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2 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:
Lets see... 29000 railcar?
To be honest, the 29000s are great commuter trains, but I am not too sure I would like from Belfast to Dublin... unless they were to send an 8 car set up... that would be good.
A 29 outside a commuter setting is an abomination, saith the lord.
The Gatwicks were similar in comfort terms to a 450 or a 2600.
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I was working in Belfast then and commuted in them every day. They were seriously uncomfortable - flat hard seats that would almost make a 26 class railcar seem luxurious, seats too low, windows too high, stuffy in summer and cold in winter.
Very spartan inside.
Less comfortable than British or CIE equivalents…. I actually though the CIE ones were ok.
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11 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:
did the Gatwicks ever operate passenger services on the Bangor line?
Certainly never regularly. Latterly they did a single daily run; Newry - P’Down - Lisburn - Central, even working out empty.
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I’m following this with interest!
Will we see an 800 class in GNR blue, or a De Dietrich set in CBSCR olive green?
A Lough Swilly 4.8.0 in Donegal red? (Airfixfan, what ye think?)
Lined CIE green on NCC Jeeps?
NIR Red Bull livery on Cork 26’s or Drogheda 29s? CIE Black’n’tan on an NIR “wokfru” 4K set?
The sky’s the limit….
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On 4/4/2024 at 6:12 PM, IrishTrainScenes said:
A photo I found of GM8113 in Dublin in April 2007
Credit to The Wanderer (click on photo)
To be honest it's a shame that the Gatwicks only lasted eight years in service (2001 - 2009) Would they have still been in operation if the DVT arrived?
Thanks
The DVT - assuming it’s the same one we’re talking about - did arrive, but sat at York Road and never turned a wheel in traffic.
It is now “preserved” at Downpatrick; the only railway vehicle in Ireland to have seen 0% of its (Irish) life in service, and 100% of its operations in preservation as a barrier vehicle!
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37 minutes ago, Noel said:
Pallets of MM just arrived at Marks Models.
Wooohooo!
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Sure the whole idea of them taking on was a load o'hot air..........
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I think they're going for scrap eventually, after they've stripped them for spares. They're of zero historical interest here anyway, and there's probably no room for them anywhere.
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7 minutes ago, Broithe said:
The ultimate city air terminal - no need for a rail link, just a lift.
You'd need some head for heights to walk across that gangway!
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I'm listening to the dog barking downstairs...........
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This has got to be the single, solitary most stupid proposal ever put forward. It puts decisions like abandoning freight, selling goods yards, closing West Cork, Tramore, Harcourt St, the BCDR and the Derry Road into third place.
It’ll kill the line, already hamstrung by having filthy 29s on some services, and Castlegregory branch speeds over the entire route.
Maybe that is what the No Trains Authority wants?
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18 minutes ago, commerlad said:
Yes
As he says he knows what it is. A money tree if somebody is stupid enough to buy it.
like the seller "Gostude" any item that is not boxed and fully documented or has an R number is obviously Rare and expensive. But really they do not have a clue.
Just look at his listed OO TT 009 items (all describing same thing?) even if they are old (1960s) Gem 5.5 items.
Some of these ads on things like fleabay or done deal are borderline fraud……
7 hours ago, David Holman said:He'd stand a better chance by removing the Donegal tag, if he is.
Indeed. Listing it as “vintage model locomotive” might be better.
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Is that clown STILL trying to sell that thing!!!
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52 minutes ago, WRENNEIRE said:
Knock yourself out man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_coach_type_codesI knew it. The Brexiters invented all that stuff........
On 13/2/2024 at 1:02 PM, Warbonnet said:Hi everyone,
It's been a busy start to the year here at IRM, with our lovely NIR Mark 2 coaches arriving and going down an absolute treat with modellers, our production samples of the Mark 2cs arriving (more on those soon) and of course, we have other projects rumbling in the background!
Such as our ICR!
Last week, ICR Project Manager Paul Isles, and our Sound Master Jamie Goodman attended Portlaosie Depot and Heuston Station Valeting Plant to record all the sounds for our ICR models in miniature.
We would like to extend a big and sincere thank you to Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail for facilitating us and going the extra mile to help us with the recording of this project. They went above and beyond to make this model truly special.
If you think our Mark 2s are good, then prepare to be blown away by these!
Pre-orders are beginning to fill up some variants, so make sure you get yours in here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/.../railcar-class-22000-icr
Cheers!
Fran
SUPERB! Greeat work.
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23 minutes ago, DiveController said:
Can someone explain in brief the differences between an A1, A2, A3 DMSO, DRBFOs and any other word salad that might be relevant.
Thanks in advance
That’s the trouble with terminology today - it has to be gobbledegook to “impress”.
