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I'm actually inclined to agree with Noel as all the pictures of the 121 in the original livery that I've see (and they're not as numerous as later of course), seem to show it overall in good condition or at least not in a completely dilapidated state that many locos seemed to be in (at times) in the 70s and later. Now silver A class and green A class is another thing entirely, I agree. Lots of photos of them seemingly in a very poor state. I wonder if the Crossley-engined locos were dirty in terms of exhaust emissions or whether it was because they ran alongside some not yet replaced steam, which died in the republic anyway within a couple of years after the introduction of the 121 Class?

I don't think all of the lamps were red. My recollection is that in the past they were black but some were red, maybe in more recent times. The lenses on the LC were red I think as the burner would be clear but I suspect the lenses on a signal lamp were clear as they semaphore red & green lenses need to show the correct color aspect. There was a thread on the site before with some additional detail. I'll post a link IF I can find it. Recent, Buttevant LC, 2012 Again, Black LC lamp with red (definitely not clear versus red on gate) lens This looks like your cutout on the back of your lamp. Possibly to aid lighting while on the ladder? Some signal lamps definitely had a lens on the opposite white side of the semaphore. I ind; know if the lens was white or red (probably) but it was visible with the signal at danger and occluded by a backing plate on the semaphore when clear

It's up there and now a better shot for you. Of course, the bags and outer pallet wraps may have changed somewhat over the years. Maybe someone with a more intimate knowledge of production or farming might advise if different

Thanks for posting that. I was looking to post that with the above. I think you'd have to spray that pallet contents yellow first followed by the transfers. Gouldings, Askeaton, on road transport but I believe that this went by rail also These are the larger bags, I think Maybe a better shot to suit the existing IRM pallets

Exactly so they gangways won't align and prevent entry to the TPO from standard centre gangway stock

Hence my 'disclaimer'. I was pretty sure it wasn't blue although it looks good, black is it in the prototype. Thanks, Jon

So the good news is mine are back in Peterborough, no idea why but they're not lost! Don't ask me ....

Yes, I've seen this before. Pretty impressive. Imagine dealing with a wheel off the rail in the middle of that!

The cab of the preserved A55 at hell's Kitchen which I can't say hasn't been altered in the preservation but supports @jhb171achill's recollection

Pretty impressive

Were either of these the one that Fry made for Drew Donaldson, would that explain the color discrepancy? They look well either way

I haven't been on anything since yesterday due to a family emergency. I'll look . Thanks for the heads up @Warbonnet Email received in the Inbox. Thank for the info

I ordered 2 also, should be shipping next week Going to have to stagger the As and 121s, potentially looking at all the As up to ST livery and then 121s from the same time period so I hope they don't all sell out in a couple of weeks like the wagons A few transfers for the fertilizer loads might not go astray if someone were to do a sheet, Albatros, Goulding etc as an alternative for the loads

@mmie353No sign of my 'Delivered' item (Royal Mail). My kegs are in it and some of the MM coaches and a few other things. USPS don't know where it is. My local mailman knows me as the guy who get fairly regular shipment of railway models from abroad and is familiar with Royal Mail packaging. The only hope right now is that he doesn't remember delivering it to me or elsewhere so I'm hoping that the RM tracking is just plain wrong and the item is stuck in customs for the last three weeks or more. Usually he'd drop it to my door rather than leaving it in the mail locker. He says that the USPS tracking is better than is has been in the past and if they haven't received it, they really haven't and its still in customs. I don't know where the RM get their 'delivered' tracking info from but its freaking everyone out and causing a lot of friction. Just have to wait it out and see if I get keg liner. How did you find out your item was in CT customs?

245 seems to be very similar to this one which still retained its retrieval/delivery apparatus in Athenry c. 1961. I think this is 2954 from this site before, different roof vents etc

The Fantuzzi reach stack is a pretty impressive piece of equipment but the body alone is almost 30 feet long and close to 50ft if you drop the boom

Maybe take the prototype through security at the airport (whenever that will happen again!) and get your hands on that backscatter image for your CAD guy?

@Georgeconna The original post indicates that some of the production run was given over to this model (so just another variant) rather than an extension of the run

Some very interesting stuff Jon, thanks for posting!

Sounds like it would be an Irish livery version of something from the bigger companies then. @WRENNEIRE showed a very passable IE liveried version of a eurostar, maybe a 201 and a single/double coach and a 2nd radius track and a few straights?

They seem more heavily built than the 22000s, you get the impression there's a pretty heavy engine in the front rather than some hamsters being overworked the underfloor

@burntheboxThanks for posting

Some of the Canadian Stuff is nice. I have only one Canadian loco but HO. No intention of getting into N unfortunately

Hi Dave, May I ask what you're using to deaden the sun under the track work? How did you deal with the electrics of the reversing loop? Track design is very American. Lovely job

Sort of a shame to see another resource closing as the modeller/retailer approaches advanced age. A shame there seems to be no-one to take it on. It would be nice if they had an irish range of course, maybe too few kits to have it as anything other tan a part f a greater enterprise producing for the UK. I do like their idea of a transitional curve which is something you don't get if you use set track rather than flexitrack. The transition from the straight to a fixed radius is very severe on the eye and in running as the rolling stock are thrown into the curve rather than transitioning from straight to large radius curve continually reducing to the true radius of the turn, same at the exit from the curve. Of course you can offset this in set track by transitioning from straight to a larger radius curve then to the smaller radius curve (and same exiting the curve to straight) but few people ever do as it takes a bit more space etc. It looks more prototypical for the track work and running