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No need for it, it is a full on commuter line and a terminus (for now), so only busy at peak times

Almost sure they had no train brake equipment at all, slow speeds and loose coupled trains along with the skills of the crew. Wasn't until the late 70's/early 80's that CIE started introducing air braked stock, the bogie cements and MK3 coaches were first, well after the G's were gone. But lets not divert the thread

They had electric horns, similar to what you would find on a car (beep beep), the air horns are a more recent addition in DCDR days. Less said about the whistle the better They were an off the shelf design, so parts availability was quite easy. Deutz as a company still survive, but no longer making railway equipment

Peter Schweppe was the guy, still going strong. He later opened the Model Shop on Capel Street which sold trains, but later retired and taken over by a new owner, which closed down a few years ago

Time and in most cases you are better to inspect items in person, not everything is 'Mint in Box'

You can almost see the bits of talcum powder/baking soda used in the 'ageing/weathering' process. Plus 'line of tramway' makes no sense, doubt the Hill of Howth tramway had such signs, as I dont think the Fintona branch was considered a tramway - just a lightly used and short line. Fake people buying fake signs....

That's a Swiss Railways BM4/4 II class diesel https://www.trainsdepot.org/en/vehicle/589/bm-4-4ii-18451-18452 Irrelevant to make any Irish comparisons aside from the Sulzer engines Dont forget Oliver Bulleid was pushing for American locos in the early 1950's having seen what was happening on American Railroads even before WW2, Irish Beef Exports to the UK were one of the factors that prevented this from happening - initially at least, so when CIE needed more diesels after the A/C class debacle the order went to EMD. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if he was allowed to go to EMD in the early 1950's and if the GNR had proceeded with their diesel locomotive plans - they wanted electrification too and if this happened in the 1950's it all would have been sourced from Continental Europe, not the UK

They do, but only at the Rathcoole shop All of this ^^^ Nowhere in Ireland, have attended auctions in Ireland and its usually antiques auctioneers running it along the lines of 'its old, so its valuable'. Not always the case and there is no specialist model auctioneer in Ireland, no market for such a thing, unlike Vectis, Astons or M+M in the UK. Plus auction houses have many fees, you wont get the hammer price at the end A show is the best way of selling - 2-3 days of captive market, you might end up with less than you wanted, but its gone and to a happy home

Yes it will Keep in mind these are at the very cutting edge of whats available now, decades ahead of any kit or other 'RTR' version of the Park Royal coach

1:76.2 - that Point 2 is occasionally skipped and the results show

Its already been announced and the poster was on display at the Clontarf exhibition. And the date was on it too! October 25/26/27 2025

Its a drawing of a Hunslet overlaid onto a photo of the former Adelaide yard

Another train has been added https://www.downrail.co.uk/event/christmastea/

Had some Proof again that you cant hang around for most new releases, 'Ah shur Ill get it again', 'Ill do it later' are national traits at this stage. Not to mention those who were not even aware of their existence

Already sold out, got in early

Thats nice, surprised they did it as the BEMU and not the 2 car 'Ultrasonic Test Train' which was diesel powered with the ultrasonic trolley under the trailer car. Bachmann tooled a few variants of the Derby Lightweight too so the 'green' livery was the correct one to use for the Ultrasonic one. Im sure one of the 3D printing firms will make the parts for Gemini in time, or Rails will heavily discount it as it is not selling......

It was used for buffer impact testing somewhere, so probably was a bit bent afterwards, back then diesel preservation wasnt a thing in Ireland

They were an off the shelf design - the English Electric Stephenson Class, the NIR locos not having a centrally mounted cab compared to some that were built for industrial use. A rare example of an unreliable English Electric loco - the 104 class brought into replace them were slightly older.....

Never on the mainline, maybe in the works yard to ensure everything worked, but no more - the Hunslets were build to the Irish loading gauge which is taller and wider than the UK. The scaling of the IRM model is bang on, so they tower over Mk2 coaches

On behalf of the organising committee for the Model Railway Society of Ireland Model Railway Exhibition we would like to thank everyone - exhibitors, traders and enthusiasts for attending our 2024 exhibition which exceeded all expectations and showed that interest in Model Railways in Ireland is very much alive Attendance figures were very healthy in total over the 3 days with Saturday being by far the busiest and Sunday/Monday having similar attendance figures Even the largest of exhibitions (e.g. any major UK show on a Saturday) get overcrowded, and by 2pm on Saturday the heavy crowds had decreased. Lessons have been learned and will be even smoother next time around A special mention to those traders and exhibitors who made their exhibition debuts at the show and hope the experience was a memorable one and that they will return. Sadly some traders are now very much in their senior years, and its refreshing to see new ones taking up the baton Onto 2026. Probably the same venue too

Third and Final day is tomorrow 11-5pm

Please note - this is NOT the final version

No, its around the corner on the Malahide Road - literally across the road from each other