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Yes. Shame though. They look decent in that livery

I think that may have been said in jest. The lol kinda gives it away(lol) Or maybe it was the 300 second delay between posts which is an annoyance

Garfield's right. It used to happen with even more alarming frequency, for instance in North Cork city on the approach to the Glanmire tunnel. At one point the anarchists tied a poor donkey to the line! Firing lasers at cockpits is more frequent than you might imagine also:facepalm:

I'd prefer the model to be correct of course, but that's disappointing. I guess I won't be picking mine up at the show after all

I like that. Nice job!

+1

Interesting history of the Yamato

Leslie, I would like some, a rake. ANy rtr? Take the rest as kits. I'll be at Raheny, yes!

of course!

Nice reference shot, Noel. Would be interested in some in the orange livery with light weathering like these shots. I always wondered how the ivory fell into such decrepit condition. I don't really like the ivory that weathered. My railway, my cement bubble wash, (sorry), on an occasional basis being are they are so loved by so many

Jeepers, that's nice for less than a Craven. I still need a rake of Supertrain Mk3s, so in the absence of an Irish prototypical model, they'd still be a nice respray.....

Well, that's 10, maybe 12. Seems we need an absent drawing

Makes the BATV look like an iPad

Great information, John. Like the recessed doors on these vans which may be ones that opened inwards as you say. Thanks for the updates and looking forward to seeing the 6w vans from yourself.

Hi Dave, There were 66 4w 30' luggage (hooded) vans 2700-2765, built about 1957 weighing over 10T with central double doors on both sides. There were 52 4w 30' Heating (Tin) Vans 3101-3141 (1955), 3142-3147 (1959), 3148-3152 (1960) weighing about 21T due to the addition of the boiler centrally with two sets of double doors on each side fore and aft of the boiler for luggage storage. No 3153-3156 were 6w 30' heating vans weighing over 28T due to the presence of two boilers, for a total of 56 4w/6w steam heating vans. There were 10 4w 30' post Office Sorting Vans 2962-2971 (c. 1958) weighing about 13.5T in addition to existing TPOs and some bogies TPOs that followed Hopefully I am answering the question that you asked Info from Pender & Richards book in pub. 1967

Like that orange, Noel! Never really liked the weathering on 183. Doesn't seem authentic in that pale 'splashed by cement' look, with little dirt beneath. Probably ok for it's time but prefer the darker weathering dome by one of the weathering masters on the site. Was this truly representative of the external appearance of one of the 181s in traffic at one of the cement factories?

Nice job, John. Thanks for the tips

Would be interested in this somewhat unique van. At least one maybe two

I was hoping for something other than the ivory livery, but predictably that has been produced first. I'm going to hold off for the orange wagons and I do not recall these being as heavily weathered as the ivory version. They may have been. I would prefer to have them pristine or very lightly weathered

According to John, there is a large water tank in that single compartment and only three passenger compartments behind, so I'm guessing yes. Not exactly, Rich. John has to special order them with minimum numbers for particular ones. I was interested (and still am) in some of these sides but no one else wanted any at that time, so didn't really have enough for a minimum order. That being said as my interest in CIE produced stock has expanded backward in time to pre BnT (and seeing John's examples now and Kirley's before), I would be interested in some for each era now. Was also interested in full width/length coaches but I suspect these may be some time away as John has so many projects on the go (Well done, John) K

Jayzus, look at the state of 081! Modern containers are a new direction for you, Kieran and looking very well too!

Let us know the outcomes of your deliberations with yourself over there

112 was on loan to IE for a considerable period hence the small replacement parts on the cab side windows and marker lights which were replaced with newer LEDs Definitely wandering off her cross border routes, as if proof was required .... Great site! One thing about Flick is that it tends to have newer photos on there for the most part. Lots of other sites with great older pics

Some of what was on Irish Rails in 1995, just a sample

The locomotive you have chosen to start it all with, MM0078 is in the last of the orange liveries that were used on the 071 class by Iarnrod Eireann. The overall livery was unchanged from the previous color scheme that was introduced by Irish Rail in 1987 bearing the "IR" or "set of points" logo. The new "IE" logo was introduced in 1994 by Iarnrod Eireann and is generally referred to as the "three-pin-plug" logo. The logo on the side of the locomotive normally completely spans the black band and white Tippex stripes, extending slightly onto the orange bands above and below. The logo on your locomotive is the small version of the "three-pin-plug" logo. Only three 071 class locomotives had this particular small logo on the side, if I remember correctly they were 076, 078 and 086. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/3532-IE-Small-Logo?highlight=small+logo" The small versions of the logo were all replaced with the larger version later on. As has been pointed out above not everything was repainted on the same day, major repaints occurring usually when the locomotive came in for a major overhaul. Therefore, it would have been very common to see locomotives with either logo running side-by-side with the newer logo which gradually becoming more common with time. Although equipped for multiple working, the 071 class did not want normally "double-head" (any photos of this online are usually in the circumstance where one loco has actually failed and being hauled by the other. It would not be unusual to see a consist of 141 class locomotives, one with the "set of points" and one with the "three-pin-plug" pulling a train. I doubt that any 071 class remained in "Supertrain" livery by the time the "three-pin-plug" delivery was first introduced in 1994. 071 class would have them run on the mainline with the MkIII coaches in the "Intercity" livery and hauled freight with increasing in frequency in particular with the arrival of the 201 class. These had an original livery such as MM0203 (Hattons of Liverpool) and a full face like MM0210 River Erne. 201 class locomotives are easy enough to come by. 071 Class still available for purchase from model shops in Ireland in the UK. Marks models have a sale recently and if he is still on, they have a great variety of 071 class locomotives still available and the amount you would save on the sale will certainly cover the postage to the United Kingdom. Other 071s such as MM0077 is in stock at Rails of Sheffield. I think Flickr is a great resource for inform yourself of the great variety of things that ran together. One of our members albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72157629465365997 141 Class locomotives are harder to come by but still turn up for sale on this site, at exhibitions, mostly in Ireland, I would say to be fair, and in places like eBay. If you don;t mind paying a little over the odd you can get them if you're patient. Murphy models will be releasing the long-awaited 121 class near the end of the year including the three pin plug livery which I'm sure it will sell out like hotcakes. The book that Rich mentions above is a great resource. The third edition was printed about 1987, right when the "set of points" livery was being introduced. There are some slightly later books e.g. “Irish Railways Traction and Travel” by Peter Jones, Published by Metro Enterprises Ltd. that may be helpful The 1994 edition may be of interest; The ex-BR Mk2a coaches were purchased about 1992 to augment the existing Mark2a coaches. They were air-braked (most others were vacuum braked) and ran with the 071 class locomotives. There are plenty of pictures of the Mk2a (& others) at RailfanEurope.net http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/ie/car/IE/pix.html Backmann/Murphy models produced to Mk2a coaches in both IR and IE Intercity liveries but that must've been 15 years ago and these coaches are harder to find. Lima MkIII coaches turn up from time to time but be slightly careful when you're purchasing these as they can be found into slightly different colors one more orange, the latter a more yellow shade. Excellent tread on stock here http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/157-LIMA-Murphy-Models/page3?highlight=wrenneire+lima+murphy Some of the Cravens coaches persisted into the mid 90s, some still in their original blacker rather than later livery (with top Tippex and orange band) near the cantrail. These would've run on secondary services such as Friday only services e.g. Dublin Sligo etc. Last of the MM Cravens can still be found in the usual places. Hope this helps K