GSR 800

1950s-1960s is my era and seems to be for many modellers in the younger age group. I started with british steam from hornby. Always liked steam more than diesel, and when I was given the lend of A Second Glance there was no looking back! RPSI tours certainly helped to cement that, having seen 186 and 4 at a young age. I suppose it helps that the modern era is dominated by the 22000s (though I'll almost certainly buy a set) which is far less interesting compared to the 50s and 60s which has such a rich variety of steam and diesel power along with a massive range of rolling stock to consider. I'm partial to the early diesels and enjoy the reliable running of the Murphys and the IRM 141s, 121s and A's but steam remains king, and once IRM is producing rtr steam the bank account will look worse than your man sam bankman fried who lost his entire net worth in a weekend when his ponzi scheme collapsed. Irish locomotive models are a better investment than crypto Sam....

Something about moving over to a new server or something? A significant amount of images were lost in the process which is very unfortunate.

on another forum I'm on, in order to generate upkeep money members can donate if they wish. No ads as a result. Keep in mind said forum has around 80k members, though obviously a great deal fewer active users, but nonetheless twice that of RMweb. I don't find RMweb a terrible hassle on the laptop, dont look at it elsewhere, but I do think it could have been done better. Don't really understand the point of complaining about it here though.

Whenever I've tracked postage, customs duty notices are almost always sent after they've arrived in Ireland so the postage from there should be next day or two. Postage from the EU is usually quite quick, Britain hit or miss. Wonder how the lettuce is doing.

Maybe some T&D? And one of my favourites..

Might as well show us like My own 800 is currently sans chassis, off to the other island for final assembly.

The Bandons 4-6-0 tanks would probably be the most realistic from an RTR perspective, quite famous, handsome, unique, built in decent numbers with some running right up toward the end of steam.

Ah, I thought he was referring to the SSM bandon tank and I was getting mighty confused! Shame about the gear, fiddly carry on changing them out too. For me I've decided I'll wait and see what IRM is producing next year before deciding whether or not to buy the J15.

Other way around?

Maebh only had two liveries unless you include the Cultra addition

Deirdre and Grainne, don't remember anything about Aoife

Guess it went over your head the first time C class would do quite well, natural evolution from the A's B101s I quite like, I'm sure they'd do fine, not sure if they'd sell in great numbers though.

Theres quite a wide variety of possible variants for the 800s, though I think the most likely will be 800, 801, 802 in GSR green 800, 801, 802 in CIE dark green with the later tender (I'm unsure if all three recieved the new tenders, 800 has 82), smokebox door wheel and additional handrail on smokebox door, and escutcheon removed from tender (immediately after CIE takeover there was a small flying snail on the escutcheon). 801 and 802 have the single chimneys from the early 50s onward (looks like Tailte may have been as early as late 40s) Possibly variants with 801 and 802 in the lighter green also, which is what 801 wore during her last few beet seasons and the IRRS tour in 1961-2 But their are dozens of possible variants, though this is pie in the sky stuff. 800 in original shop (unlikely) all three in GSR green (likely) all three in CIE green, mid 50s condition (most likely) all three in postwar CIE condition (before modification but with CIE green, variety of small modifications, unlikely) 801+802 in CIE light green (mayybe?) (From what I've seen it was unlined? Could be wrong on that) 800 in Cultra (not sure) Alas I'd be 70% sure the 800s won't be IRMs first Irish steam locomotive, though probably in their top 5 list at least as far as Irish steam goes. V class or S class would be my bet. Beautiful sky blue livery (and a few other variants for both classes) preserved locomotives, one currently running. Jeeps wouldn't be bad either but ehhh. Only have to worry about 5 locomotives for the V class and S class (unless you count the S2s)

Tell that to IRM.. I'm neither here nor there with this, Ireland is a much smaller market, Though I think an IRM J15 would do well, its not as safe a bet as other preserved types, even if they were the largest class of loco in the country. I think, at least for their first Irish steam model they'd go with something else, money being on GNR, maybe NCC types. I'd lean GNR for the first one. No doubt it'd be the better model though, nothing against 00 works just a fact. If IRM dropped J15s I'd buy two anyway, just as I bought two A's. And the silverfox A's have seemingly vanished from all layouts... In the British market you have the numbers and arguable 'stagnation' from the big two giving room for competitors to produce better models at lower prices. My bet would be on a V class, maybe something NCC though the time for that would surely be to coincide with the Moguls completion. Of course theres the precedent there with 4-6-0s for the 800s but I wont be holding my breath since she's not RPSI.

Dick was a mare

And then there were fewer... One of the GNR types I'm sure, though you'll keep the seal on it. I'd be tempted to say the S class, though the V class have that extra bit of wow factor...Q class is probably the least likely of the three, but maybe, maybe. At any rate, nice looking model, hopefully with the larger tender they add weight to it. 315 isn't bad for a batch build, I may buy one if the budget allows it.

Depends if it's the station building or specifically the train shed. Listed lodge cottage up the road was absolutely gutted in a rebuild, only original thing left was the front facade. Still good to see it lived in rather than rot but I digress.

Most of it seems to be on VAT, absolutely robbed blind.

Quite likely, its a health and safety hazard. Whether they replace it, who knows, probably not, would be corrugated if they do.

Perhaps, but my J15 is a pretty weak runner too, I've never had such a problem with any other locomotive, it's jerky and has little torque unless you give her a good lick of power. Steamers do tend to be a bit more tempermental than diesels with running but her running is bad in a very unique way. She almost always needs a bit of a bump to set off and stalls randomly.

Come on lads, they are already building 4-6-0s, it's clearly a prototype to everyone favourite Irish 4-6-0s The Long Toms of course

Funny enough I've noticed the fold up tables on the ICRs make such a sound...

pennsy ping pong cars?

56 reminds me of something more recent..

Thats quite a few announcements, but they've said in terms of powered units, there can only B1, a? Took some gymnastics for that one but anyway