Noel

Oh if he had them in lined RPSI green I'd bite his hand off for another one. They are lovely locos, uniquely Irish and the most numerous steam class to run in Ireland.

DCC Steam sound added to our 00 Works J15 Loco courtesy of Neil from WheelTappersDCCsounds. He also fitted a pair of working head lamps for me. Now that summer is here, not sure how much modelling will get done. http://www.wheeltappersdccsounds.co.uk/page147/index.html

As a matter of interest what happened to the 141 and 181 fleet? Were they broken up, sold to scrap merchants, or put into long term storage? (ie aside from the preserved few). . . . and how many 121s are likely to be preserved, is it just the one? (ie 134).

I wouldn't pay that kind of daft money even if they were black'n'tan livery

They look very well. Tidy job.

Rare as hens teeth. Yes noticed those three models going as a set before, and may be of interested to NIR connoisseurs, but NIR not really my cup of tea being absent from my nostalgia memory. Continental and Foreign models despite the close proximity to the CIE sphere don't really light my candle. But I'm sure they will find a good home with a NIR modeller/collector despite the price. Probably never to be rerun again.

Hybride seems a cop-out neither one thing nor the other. Better to go full electric using overhead wires or 3rd rail. CAF mk4 coaches between a pair of power units on the Cork route? Comfey and quiet. The Luas Tram in Nice, France has batteries for the city centre sections and overhead wires for the rest of the route (avoids unsightly cables in scenic parts of the city).

Tender process begins for 600 battery-electric powered Irish Rail carriages https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tender-process-begins-for-600-battery-electric-powered-irish-rail-carriages-926984.html?fbclid=IwAR0F7lenDHZmwyhmQb0Xb_3Xlln_MuWQMC6R3EBl-3B1pVvVTvYyyCf6HyY

The ones I got from Marks are not bad, similar quality to the Bachmann Green flying snail CIE coaches, just without the gangways. and different door/window arrangement.

Middle pic Looks like a HLV, Suburban Laminate coach, and a tin van. Not sure about the last coach in the last pic. Perhaps bogie brake parcel. @jhb171achill? I love the cross over era when it was common place to Black'n'Tan coaches mixed with silver tin vans and some green flying snail coaching stock. In terms of RTR models, Irish Freight models for the tin van, Dapol/Marks Models for the green non-gangway suburban coach and Irish Freight Models or Silver fox of the last van.

My wife did not like the obtrusive white EVSE outside the front door, so a respray was called for. New to this whole EV malarkey. Having to learn a whole new language and sub culture! Luckily I have @Junctionmad to educate and advise me as he was an early adopter. I nearly went for a PHEV but apparently that's like wearing a Leinster Rugby jersey in Limerick - impolite and likely to get one lynched! So went full BEV, scary but so far so good. Luckily no DCC involved but one disadvantage of BEVs is that there is NO sound at all at all. Forgive the non-modelling content, silly season on the workbench nothing going on except the queue for projects is getting longer.

If it was the 1960s they would be rightly prosecuted and somewhat 'roughed up' while in custody. Moments of insanity. At a bare minimum they should be sentanced to do 200 hours of community service, and given criminal records. They deserve to be named and shamed in public gaze for all in their community to see what thugs they are.

Darwin. There are still some apes amongst society.

The ultimate? 800 class kettle v AEC 2600 set

Me too. As a child many a time I was popped into one of those coaches on trains to the west, sometimes with an Airfix kit to complete before the end of the trip, relatives waiting to collect me at the station. Fond memories and great comfort but a child could sit on a tree stump and find that comfortable. Older backs need comfy seats, which is why I now dislike the 22k seats. The mk3s were so much better, and the CAF Mk4s not bad. Anyway love Patricks layout. A grey 121 would look out of this world on it.

Stunning scene from one of my my favourite layouts on here. I’ve fallen off my perch in awe.

Indeed. Now I need to source, convert, kit-bash or assemble some six wheel flying snail green coaches to go with her (aka John Wayne the Quiet Man opening scene @ Ballyglunen Railway Station, or 'Castletown' as it was names in the movie).

OO-Works J15 video clip with LokSound Irish Steam sound project by http://www.wheeltappersdccsounds.co.uk (ie Neil = Wiggy on RMweb). I sent my J15 over to Neil @ WheeltappersDCCsounds to get his J15 sound project installed plus a pair of head lamps. She sounds great. Looking forward to running here back at home next week. Some nice extra sound functions on this project simulating a rake of loose coupled wagons starting off with cascading coupling snatches as the slack is taken up down a rake of wagons, and the reciporical cascading buffer clashing on stoping as each wagon closes the gap behind the braking loco. In time I will add some finishing details, number and gently weather the loco.

Some fabulous layout photo scenes. Little siddington looks amazing and has come on a long way since the scenic elements have been added. Excellent photos BTW.

Tony, you are talented. Superb looking result.

It would be nice to see 800 maedb back in steam instead of static display in a museum. Probably impossible as no where she could run with her weight restrictions on the Irish Rail network.

Yes just spotted this NIR 111,112 and 113 set as a job lot for any NIR fans who missed out on these three locos. NIR not my area of interest but I guess despite the price this rare set may be snapped up by a collector soon enough.

No sure 'keen' best describes their sentiments perhaps more reluctantly prepared to pay a premium price to get something that has become quite rare and difficult to buy (until there is a re-run in the future). Yes the successful bidder bought it with only 5 seconds to go on the auction. There seems to be three types on eBay: modellers, collectors and speculators.

Use of extreme profanity like "I*R" on this forum could get both of us banned! There's 22,000 good reasons trains have engines at the front and carriages, couplings and buffers!