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It’s hard to believe that there’s a market for an O gauge model from NI when relatively few RTR models have been released in OO.

Nice model though I have no track to put it on

Will try again next week. Thanks

Any reason that the keg loads in the Acc. EU site are not visible on the IRM site to buy with some forklifts? Stock In physically different locations?

On 7/3/2022 at 2:00 PM, connollystn said:

If the Murphy Models 201[new] was bombed it'd improve its appearance, probably.

Not a fan, I think we got that part. Entitled to your opinion of course, guess you’ll have more money left over for more IRM products or to donate to the Ukraine where that bomb would be more useful right now

Very nice!

Wonder if there has been improved tooling for conversion to 21mm?

On 23/1/2022 at 4:45 AM, Keano30 said:

Thank you appreciate the response. So the Hornby is the code 75 I presume. 

The Hornby is code 100 and the conductive and insulated joiners above will join them. But Peco also does a code 75 track and if you need to mix them on the same layout, there are joiners that will Segway the two different height rails together. You might do this if (say) you had existing track you wanted not to waste and placed it in tunnels or on a ‘behind the backboard’ fiddle yard etc. but wanted to join it to Code 75 track that you had selected for use in the main viewing area as it looks a little better ( more prototypical height) 

No chance, we haven’t reached 21mm yet, let alone 36.75 

Were they commonplace in Ireland in the 50s? Far fewer road vehicles then. Interested to know what was popular on Ireland’s road from a modeling perspective 

Finally got my order in with abebooks but tic-toc on this side of the world

45 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Superb pics.

Am I the only one who, after seeing so many excellent colour shots, just scrolled past the black & white ones?

Atmospheric as some of these could be, I just could never understand the preference some have for B&W over colour. We don't see in B&W.

Always thought the bright blue station colour scheme in the 1990s looked utterly ghastly - so garish. Clashed badly with the orange and black trains.

Grouch-like as all of the above sounds, brilliant photos with good colour rendition too, and well composed and sharp. Hopefully Pauline has some more!

Although the quality has improved over yesterdecades, as a generalization, B&W from the 1950s  has a lot better quality than many color shots from the 1970. If the garish blues or newer PW stock offends,  best stay with the B&Ws?

Hadn't realized that they Tara’s had the last 2 digits emboldened high on the side to ID the wagon

8 hours ago, spudfan said:

I found that the tension lock couplings on the "A" class are slightly lower than on the ballast wagons and it is also a different size. If I shunt the Ballast wagons with an "A" class the loco coupling goes below the leading ballast wagon and derails it. Funnily enough the MM 121 class coupling is bang in line with the ballast wagon coupling and it will shunt the wagons without derailments. I would have thought that any manufacturer would standardise on couplings for all rolling stock. I did contact IRM regarding this but they said no one else has reported this issue. 

I’ve also had this issue propelling the Bachmann RPSI green coaches run with A42 just because they were to hand and green and with the 42’ keg liner if I recall correctly when the A class is coupling to and propelling the rake. Same issue loco running under the wagon coupler and lifting the wagon which may run straight but propelling into a siding is a no-no. Once hooked the wagon cannot regain the rail even if the loco then hauls the rake as the vertical bar on the loco TLC is now within the circumference of the wagons TLC. 

Photo is 1992 or after as 181 was in CIE/IR transitional livery in 1991

On 29/6/2018 at 6:03 AM, jhb171achill said:

There is an expression of interest in the van for possible preservation.

What happened to the TPO?

On 21/12/2021 at 10:44 AM, jhb171achill said:

Someone told me that the GSR's "Bri Cualann"* is a tragically incorrect translation, but CIE's "Bré" is even worse!

(* excuse missing fadas etc)

Not a scholar on the derivation Of Irish place names or anything but to be fair to the GSR, the term Bri Cualann was in usage by a Irish scholars of the time for several decades prior to this, the term Cuala being an ancient regional territory added to Bri in an attempt to counter the anglicization of local place names. Seemingly Bre, Bree or Brea can be traced back to at least the 13th century in state and church records so CIE’s bilingual place names may not have been too far off the rails after all 

Many happy returns to you and yours. 

On 20/12/2021 at 12:17 PM, K801 said:

Who sets the crazy ebay postage? 

The Global Shipping Program completely ruined eBay. It’s easier for the seller not to have to worry about shipping Internationally. They just ship it to a UK address and GSP then makes a huge markup sending it abroad. In addition eBay will charge VAT when the item is for export. GSP ‘handle’ the “import charges” and all that upon arrival at the destination country (there are none for US). Of course some sellers just set the shipping themselves as a little sweetener for the trouble of sending it abroad. ‘If you need it you can pay for it’

On 20/12/2021 at 12:12 PM, murphaph said:

I was wondering when the first A46 might appear on eBay and for how much. I think this is it:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154758738098

225GBP the guy is looking for if any of you missed it. Dear compared to retail but I suspect they will only get dearer.

You can get them from the usual secondary UK retailers for far less than than without the additional eBay charges. A46 available last time I enquired but that was a a few weeks back I suppose. 

It's the 4w TPO/Sorting Van that  I'm having a hard time finding, mThe older type TPOs were in lined green for sure but the 2962 series vans should have been after the silver livery they had

I was just wondering, Ken, if this is the same wagon at Cork in 1960, some differences but seems remarkably similar although I'm not a DSER aficionado

The HLV and Hooded(LV) vans were in green for sure from photographs. The TPOs were rarer and I think yes but don't rely on that unless I revert having seen a photo. I think JB is saying all three types did but some within each type may have skipped a livery direct to BnT 

Someone is, certain member of this parish did very well on a sale of a MM 071 recently

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133955138337?nma=true&si=efY1JuCzv24Yr1b%2Bm%2FQIZy%2BPSMk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Run up to Christmas, all our spouses are paying top dollar for our under the tree gifts, ……

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Definitely snipers, then.....

Neapolitan snipers don’t use camo, the home decorated graffiti suit is the order of the day ……

Not sure about snipers in Inchicore, maybe urban camo or would hi-viz jackets be needed for working graffiti marks? 

Just trying to remember what the various Y33 colour bogies would be suitable for?

Obviously  42' flats, black on ammonia? What else had y33s?

Ken, not at all surprised given the comments on your workbench that you're now in this section