddle yard under the terminus board, I hope to have enough space to have Irish and UK stock share the layout.

Might be too blue if anything...

A bit of sky on the backstreet

You're an absolute mine of information railer thank you!

Looks great! Love the NR yard. Where did u get the fencing? The 3k looks right at home too. Is she a class 168/170?

Are the running numbers rotated around or do specific locos tend to stick with the same role?

Would certainly be fun to see electric locos!

I'd hope so

I -love- your track weathering too - blast of the airbrush? The concrete sleepers looks stupendously effectively weathered!!

Lovely, just lovely What a pairing, 078 and mk2s

At the best price in Ireland for a drop of diesel, 'fill her up' on a 201 would cost you €6,273.48

Very much so, considering the 4,546 litre fuel tank!

Yep, based on that idle rate I would have said at least 9-10l per hour! Not very efficient, tho compared to 12-15 trucks on the road....

Interesting!! Quite a high idle rate Will run the numbers when I get back to my desk

Of course if the engine is idling in a siding, the tank would be enough to keep her ticking over for a month

I feel like I was back in front of my class writing it (my previous life as a school teacher )