Noel

Great idea, nice models to add to any yard/depot scene. Tara Junction may end up buying your entire stock. A tad early for my era of loose coupled 2 axle non-container stock (ie pre-1974 when pallets become more widespread with the CIE wagon modernisation program). Clips of these lifts in action in vid below.

Another short video of WMRC's amazing O gauge layout Little Siddington. Every time I see this layout I am in awe at the skills that built it, from electronics (MERG PCBs), scenics and signally, all of which works including ground signals. The size of the rolling stock has real presence. A 141 hauling a set of Cravens would look amazing on it. But it looks great in its own GWR exGWR setting.

€7.36 on night rate electricity charging at home, or €25.60 if using ESB public charging network (ie DC/CCS) rather than home charging.

95% of folks do 98% of their charging only at home on cheap night rate electricity while they sleep. €9/wk on night saver electricity instead of €95/wk on diesel is attractive. Many 2nd and 3rd gen BEVs can get anywhere on this small island on a single charge from home without stopping (except for human factors) Yes the BMW i3 REX (Range extender was exactly this). But owners when trading in their i3's had become so comfortable with range that they bought non-rex models next time around as they had discovered they'd not needed it.

Hi Sean, yip, only €6 Dublin-Killarney and back thanks to night saver electricity rates. Most of summer its Solar PV only. Had been a sceptic but this BEV malarkey actually works surprisingly well.

Consider a BEV lads, €9/wk on night rate electricity instead of €95/wk on liquid fuels. PS: Might this thread not be better placed in 'Letting off Steam' sub-forum? @Garfield @Warbonnet

Agree. One can see this with the geometric influence on some layouts constrained by train set track packs and set track products. Rectangular loop layouts with 1st radius short points. Such really constrains the ability to model prototypical realism. However its probably where most of us started, a hornby transit, buying an few track packs to add, growing the train set layout under the bed or on the bedroom floor, suited manufacturers back then as the demand for track accessory packs was high, but nowadays, its grown up kids reconstructing childhood nostalgia, and a great way to keep grand children away from iPads and smartphones for entertainment. Constructing track layouts from setrack packs was akin to building things with Meccano, thought resourcefulness, basic engineering skills and let imagination loose. Happy days they were. I remember the beano and dandy hardback annuals were welcome Christmas presents as they made perfect height platforms.

You can customise the size of recall stack. I have it set to six.

When switching locos using the 'recall' button this has never happened to me on NCE. I'll have to go into the train room now and try switching using the select loco button and see if this happens.

Pure magic, nostalgia gold++

Great system and can be expanded to 5 or 10 amps in the future if ever needed. IMHO best cab ergonomics available for sound locos where one needs quick access to up to 28 separate sound functions (ie configure option button as a dual shift key: option+option+3 for fn 23 is fairly quick to access. Great cab for eyes off tactile feedback when shunting and one wants to keep eye on loco rather than cab UI. Enjoy

Really Excellent

Function mapping seems a dark art, but it just requires investment in a steep learning curve.

Don't know why but they weren't particularly popular models in that livery. The prototype was no beauty in that livery and usually allowed to decay, compared to the current freight grey 071s. I have one but never run it so it might get resprayed to freight grey or NIR 8112 livery as both of those seem rather unique.

Great to see this line getting new CWR track. Suggests the line is less at risk of closure given this investment. Impressive process to replace the trackwork.

Great looking wagons. Looks like same NEM pocket issue as with the Ballasts, Bubbles and plough vans? As a fan of kadee couplings it would have been nice had retooling fixed the NEM pocket height. First world problems, otherwise more stellar wagons from IRM.

Interesting. Back in the day did depots not have some form of APU for cold starts? (ie mains supply cable).

Nice work Jonathan and nice result

Superb

Right so Ted! Pleased with the latest tree (centre of photo). Mix of Seafoam structure augmenting plastic tree armature, sprinkled with scatter to look like leaves. A little finer and less clumpy than clump foliage. This is addictive.

Making trees is kind of addictive. Mix of plastic armatures augmented by seafoam fine branches and leaf material scattered on top after hair spray type glue. A light spray of brown before applying leaves gets right of any bright spots on the branches. Lots more to try more to learn, but its enjoyable. The risk is of overdoing it with too many trees After scattering leaf material onto armature branches augmented by seafoam extensions Sprayed with hairspray type of glue prior to sprinkling leaf material on Seafoam branch extensions added to Woodland scenics plastic tree armatures. This could almost pass for a winter tree.

Cheers. Trying for infinity effect on the lower fields blending into the back scene (Athenry end). There will be a chain link fence to timber yard on the Ennis end of the baseboard and a hedgerow

Would be amazing to have it in lines green RPSI state.

Tree reduced in size and shape a little. This seafoam stuff is so workable. Looks less like they belong in the Rockies. Placed to disguise the bach scene joint A couple down the Ennis end. So much more to learn so much more to do.

First tree has constructed and arrived. Disguise joint in back scenes. Needs tweaking. Used a variety of materials. Lots more trees to do. Will experiment with materials. The structure here is seafoam covered with scatter for leaves.