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Have been on the eye out for a Mulgrew Scania for a few months now, they have a depot in Ballycoolin I pass on my twice weekly trips to the office and have a very distinctive orange livery that stands out on the Road.. Hattons had a second hand one that was damaged, with the trailer loose from the metal base.. I haggle with them got me the damaged truck for £19, so I decided to take a risk on it.. Postie arrived with it on Wednesday morning, and a quick check revealed that the model itself was perfectly serviceable, and easily fixable with the issue actually being down to the screw securing the model to the base being threaded and nearly impossible to release! So now I am the proud owner of a perfect Scania, ready to hit the road with another load of Coca Cola from the Lisburn Plant to Lidl's RDC in Mullingar Also, a deep dive into my parents attic revealed some of my old kit bashing attempts, despite over 6 years in storage, the damage seems confined to a loose ladder, a lost coupling and some shifted timber loads.. Hoping to details and decal these to bring them up to scratch!

Love the subtle weathering, and the Tinnelly truck is particularly nice

Watching this one closely, so far, not even close but people are in for a real treat this year!

To be fair to our 071s, the Retales have an extra 4 cylinders, they have a 16Cyl instead of the 12 in the 071s.. Also, although our liners are short, they tend to be heavy as they move a lot of liquid in tanks.. More conventional container traffic like above, even though a longer train would likely weight less..

Barline Transport was founded in May 1998 by Barry and Pauline Maybin and operated from Larne, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland. Although the company has now ceased trading, at its peak, the distinctive blue and white liveried fleet comprised 30 tractor units and around 75 trailer, including the Volvo FH Curtainside. The company offered a wide range of transport solutions to a customer base within Ireland and across the UK. Both the truck and box are in excellent condition.. Available for collection/meet up in D7/D15 area, or can arrange postage at P&P €35

Yeah, the whole NFT takes it to a whole new level.. No to bomb the thread with youtube links, but this is the best/funniest take on it I've seen..

It's not just video games or railway models, people are buying and selling Pokemon cards, designer clothes and even sports shoes, basically buying them with the intent of flipping them for a profit.. Probably the most notable one in recent years was the PS5, where you had parents desperate to get one for Christmas presents while scalpers tried to sell them for 3x what they paid for them! I'm not sure where the trend has come from, but social media has definitely fuelled the trend and I think some of it generational with Gen Xers preferring to be seen as "Entrepeneur" for doing this shit rather than just putting the head down and doing actual work.. As Stephen said, manufacturers can squeeze out the scalpers by producing more stock/new releases, but some brands are fully aware of what is going on an actively promote it by issuing limited editions on a monthly basis.. Want to know how crazy the world is, watch this, anyone for a packet of Oreos for $91K! https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissakravitz/2020/02/20/supreme-oreos-are-selling-for-4000-on-ebay/

There was an article about Castlerock in the IRRS journal a couple of years back that mentioned and might even had a pic of a 101 and a MV/ c class double heading a fertiliser.. Will see if I can find which journal it was

Hi Dave, There is a few of the more recent issues with those trailers still available from retailers, although not sure if marks stock them.. if you Google Oxford diecast “Ronnie s Evans” or Reid’s of minishant(with a nice Scania 113) they should come up for you

Unfortunately, a lot of business are unwilling to follow through on the PR about CS&R/Climate change and actually make something happen rather than window dressing.. Glanbia didn't even support the deep sea shipping service into Port of Waterford on their door step, so it inevitably ended.. They probably saved €50/container on their contract from 2021 by shipping from Dublin or Cork instead, but have obviously lost out with the price of fuel in 2022.. Only problem is the operator of the feeder vessels has been stung now and probably won't be back.. A good example in the UK of what can be done(although not perfect as it took a decade to actually happen), was Blackford for Highland spring.. Opened last month with help from the Scottish Government https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2022/09/07/freight-flows-for-highland-spring-water/

330K TEU is capacity, the terminal will be well under capacity for a good few years.. For reference, Cork handled 155633 containers in 2021, total was 280,000 TEU in what was a big year for shipping and likely this year will be down on that figure.. Still a lot of trucks through the tunnel that weren't there before, but not as bad as it could be!

Marino point is going to be redeveloped as a JV with Gouldings fertilisers, and the plans include a rail link for distribution of fertilisers.. But whether the rail part actually happens or if it is just to secure planning remains to be seen

Looks like another Seacell unit, a 40ft PWHC again(4EG1 is a 40ft pallet wide).. I know there was/is an Axis leasing(bachmann did a model of their 13.6m units), guessing this is one of their sea containers

And is a perfect example of DPC's disfunctional planning the past few years.. The want to move more container ops on the southside, right beside the Glass Bottle site which is an SDZ.. Queue a bucket full of noise complaints from the residents of the nice new €600k plus appartments in D4s new quarter, as container ops are a lot noisier than Ro/Ro.. Meanwhile, they used space in Alex Basin to build a new Ro/Ro terminal for Seatruck, instead of expanding Ocean Pier Lo/Lo terminal(which is rail served, just about).. Add in the lack of land excuse(still boils my blood) while dedicating an acre to landscaping(at a cost of €1.8m) cause HQ needs a nice garden, and the old Oddlums building becoming an Art gallery, in the middle of an active port! Hope the new CEO has a clue!

Irish rail might let you have one in 1:1 scale for €500! You would be doing them a favour too, free up some space for the new ICRs. We could fill it with super Quinn sausages and ship it to you

The Mcgeown and Tinnelly trucks are now sold

SOLD!

I have another truck looking for a home if anyone is interested Oxford Diecast Scania R420 and Curtainside Trailer in Tinnellys of Co.Down Livery, €35 In excellent condition and box also in good condition Available for collection in D7/D15, or can arrange postage at cost Open to offers.

That was the last three off this vessel.. Will post info here when I get it, normally find out a few days before( it impacts on ops for the liner)

Fixed that post for you! 079 was the loco assigned to collect the ICRs from Ocean Pier, I couldn't make it down myself this week but a friend sent me this pic of 079 with the new arrivals(7-9 of the batch of 41)

Looks like another batch due in at the weekend/Monday, vessel is below if anyone wants to track it.. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:251966/mmsi:244790607/imo:9671462/vessel:EEMSLIFT_NELLI

And their off

Just docket in Ocean Pier terminal, origin South Korea....

Timing is off, 2000 would be a better time..

Wednesday evening around 2100, Alex road/North wall will be the place to be!