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Uh Oh... a delay, guess I know what that means... time to plan an increase my order for 4...... Fran, thanks for letting us know. I am perfectly fine with a delay, it actually helps me out, in my quest for ordering more, once the 121's are out. 

Fair play to the person that discovered this layout and refused to tear it down - 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-pays-to-save-worlds-largest-train-set-to-the-public/

I noticed that the 2019 awards are now open for voting. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150320-british-railway-modelling-awards-for-2019/

Saw Accurascale and IRM in there..... Lads best of luck!!!

@WRENNEIRE let us know if it worked for you, when you get a chance to install it. I am also curious to know if it did. Maybe in 2020, I will finally get going on my layout... funny thing, I thought the same thing for 2019 at this time last year. And then I will look to see what I will get for a DCC controller. 

This might be worth a shot, if you have the software installed on a computer, you maybe able to use a program like Belarc which scans your computer for software licenses and it may pick it up for you. https://www.belarc.com/products_belarc_advisor

Man you know the length of a train over there, people cannot wait like for a couple of minutes for the train to pass, over here, a train length can be over a mile long, you can be waiting for a while for that train to pass. I do not complain when it happens as I get to see the freight cars, I am actually disappointed when i miss the locomotives at the start of the train!!

Does anyone get punished for the damages done, or get fined at that was deliberate? 

Cool thanks for getting back to me, I know from what was said above with shipping to the US and the An Post cutoff date, but I have gotten mail and items sent to me after the advised date by An Post and before Christmas, I think a lot has to do with where you are located over here. We shall see, it would be nice to get them before Christmas but as long as they arrive, I will be happy.

@Warbonnet do orders ship in order and paid for when they come in, or do orders intended to ship to Ireland get dispatched first? As I am in the US, I am curious to know if my order has a chance of getting to me before Christmas. Normal time for me to get an order from the day of shipping is 7 days. 

Is there any idea yet on how much each will cost?

Lads I am sorry, I believe that it is not a true reflection on the quality of the models that Accurascale/IRM produce. Next year is going to be interesting in respect to what Accurascale have announced for the coming year for the British market with the 2 locomotives, Class 52 and 92. 

Has anyone seen the results yet for this year's awards?

@Warbonnet dude, any idea on quantities of each for the A class? With the 121's coming out, and I have to get an order in for the ferts, I would like to add if I can to my order for the A class

Anything there in the way of Peugeot? Are you looking to sell?

Done, good luck to Accurascale and wondered why IRM is not listed as a manufacturer?  For sure you have set the standards higher and it would be nice to get recognition for all the hard work that ye do. 

A couple of pictures of Big Boy. 

I have noticed that while trying to view some of my older orders on IRM, that the items details for what was on that order, is missing. It seems to have for orders that were placed before 2019. I am only wondering if this is to be expected or if there is going to be a fix for i?

Did the 46% Nitrogen (Urea) bag pallets have more in weight than the normal bags like the 10-10-20 and the 0-7-30? I remember as a teen them having more weight per bag, and also the pallets may have been a little bigger than the normal ones? If there is an option for pallets, would these be considered? I am not sure who produced them, something tells me it may have been IFI. Did the ferts also transport the huge bags? There was 4 of them on a pallet as well as an option other than the smaller bags. There was another bigger bag option available to farmer that was also on a pallet, specifically in the 90s

As the Chicago area is popular enough for Irish to visit, an interesting development I noticed on the Big Boy tour is coming to the Chicagoland area, so I will be trying to pop up to see her in all her glory in July:

https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

In case by any chance anyone else will be in the Chicagoland area about the 27th of July, is when she will be about 45 minutes west of O'Hare airport. It seems to be furthest east that she will be coming as after the few days she is in this area, she seems to be making her way west again.

I would be interested in getting a few myself as I would like to add to my stock but with the 121 coming this year and I still wanna order more A class locos, it's a rough year for the credit cards but for the models coming out, for sure is exciting.

Seems a slight update on Murphy's website

In case anyone is coming to Wisconsin in early July, http://www.internationaltoytrainexpo.org/ 

Is it possible to run it in DC rather than DCC as a test? If it does not run correctly in DC then it will not work correctly with a DCC decoder in it, that should tell you if the decoder or the loco is at fault

Wish she was coming to Illinois... https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

It is not right, he has done so much for the Irish RTR market with his fantastic models, I am thankful for all his efforts and also anyone that is able to bring Irish RTR models to the market. I bet it is a lot more difficult than what people may think. Without him we would not have had the fantastic baby GMs, 201s, 071s, cravens and mk2s and the upcoming 121's give the man a break.