GSR 800

I always thought those converted turf wagons looked ridiculous. Riding in style for the turf though! Reminds me of the Irish Railways in the 40s and 50s dvd Ferris compares the "sublime Compound" departing Drogheda to the "faintly ridiculous railbus" waiting in the bay. What did the poor railbus ever do to him

The same assessment that outlined the bigger boiler refit they were due to have was a waste of money?

All things considered, I'd say a few kits of different stations, signal boxes, gatekeepers houses, water towers, etc. could sell decently.

I've seen British ones on ebay, 3 of em for over 1000 pound. Looks reasonable in comparison!

Out with the angle grinders..

Aye, as would the J19 I'm sure.

I'd take a J18/19, a D16 Achill Bogie and a J26 in 4mm I'd take a J5 too

The DDs have a bad rep from their unreliability a year or two back, alongside the preference toward using ICRs for late autumn/early winter. Part of it is just the fact of life of loco hauled v railcars. A railcar with an engine (or two) down can limp home, a loco down and the train needs to be rescued and a loco found at short notice to do so. This was less of an issue when there was locos all around the system, that is not true today. Many a time a 29 is used to haul a Dart up to Fairview! In terms of comfort, DDs are miles ahead. If the ICRs had seating as comfortable it'd be the cherry on top of what is otherwise IMO an excellent, reliable class. It's agony trying to get comfortable in them!

one can only hope the buildings on the down Galway platform at Mullingar will eventually get similar treatment, though I highly doubt it. The roof of the canopy is beginning to cave in.

Enterprising, presumably.

Mayner previously mentioned that Anthony Burges described the MGWR branch to Cavan as a "mouldering branch line" Such a description is surely apt here too with these wonderful photos.

I think 1-2 a day will be NIR CAFs Vast majority DDs-ICRs 29s only as a backup AFAIK

There was an update due 7 weeks ago

Anything on the Park Royals?

It continues to amaze how many walk straight past illuminated boards telling train time and platform number, to ask anyone with a hi-vis whether x train is on y platform

Truly magnificent!

Don't get cross

Always love a good Mullingar picture. Plenty of freight in the yard!

It can be worked from the DVT of course, but whether they'd have to be keyed in or not I do not know

Doors are operated from drivers cab on DDs iirc. Would it be that hard to rig them with it? Getting tight enough with increasing services.

same reason the Irish Rail logo is blacked out on the 6-piece ICRs on the Enterprise, I presume..

There's also 400 drawings floating around. I'd imagine 402 would be the standard choice, with the flush footplate, though the split footplate was a characteristic of the rest of the class post rebuild (apart from when fitted with the caprotti vg).

Still cant get over the backhead detail! Truly wonderful!

00 gauge 3d printed 800 class (cat not included)

An effective marketing strategy perhaps..