Noel

Hi Sulzer, As I said it was slightly "Tongue in cheek" They are very functional and efficient for IR's business, and I agree for modern trains they do look well. My only complaint about them for long intercity journeys is the noise and the stiffness of the seats. Not a prob for short commuter trips, but Dublin-Killarney, or Dublin-Westport is a long trip on them. Cheers. Noel

Some fab shots

"Tongue in check" - Trams in the form of 22k have been back since 2008, and luas street trams since 04. Luckily on the Cork and Belfast routes real passenger trains still operate (i.e. an engine and carriages), no 'roller skates' on rails. I fear one day in the future the only real trains that may run on Irish rails could be RPSI specials.

Apologies Tonto Noel

Seems a poor show to post a "for sale" thread and then ignore PMs

Great looking NIR stock.

My only fuzzy memory is that the city centre streets were still pretty full of tram rails in the early sixties including O'Connell Street and around College Green.

Any 21 pin decoder should work. A four function one can operate the running lights and the headlights. A six function decoder can also operate the cab lights. Make sure you know what address your decoder is set to. Factory default for most is 3. Put loco on the DCC test track circuit and see if you can write AND read back CVs. That will tell you if the decoder is working or not. CV8=8 on the test track will reset the decoder back to its factory default settings. Ps. I've used 7 different 21 pin decoders types ok with MM 071s (zimo, ESU, lenz, bachmann 557/554, MM, tcs)

Some great pics. 226 is like new - gleaming and spotless. What was the nature of the fault on the carriage (i.e. was it Electrical, Mechanical, Hot axle, Brakes, Doors, WC/Waste, or Aircon, Suspension, etc)?

Interesting. I didn't realise they were withdrawn as early as 1949

They look very well alright. Was really tempted but wrong era for me and a beautiful long scale length mk3 rake like that really wouldn't fit on our layout. Btw what is a 'mirolo' job?

Hope this is of use. Build by hand from MMs old spreadsheet and retailer web sites. Its not a comprehensive list but has most. MurphyModels071_201.pdf

Class engineering - very impressive

+1 Great to see successful ventures that spin off into the wider economy as well.

Not surprised. I looks a great product and should sell well into that market segment. That is 100 trains assuming 40 pax per train (i.e. 20 x 2 cabins) and €20m to €30m roughly in revenue. How often is it going to run?

Hi Dave. Glad somebody else thinks the livery was a little plain, but easily fixed with a tiny amount of delicate thin lining (e.g. photoshop earlier in the thread). I like the blue and grey roof, it just needs a tiny lift along the sides. In fairness there seems to a market for such 5-star+ products and the price reflects that. Suites at that price are the norm on many of the large cruise ships, and also the smaller 150/300 pax premium cruise ships. Prices are not dissimilar to the 'orient express'. In terms of the company location, some of the 'spend' will go into the Irish economy in terms of local day excursions, jobs if even sub-contracted, Irish rail, and the local hospitality sector. Once exposed to Ireland, in the future some of these pax may return here for land holidays or talk about it to their 'circle of friends' back home. Irish golfing holidays in the 80s and 90s had a role in attracting some of the corporate inward investment that came here decades later.

Thought there were only four staterooms per coach.

Looks great. The cement bubbles look great. Which kit or RTR model are they?

Looks a nice job. Pity the photo is out of focus.

Those photos with both bridges in frame are simply stunning

I do like Glad we're on a similar hymn sheet

Ha ha very good

Hi Richie. OK I can see that may have been a factor. The RPSIs previous livery had a yellow/gold stripe rather than just a thin gold line and the shade of blue was much lighter. Not exactly understated.

Absolutely. No Prob. Forgive, but I had a few minutes to doodle with some of IRM's resident photographers images. Two crude photoshop options just to express what I was thinking:

Hi Patrick,I totally agree with the 'understated class' concept for a product such as this, but it just needs the slightest lift. Add just a tiny little bit of understated sophistication (i.e. not stripes nor garish logos, just very thin fine lining). Noel