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Noel

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  1. . . . And let more people from cork migrate into the republic from the PDRC? I think not it’s already a pain having one’s passport inspected at Mallow on the train.
  2. Resourceful engineering artistry. Inspiring result.
  3. https://www.rte.ie/archives/2020/0423/1134333-cobh-train-crash/
  4. My wife had a pleasant trip to Belfast and back yesterday on the Enterprise. She thought it was right up there with the Cork route CAF mk4 coaches for comfort. Up on the 0930 returned on the 1805. Great comfy service. Thankfully Dublin quiet last night on return, as a certain element had crawled back under their rocks.
  5. The other proper intercity train to run in Ireland. Excellent comfy DD coaches that are quiet and super comfortable.
  6. Cheers, that's down to kadee couplings and Keen systems sprung corridor connectors. Yes I wondered that too. Suppose if you lived beside the station, but then there's the hassle of going outdoors at train arrival times. Perhaps it was used more by the station master and local post man.
  7. Order already placed last week. Looking forward go adding a rake of these to my two existing rakes.
  8. Lima produced these BR class 33's in CIE Supertrain livery in the mid 1970s. Still have two of these old electric tractors. Rubbish runners but keeping them as layout decor as they came from day of youth. They don't look remotely like an A class, never did, but they looked Irish from 10 feet away back in the 1970s, when the only other option was the Hornby Hymek horror show.
  9. Iconic, wonderful. Thank you for these wonderful Dugort stories.
  10. Well done that's a great job on the bridge. Innovative thinking and execution
  11. @DJ Dangerous David, perhaps you have a lot of spare time on your hands.
  12. I don't want to deter. It just seemed unlikely. The well is only so deep, so many models hitting the market these 24months. I'd love an Irish GSWR 0-6-4T or a GSWR 400 class, or GSWR Class 500 with DCC sound. Would be delighted to be surprised, just not optimistic based on the economics. There's few still living who travelled on steam hauled trains here in Ireland so not much in the way of nostalgia memory. RPSI locos more exposed to the public. Great if it happens. Only time will tell.
  13. Yes, Anything but 4-4-0 as they are generally awful runners. No 4 or x60 tender locos
  14. Took delivery of my blue'n'cream coach set on on Sat 14th October 2017 on board the RPSI diesel double rail tour to kerry and back (071+073 both in retro liveries). They were delivered on board to customers. PS: These were the wobbly wonders when running due a defective bogie mount. Needed correction using a shim.
  15. Doubt there is enough demand for an Irish Steam loco to make a production run of sufficient size to be economic and profitable. Perhaps folks buy a current DCC ready bachmann in one of the BR liveries and respray to GSWR/CIE grey. Its an easy paint job, there is no lining needed just logo transfers.
  16. Flying snail steam era. Murphy Models/Bachmann Mogul N class. DCC'd some time ago. Looking forward to the IRM green Park Royals to run with GSWR Irish steam loco models.
  17. Noel

    Murphy Models Mk2d

    The new mk2s have the correct shade of orange unlike the original ones which were almost yellow. The new orange is more correct and much deeper (ie more red and less yellow in the mix). The galway liveries seem to have the original orange with too much yellow as per the photos above.
  18. Popped into the show for a quick hour today Not as many layouts as former years but some really nice ones. These two in particular caught my eye A feast of Murphy Model Baby GMs due to hit the shelves very soon will make many happy as they missed the first batch of 141/181s released back in 2007/2008. MM also have a plentiful supply of rereleased 071s due soon including NIR Blue IR freight grey. MM mk2 stock soon to be released looked fab, same tooling as last time except for updated bogies and the orange paint colour is the right shade. They look fab. Mk3 stock including push pull commuter trains with DVT also well in the pipeline. Relative new comers will also be pleased to hear about the forthcoming releases of 071s and 201s in various liveries IRM 22k DMU (ICR) samples looked well. Interesting design with the removable window panels. Hope the production versions are easy to open for the placement of seated and standing passengers. The IRM Park Royal coaches were the pick of the day for me, they just looked superb. The PRs looked the bees knees and the cats whiskers squared. Well done SDMRC with the cafe and snack food eating area. Visitor catering at last at the Dublin show. Met some old acquaintances and WMRC pals. Witnessed only one horrific derailment but thankfully not fatalities and no LLPs (little layout people) were harmed. Only had an hour but it was enough. Purchased some PW wagons from Leslie.
  19. Your end results make it work the cutting and filling and cutting and filling and cutting and filling and cutting and filling and the sanding.
  20. Yip probably indicating the era they belonged to. I never saw a CIE roundel or a Flying Snail logo on the side of any bulleid open wagons. The only thing I'm wondering is did some era of wagons have the lighter buffer arrangements.
  21. Logo was probably the manufacturer plate under the door. The letters CIE were on some of these plates.
  22. 10-15 would look just right on any layout. Long enough to snake around bends and through siding crossovers and won't break the bank. These are great value compared to the ballast wagons. If I hadn't already built so many PW kits and 3D print kit bashed versions I might have ordered 25+ of these stunning diminutive wagons that were the essence of Irish goods traffic with beet and also mixed formations of general merchandise and agri produce. In the 50s, 60s, and 70s, every station you passed through had these in sidings and loops.
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