GSR 800

So i am looking around the forum looking at great layouts and models when a tab pops up NO DSL CONNECTION. contact eircom and apparantly i am too far from the eircom"boxes". i asked a few friends about different networks but they say some use eircom lines.Does anyone have any advice as this is also preventing me from updating things as it seems i can no longer upload pictures!

Ahh i see.I was thinking of six wheelers:rolleyes:.As for those sugar beet wagons i have a pic ( from the second glance ) with a 400 going tender first with a rake of beet emptiessorry about the flash

A time when The J15s were prime( and the 4-4-0s of course! )

wouldnt you have too go back to the early 1900s for that

Noel where is the second picture?

The modern scene does work very well for the budget modeller-some people just want to see trains run round:)

I would love to see that 22000 pull in in that livery. the other one just doesnt seem right.this suits very well:tumbsup:

She is more alike an NCC or GNR goods engine

or maybe a j15a

GNR SG3 class maybe?

And the little green tank engine:D

cylinder block

Crankpins

Hi Noel what you say about the 201s is true. they are overweight and have a track busting axle load. This,combined with Irelands confusing railcar programme made them virtually useless ( par the Dublin -Cork )I think IE believed that,with the huge amount of money in peoples pockets in the 90s-2000s they would need these engines for pulling new longer loads. 10 to 12 car sets was what they thought would be the norm.Now they are after figuring out this many commuters would never happen and have"eased off the throttle"The 22000 class was the answer

Alas what will happen to the hobby in 40 years?As a young adult myself:cool:It seems the method of how to get into the hobby have changed.Unlike a lad in the 50s 60s 70s 80s and even the 90s i dont have the joy of watching engines shunt and run round their trains or get serviced etc. instead i look at the vintage steam locos of britain and ireland as monuments of the good old times.But i think a modeller who would want to model the 20th century now or in the future would have to look around alot more. Videos, books and help from people who know what they are on about.I do not think DMUs passing through a station and nothing else seems a bit dull.

It is terrible but we must stay in the possitive.i believe we need something like the 071s ,maybe a bit smaller.Powerful enough for express duties but not huge and pointless.Kind of defies my signiture but in my opinion thats what we need.Also some new coaches.RIP mrk3s:((

All GNR fans! No131 has been steamed up for the first time (with Slieve Gullions tender).She will be painted in Glovers unlined Black and will enter service later this year:D

I think they look good too, i just dont think they look like the kind of train i am used to.But at least they dont look like these two!

I sure hope not!

Yes i think the big boy uses that sort of power.A very interesting topic,If this kind of steam loco was built it would set new standards.But it would not be adapted by most railways in my opinion.Still would love to see one!

Probably the planes without wings like the ones in Britain

I believe there are 11 or 12 roughly

Warbonnet i mean when they go out of service.And why are there so many in storage?

Just wondering,is Irish rail planning any new locomotives for the future?They have not had any new locos( not including DMUs and EMUs) since the 1990s. i know money is a big problem,And DMUs are more economical. but the money situation is getting better and the 201s are 20 years old now which is giving them another 15-20 years 30 at best.And if there are to be new locos,what would they look like?