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The Lima chassis is nowhere near as good a runner as the Murphy model one, hence value is probably more for static display purposes. Add to that 201 class GMs just don't seem to be as popular with modellers as the earlier era Irish locos.

I've 6 of them.....(MM ones that is)

Fab layout & stock there Noel, looks the part!

I've some pictures here of the 42ft wagon,might help you with the detailing, as for the history, I'll leave that to someone who know about these things!!

Don't get me started......

Ordered models just there, best of luck with yer new adventure & fair play to ye for doing something positive for the model community in Ireland.

Top class finish there, very realistic.

This is from 209, the 'box' around the Radio is the only difference to the other Loco's (apart from it's clean!) this is part of the Enterprise overhaul & modifications that they are doing at the moment.

Is this a modelling forum or a discussion forum? Some of us work in the railways & get enough of this on numerous social, print & broadcasting media outlets as well as from the Public. I'll go to one of these places if I want to know 'what's wrong with' the Railway. MOVE ON!!!!

As requested a few weeks ago, sorry bout the delay..

Please explain...... Driver could be a while writing me thinks .

...& 187!!

I'll take 192, PM sent

Nice job Tom but it needs mould, grime , cobwebs & rust to make it look like the real 204!! 😁

Some quality work here, where have they been hiding you all this time??

2015 - Maintenance finally fixed the heater in 4005 that I've been reporting since 2011, unfortunately it's now summer so no use & the air con is broken now 😠

There was a proposal to double head the Mark IV'S a few years ago to improve reliability but became a non- runner because of the weight involved at line speed, Mallow Viaduct being one of the problems.

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Love it! I want a man shed, just need a business case to sell to herself!!!!! 😜

Yes Dive, Fuel tank is behind the bogies on the smaller Cab 2 end. Cab 1 has a bigger gap between the side doors & windows.

Yes, began to see the pattern! Easy to figure it out all of a sudden. Thanks!

You learn something new every day!! 😲

Yes, you can walk through the engine room from one Cab to another on one side only, it's noisy,hot & covered in oil in there so not a nice place to stay long in, see pic...

The Loco's had to lead with Cab 1 on the Enterprise because of Head-end power at the time so there is no pics of that but should be plenty floating around of Mark IVs

The Loco's were frequently turned the 'wrong way' (Cab 2 end leading) especially when the Mark IV's arrived in the begining . From an operating point of view it didn't make any difference, as both Cab controls are identical, apart from the MU2 Cock which is located in Cab 1 (the bigger Cab) It was the Driver Reps that requested they all be turned correctly (which is done in Limerick Jct) as we felt there was a health & Safety issue when shunting the Mark IV's in the tunnel in Cork, as

(a) you had to change Cab ends in a dark, smoky tunnel to switch out/in the MU2 cock in the other Cab when changing direction

(b) if all the air in the brake pipes wasn't expended fully, the train would roll while you were changing Cab ends!

© The engine is directly behind Cab 2 so noise levels in Cab 2 were a lot louder than Cab 1.

It took a while to get them all turned so hence why you can see the mentioned photos.

Hope this helps....

You can see what I mean from these two photos & these ones are fairly clean compared to how the were normally kept but you can see what I mean...

I wouldn't worry too much if the Loco was already weathered Kev as IE maintenance usually gave the Loco numbers at the side & front a quick rub of a brush while leaving the rest of the body dirty so if you have a clean 'patch' where your new numbers are it will still look realistic

Good man Noel! Best of luck with it

I'm surprised they got Cork people to attempt to leave Cork, such is their love of the place. Brave move...

I object to this post & I'm offended - I demand an apology......they didn't leave Cork, they only went as far as Charleville which is still Cork!! (unfortunately!!!!!!!)