Blaine

Hi Enda You would be quicker giving a price for an unpainted version, 'pm for info' is counter productive. Pick a price and stick with it

40 shades of green, paint liberated/stolen for use elsewhere and some thinners thrown in... No such thing as RAL codes back then

If you have the funds, why not both with sound

Depends which MK2 - the 'original' Irish MK2D's or the late 'imported' MK2A/B's - both were on the Enterprise, around 2006/7 as pointed out above. MK2D's pushed off when the De Dietrich's were introduced but appeared occasionally afterwards NIR, the original Enterprise fleet all gone by 1999, the Gatwicks made a few runs, last one being in June 2008

DCDR be like

See the production samples running with matching IRM MK2's on Dundalk Works this weekend - in Dundalk

A few other layouts and traders will be present over the weekend along with Dundalk Works The suggested voluntary contribution is €5 at the door Parking is available in the area too, but keep in mind this is in the town centre so will be busy with shoppers etc

So little Jimmys round and round trainset on the floor and Minatur Wonderland in Hamburg are the same thing, ok

Well you need to buy a decent tv/monitor, maybe a gaming chair and a good internet connection...... Its one of those arguments, different levels you can take things to

Not really - how much are other things like Nintendo DS's, Playstations and Xboxes for 'younger buyers' these days? Easy enough for manufacturers to judge and in many cases buyers too - example cant see the announced Murphy Models Dart Plus selling many, hence the IRM Hunslet is a 'one-off' and despite this being made very very clear there will be people in the future who regret not buying them at the time, or never even heard of them

Ah - misread it - thought it was 3 coaches in total

Thats the 'spare' set out of Belfast most likely - 1 standard, 1 first class, 1 restaurant and 1 driving car. Wonder if the Head End Power was used given its a short set

Long gone, yet the sign at the entrance to Boucher Retail Park is still there

Its down too to the the rpsi and a lesser extent the IRRS, IRRS pushed for 131,184 and 461 to be preserved initially although only 131 ended up plinthed for a few years - the original plan was for the 3 to be plinthed in Dundalk, Inchicore and Wexford Irish Railway Preservation is like entrepreneurism - for every 1 scheme that got somewhere, there were many that didn't. Traditional Irish tribalism and people being in things for themselves rather than the common benefit of all messed up more than one organisation and the hard work of some people went overlooked for whatever reason. Be thankful for what's here now and don't dwell too much on those that didn't make it

I was involved in this one too with JB and his merry men, was merely a feasibility study, and it was never a case of 'We are doing this, we are restoring XYZ', was just seeing what was possible and as we found out, not all the pieces of the jigsaw were available to complete it, so no egg on face really as it was all kept low down. Of course if anything was going to happen it would have been publicised well I now reside in the area and there's very little if any reminders of the railway that was here - few buildings in Athboy and what's left of the platform and an old road bridge in Trim along with some pillars over a long gone bridge over the River Boyne. A huge plus was there were no level crossings or underbridges - the hump back bridge on the Trim-Athboy road was the only one, and the road went over the railway. We are not Britain, and population is very small compared to theirs, so less interest Ultimately preservation is about being realistic and not dreaming. Occasionally dreams come through, but not every time. Same in the UK too, theres been plenty of closed/abandoned projects for whatever reason, and other stuff that would be great if it happened, but there's an obstacle or fifteen in the way