Back in the day, when the English language was used on the railway, you had brake standards, open composites, side corridor seconds, corridor thirds, six wheel lavatory firsts, and the like. Obvious.
Now, it has to DBSO-2F, BSK(II), SGHT MK 2-SO(T) and the like……
No doubt when the De Deitrichs and Mk 4s go, we’ll be faced with an array of identikit vehicles, but called “A”DFGH-1, “B2”-EV, SSD5 and so on.
Rant over.
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On 20/2/2024 at 9:35 PM, DERAILED said:
According to IE's latest Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/iarnrodeireann
Inter-city trains are to become even ridiculous - see image. Hot on the heels of this comes more speculation about terminating Rosslare trains at Wicklow or Greystones....and it's not even April 1st.
Even by the NTA’s standards, this is a several light years beyond stupid, as are the Cavan & Leitrim style speeds over the entire route.
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The Enterprise is probably the most comfortable of all these days.
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36 minutes ago, Galteemore said:
That’s very smart. Although wasn’t 84 ‘Lissanoure Castle’? The cast plates do look very good.
Tis true; “Dunluce” was / is No. 74.
Good to meet you again yesterday, Galteemore!
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Re-liveried LMS loco as NCC
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9 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:
I’m sure a millionaire would be able to get 90 to run down from limerick-Waterford. But that’s about it.
I’d probobly spend my millions on newbuilds or restoring 6111 or something
It would take three weeks, probably!
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35 minutes ago, Ironroad said:
Do you know if that space would facilitate a surface or underground station or both. I ask because it has always seemed to me that the least expensive means of connecting the airport to the rail network would be via a very short branch line from the northern line just north of Clongriffin. There is little or no development to inhibit this and it could be achieved in short time.
As far as I’m aware this is underground. Probably looks like a massive underground car park, wherever it is.
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Just now, Ironroad said:
Who knows, but if they built an underground station box, it could only be done in co-ordination with anything that might be in the pipeline. But I would not be surprised if they did so in anticipation of Metro North considering that before there was a change of the routing of Metro North via Drumcondra to Glasnevin, a lot of of property was presumptuously purchased in the vicinity of the proposed Drumcondra station and there is a rumour that a station box was constructed beneath the new Mater Hospital building.
Yes, there is space thus allocated, but no actual construction. The area is, as I understand, used for storage.
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On the main lines nowadays the only steam locomotives which are feasible to opetare are those which can do all of the following:
1. Haul a train with sufficient seats to pay the colossal cost of the operation, between IE charges, crews and coal. That instantly rules out several RPSI mainline locois, never mind shunters.
2. Haul a train at a sufficient line speed to fit into a timetable slot. This also rules out many RPSI locos which are bigger and faster than shunters.
3. Have sufficient coal and water capacity to travel longer distances than any shunter 9or 90) were built for.
Gone are the days when many rural lines here had only one or two trains - or none - on a Sunday, and perhaps only 3 or 4 each way on a weekday. The railways are (happily) getting busier by the day, and with the population predicted toi go on rising for the next 20-30 years at least, this one ain't gonna get easier, Consequently, the emphasis will increasingly be on reliable larger locos which can keep time.
Downpatrick os the place for 5'3" gauge steam long term. There really is no other likelihood of that anywhere. Plus, technically it's "main line"; the line from Downpatrick out as far as where the Inch Abbey line diverges to the right, plus North Junction to the southern limit of the line, is part of the former BCDR main line from Belfast to Newcastle! No. 90 will return to traffic as soon as finance and manpower allows there, and there are always the two Sugar Co. locos. The RPSI's two no. 3s have both worked there in the past - in fact the Guinness loco was the first steam loco to operate there in preserved days.
Bottom line: 3BG, LPHC3, CSET3, 1 & 90 will not be able to operate tours on the NIR / IE systems again.
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3 hours ago, Tullygrainey said:
Thank you for those kind words about the County Down locos Jonathan. It was a pleasure to meet you. Maybe get a chance for a proper chat next time.
Just to avoid any confusion, I can’t lay claim to the H&W diesel No28 in UTA black (though I wish I could). That’s a very fine example of Gareth Brennan’s work.
Ah - thanks for that (and apologies, Gareth, if you're reading....!)
Irish Railway News ‘Enterprise Watch’
in General Chat
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I’m sitting in an ICR as I write this, and my back sympathises!
Unlike many of the good folk here, I don’t actually mind ICRs per se, but the new leather seats are too upright and too hard. As far as any railcars are concerned, probably the best of a very bad lot are NIR’s 4Ks at the moment. I agree about the DDs, by far the best there is operating today, outside Downpatrick!