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I need 10 IRM ferts now!  

Does anyone know if the Easter deadline is still hopeful?

8 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

We’re delighted to say that tooling will continue after Chinese New Year and we will have samples shortly after that. It’s a huge project with a huge amount of tooling required.

Cheers,

Fran

Thanks for the update. Can’t wait for the Accurascale BR Class 50!!!

Any progress on the Project 42' items?

Action at Ballyercall 

GM 203 departs with Mk3 set

15 minutes ago, Noel said:

It could be Gold next year if the two new locos ship before the vote, especially the Deltic 

Agree 100% Noel  Great result lads. 

A few snaps of the NIR Hunslet 102 on a Cement working. 

Motive Power shortages force NIR Hunslet into passenger service!

156 makes heavy work of departure

Love it, great modelling. 

Sunday evening service 

6 hours ago, Rob said:

Looks absolutely fantastic.

Which sound chip is this in the 156?  Sounds excellent.

It’s an esu loksound with a sound file downloaded for free from their website. 

156 departs with the bubbles

Short video of the bubbles arriving. 

Happy Christmas everyone.  Keep up the info Noel. Happy new year too. 

Short video of 8113 arriving. 

NIR takeover bid. 8113 arrives with an RPSI special as 112 waits to depart with the Tara’s. 

Sunday rest for freight services. 

084 arrives at BALLYERCALL with a Friday evening commuter service. 

These wagons are superb. Just love them. 

I can remember one of the 071's failing in Derry and being recovered by another engine, may well have been one of NIR's 111's.  Went round to Killagan on a frosty winter's night and you could hear the howl of the engine on full throttle 10 mile away on Ballyboyland bank just outside Ballymoney with the full timber and dead engine in tow. Needless to say the lot came through Killagan like a bat out of hell!!!  

Best memory of the Big GM in full throttle I ever had. 

As a Train mad kid I once stayed  all night with the crossing keeper at Killagan (between Ballymoney and Ballymena) during 1981. The Up goods past at around 10.30pm and the Down goods past shortly after 3am. Powered by Class 70 DEMU's in both directions. The Up was a decent length but the Down was about 3 wagons. 

I remember then sometime around 1983 a Down fertiliser train of 10 wagons with NIR GM passing Killagan around 8.30pm. By this time I never remember seeing any other freight on the Derry line other than the very occasional fertiliser and even remember an Irish rail  A Class hauling one. 

Then there was a short period of timber trains late 1990's or early 2000's bringing Irish Rail 071 haulage to the Derry line  

Some photos of the Tara’s at Ballyercall.