DiveController

Interesting read and always welcome

So there was an accident or someone noticed it just had a wrap frame one day? And 224 did have a bent frame presumably due to fatigue but iirc wasn't 143 the result of an accident and thereafter it was speed restricted. Shows that there was a need for 141s at that time but not much traffic for so many 201s now

The models produced by IRM or ECM Trains aren't really toys (for kids), are probably out of the average price range for kids toys, and add-on rolling stock isn't readily available. You're right that a starter kit would be good to promote interest. My previous post was somewhat in jest. Older rolling stock isn't necessarily not of interest. How many of us were given a steam train set as kids after the age of steam had passed? But the comments regarding kids being interested in the modern rolling stock may be correct as this is what they now see. Maybe these will form their nostalgic childhood memories when trains of the future hover and no longer need a permanent way.

Looks like the 6402's door is IP68 rated (with the window up)

Maybe a Green A class, some laminates and a circle of 21mm track? So the 'kids' get their math correct from the start?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152343870@N07/39199847555/in/photolist-22HXsYB 224s was scheduled to be the original NIR 105 but had a bent frame when it arrived in NI and was replaced by 218. 224s languished about York Road for years before being finally scrapped with the others in the mid-90s

Some of the guys in the US run some on battery under RC control in S gauge I think, they turn up at exhibitions now and again and it cuts out a lot of problems with multi-track wyes and reverse loops

True if you're modeling a more recent era but they were the brand spanking new stuff in their own time. For me, it's hard to know what exactly was prevalent on Irish roads further back in time

Code 75 looks nice. wish we had a 21mm equivalent

Y' know when some people say they don't really have the skills to build or weather models .... that sometimes really is true rather than 'laziness'. Maybe better he had been lazier maybe but many of us have urged people 'to have a go' well you're looking at the results

Actually they they are all electrofrog except the single SL-194 but as Dhu Varren says it easy enough to wire the entire frog to switch polarity to avoid any issues with bulky metal wheels. They're compatible of course and pretty decent price for the buyer so everyone should be pretty happy

It look like a Eurostar, the profile and nose is obviously wrong, some absent windows/doors but in the grand scheme of things it would work fine with some matching coaches to finish a rake. Bit modern for me, no real interest in it but yeah

Don't go there for fear of offending some on the site .....

Really love the maroon GSR (crimson lake too) with the bilingual destination boards. Pure Irish class!

Maybe someone with access to Cultra might oblige?

@Warbonnet Fran, May I politely request your immediate attention to emails sent regarding a 'delivered' shipment that has not been received please? #4611 Thanks K

Oh yeah! bigger all right, 4% of the world's population and 25% of the worldwide COVID19 cases (and deaths) with no end in sight

The 1970s I would guess as most of the modified windows appear to be on super train or later livery. I presume this was just a midlife refurb or was it intended to upgrade equipment for CAWS etc. ? It don't see MU sockets on anything earlier than ST livery, the only BnT running in multiple seem to be either ST-ST (or later) or ST-still in BnT livery coupled together EDIT: Now both MM0125 and MM0131 in BnT livery on the IRM site claim to have MU sockets present (I know this is an outline and hasn't been fully updated with picture and checked for accuracy yet)

I think you're right about the 141 window. I don't know what you mean about refurbished but 126, 128, 129, 130, 133 had it also, it's not a one off

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Hi Mike, you should probably put up a picture of the cravens you have or the number and just confirm it has the double white stripe. The IE log began to be applied in 1994 onward to the 071 class locos

I'd be fine with an rtr coach at Eur80 upfront if good quality niche models could be supplied that way, 2999 to go...

The EMD SD60M weights 167 metric tonnes

Yes, I think you're right. Some of the IR version had a narrower center window , a spare from something that I don't recall. I not sure if there was a reason that the center window in particular needed replacement. Something will remind us I'm sure