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45ft HC= inter-Europe= 47ft flat 40ft DV(8ft 6in) or 40ft HC(9ft 6in)= rest of world= 47ft or 42ft flat

I think yang Ming was parts for dell

The sea wheel boxes are 40ft Pallet wides so different to Arrans tooling unfortunately.. But would be a good model for Limerick to Waterford baby powder liners

No, still travelling Dublin to Ballina.. about 8 tanks one week per month

The Dana tanks around since the early 2000s when Ballina Beverages opened.. The used to run Cork-North Wall, North Wall-Ballina before IE ended the unit load service.. The traffic then transferred to Norfolk line Waterford to Ballina and was on it till the end.. the Dana tanks also appear on IWT liners but from the Uk rather than Cork

The caption has a date of 23 September 1994.. I don't think the grain traffic to/from Ballina lasted very long, but is the only working i have seen a picture of that has the Amficon 20fts on a 42ft flat instead of a 20ft flat

At risk of sounding like i'm on commission, I would recommend looking at Jonathan Beaumont and Barry Carse' books for these.. Rails through the west has a good few pictures from Limerick to Ballina, and rails through North Kerry has some nice pictures of the wagons in Foynes.. I wont share the pics as they are not mine, but they look purpose built to me..

I think there was a set of 47ft wagons converted to carry 45ft containers in the early 2000s for Norfolk line.. So the 47fts have only ever done Kegs(build to 2006), Containers(early 2000s to present) and Sperry(2012-2020)

Hi Arran, Criticism/nit picking is like water off a duck's back to you at this stage I'm sure! I of course didn't consider the possibility that you had a different prototype to the tanks running on the rails over here! Regards Andrew

The coal wagons on the WRC were on 20ft wagons, so would would have to wait for project 20.. Although there is a picture in rails through the west of a 42ft flat with 2 of the Amficon 20fts carrying grain from Foynes to Ballina..

Hi Arran, Perfect pick to go with the 42ft flats, my only criticism is the numbers on the tanks aren't accurate, but that's nit picking in the extreme! (For future ref/re-runs the Bruhns are BTEU2541xxx and the GCAs are GCAU79xxxxxxx!) Are these available now? Regards Andrew

Talk of Fenit makes me think that Patrick's layout wouldn't be out of place on the North Kerry line.. The gantry crane is very like Rathkeale, and the beet bank would fit right in somewhere the west of Ireland..

Surely Lough Erne would be ideal for this line? A nice tank engine, and I don't think the RPSI have any long term plans for mainline use

The gypsum looks like it's being attached to a LJ to Limerick local trip working.. The YM/Yang Ming containers in the front section were very common in Limerick carrying parts for Dell..

Is that picture recent Arran? Saw this picture of facebook the other day, 30ft Bell heading to the west of Ireland.. So there's is at least one around still in Bell Livery.. Fairly sure that I know who the operator is, next challenge is to get it onto the train, now THAT would be something!

Maybe that’s why the aircrafts ref is EI-AGW.. All going well is should take off!

I have one of the Oxford alone livery reachstacker on my desk in work.. it’s a very good model, and as ttco says nearly identical to both of the stackers in Ballina

The green containers on the bells were Consent leasing boxes.. I think Bachmann did a version a few years ago using their 13.6m container

Arran, Can you PM me your email.. I have loads of pics of DANAs tanks, in a few different styles.. Will send you over what I have regards Andrew

All customs duty is calculated on what is called the landed value of the goods I.e the total costs up to the point the arrive into the country.. so normally the value of the goods, plus goods in transit insurance and freight.. VAT is payable on the lander value plus the duty.. Luckily, railway models are zero rated so vat would be the only consideration post brexit

Here’s a thread from RM web that may be of some interest https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/83100-the-hairy-viking/ https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87535-satans-containers-and-stuff/

Anymore pics of the ship George?

No, Dublin handles all modes, it's the biggest port in terms of both Lo/Lo containers and Ro/Ro trailers.. Rosslare is Ro/Ro trailers only, handling about 15% of national volumes with Cork handling a small amount and Dublin the remainder.. Container traffic to and from Europe is growing due to Brexit and also driver shortages, fuel costs and environmental consideration

"Most likely its more efficient/cheaper to use HGVs to feed into Ballina Inland Port rather than to drive to Dublin and queue to await unloading. A truck is not earning money when its queuing at a a port waiting to load/unload and eats into HGV drivers hours with a knock on effect on productivity." Correct and the train feeds to and from Ballina.. Dublin Port's container terminals are suffering from congestion due to increasing volumes as shippers changed mode from Ro/Ro to containers LO/LO.. Wait times into terminals can be up to 2 hours, worse at some peak times.. Volumes to other towns in the North West aren't large yet but when complementing existing business, it can be very cost competitive by intermodal..

Are you still looking for books? I have a bag in my spare room, may be some of use