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I believe the buffers at at 3'6" so looks to be 3'

Looking very well, John!

Quite correct, by comparison the Mk3s with their corrugated roofs can withstand 300T compression forces. I remember this accident as a child. And yes, Cherryville happened again before the wooden bodied stock was finally withdrawn. The wooden bodied stock was fine for its day but not designed for high speed mainline travel like the MK3s

Repainted 141 surely Preserved 141 in consist with 142, modern LED light clusters (4) B141 at Fermoy 1963, original lights (3) and a preserved steam loco (90)

Haha! the first response completed my thought process

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0730/718273-buttevant-train-crash/ About 12:45 the 10:00 am Dublin (Heuston)to Cork (Kent station) express train entered Buttevant Railway Station carrying some 230 bank holiday passengers. The train was diverted off the main down line across a set of 1:8 temporary facing points into a siding. Although the locomotive remained upright in the siding, the older wooden framed carriages immediately behind the engine and generator van jack-knifed across the lines, with the two coaches and the dining car disintegrating under the enormous compression forces of the 60 mph crash. Two coaches and the dining car were totally demolished by the impact. Most of the Cravens coaches remained intact at the rear. Eighteen Irish, British, Austrian and American passengers died and more than 70 people were injured.

Beauparc, 2018 Tara Ore Rake with the 2 converts

New A class A33 at Salford Docks in Manchester about be shipped to CIE and looking somewhat odd with its temporary undersize standard gauge bogies

A unique coach insofar as 11 first/third composites were built by the GS&WR c.1906 initially designed to be a brake tri-composite. You can see the that the first two compartment were designed as firsts with 6/compartment and the two following designed as seconds, but I don't believe they ran that they ran that way with the GSWR abolishing 2nd class c. 1906. It definitely ran as a 2F 5T Brake. Only 861, 862, 863 were clerestory brakes and ran on 6 wheel bogies. The 11 coaches would make a lovely model series actually, since 861/4848A is also in preservation with the RPSI

They're really beginning to look good now, John! I'm in for a pair maybe more when a price point is available. Will they be decorated or just printed? Same question re conversion to 21mm? Thanks, K

I find searches on this site to be difficult. Sometimes it seems like definite keyword in something I'm lookin for are not found. Of course recollection can be faulty and one needs to be on the correct forum to start but it often seems that keywords are not really searched within the text body although titles may be better

Personally agree with Noel and would use closed cell foam well wide of where your glued ballast will end, but you don't have to do anything, your railway. I do remember photos of a beautiful railway model on this site a couple of years ago that had literally gone to pieces due to issues with the baseboards and underlays. If you're going to put the time into it I'd put it on the best foundation possible but up to you.

I had only noticed black window frames on the Mk2a coaches before

That's very useful information but the thing I find odd is that the tailing loco is not running cab first. So were two crews, engineer and fireman traveling on this train, as they tailing loco seems to be under more steam than just enough to keep it idling for the return journey? Other photos of them show the WTs facing opposite directions for the return trip. Surely they didn't turn BOTH locos even if a turntable was available?

Thanks, Noel.

Even though these seemed to be pretty clean in most of the photos I have seen of them, a little weathering would add some realism to the garish PW yellow

Oops, my mistake. I have the book so I'll actually take a gander at that

Many pictures of the grey livery running bonnet first before the reversal but very few I would think in IR livery in 1990. I don't have the IRRS book mentioned by @murphaph but he was referring to 121 bonnet first other than parked/pilot/shunting/running around in more recent decades

Been a long time since I messed around with decoder so have forgotten quite a lot. Test the motor on DC, connect power to the wheels first , then test on a section of track. If it runs well on DC then there's an issue with the DCC decoder or CV settings such as starting voltage etc if its struggling the same section of track. I'd start by resetting the decoder to factory settings (CV8 to 8 usually) which is usually sufficient to get most thing started. The Stay Alive will work for dirty track but not if it runs well on DC already. Which decoder? Do you have the manual? If not, it may be online

Sorry for the late reply. I don't have any of these but I looked it up on the Hattons site and they refer to the instruction manual here https://images.hattons.co.uk/mediafiles/hattonsdecoderinstructions2016.pdf Oddly the 6 function decoder refer you to this manual which refers to a 4-function decoder. Nonetheless int he absence of any better advice you might be able to use use F3 green wire and CV51 to operate the cab light. Maybe setting it as directional will allow the cab in the direction of travel to be illuminated by selecting F3?

Will the RPSI 134 be arriving c. September 2020 with the grey liveried MM 121 class?

Indeed, if there are any Mk3s to come I know this livery will be very popular (despite my preference for an ST livery, I'd certainly make an exception).The elusive restaurant coach with correct IE style windows, obviously

@Railer Many thanks

Does anyone happen to now off hand which if the MK3s were purchased to form the Belmond GH set particularly the generator, was it 7602?