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Ammonia tanker kits http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Model-Irish-Railways-MIR-Irish-Anhydrous-Ammonia-tanker-wagons-x4-kits-/331688647144?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

NIR 80 class kit.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Model-Irish-Railways-2-car-Northern-Ireland-Railways-80-Class-Kit-/221920583220?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Nice find! Yes, the Crossley engine, DC.....

When you get to the shopping cart during a purchase, there's the option of collecting at shows (for free), or paying for the postage.

Thanks Richie.. I better get my order in for a few packs, then...

How close would these wagons be to Dolomite ore wagons? I suppose numbering/lettering might be the most noticeable difference.. Anyway, they'll probably be as close to a RTR Dolomite ore as we'll get, I suppose.

The new look really freshens up the site, while everything remains familiar and user friendly. Nice job!

This is brilliant news! Best of luck with the venture, lads!

Brass can be difficult to paint, in so far as it doesn't hold the paint very well. I seem to remember someone saying to paint the brass with an undercoat of varnish to help the paint to hold........

Is that the one they had on eBay the other day? They claimed it would be the last one produced for over a year....

Looking forward to this, Brian! Will it be sold through model retailers, or do we have to buy direct from yourself?

A good selection of quality material here... There are some other video producers too who have made some Irish DVD's http://a0530568.web.runbox.net/paypalorder.HTML

The weed effect looks great

Was there a rally on in Sligo last weekend? I'd say the TK might have been a tractor unit that someone built a body onto...

I totally agree. Indeed, I have a rake. They even have the advantage of the modeller being able to shorten the chassis and add the SSM detailing during the build to make them very prototypical... But saying all that, if Heljan produced these in OO, I wouldn't hesitate to buy them....

Look at this beauty! Shame it's in O gauge. I wonder do Heljan ever produce the same model in both gauges. I wouldn't mind getting a few in OO.... https://railsofsheffield.com/class-b-tank-wagon-esso-black-without-full-branding-1007-heljan-JJJA24925.aspx

Did MK2's have a typical formation?

Absolutely brilliant photos, Glenderg!

Also, when the barrier wagon was used, I'd say it would only be between the loco and first oil tank wagon. There wouldn't be a barrier between the last oil tank wagon and first magnesite wagon.

I have seen pics of these trains with the barrier wagon, yet from memory there was no barrier wagon. The fuel being transported was heavy fuel oil, or something similar, and I think it was possible to travel without a barrier wagon with that type of fuel....

I spent a weeks holiday once a year in a house along the line for the last 3 or 4 years of the Ballinacourty workings. As you say, the dolomite trains were more frequent. Two loads a day were brought into the plant, in daylight hours. The magnesite train travelled once a day, and I think it was usually at night. I have a CIE working timetable from that era, and I must check it to see. As already mentioned, The A class with a short rake of oil tanks was a very regular day time movement any time I was there. I think this train was to keep the factory supplied with oil during high consumption periods, and supplemented the oil brought in on the oil/magnesite train. And yes, as far as I know the magnesite was exported from Tivoli. I was never fortunate enough to travel on the trains though! Apologies to Patrick, for hi-jacking his thread.....

That would be a nice train to model. Am I correct in assuming a 141/181 loco was used? What van would have been used?

An 001 class hauling something like 8 or 9 oil wagons with no magnesite wagons was a regular movement on the Ballinacourty branch.

Do you deal in items like this, WRENNEIRE, or are they only for your personal collection?

This is what you want....... http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/112-2600-class-railcars