K801

Would love to see a pic of that Mk2 mockup in the 70s

I thought the ITG , RPSI etc. had to remove all their stuff a few years back as some of Inchicore was going to be sold off for land development?

Who sets the crazy ebay postage? 

How many of them did CIE have?

On 14/12/2021 at 2:35 PM, 228RiverOwenboy said:

Would anyone know what 201 involved in this incident would be? It's a 201 that hauled a Mark 3 set which derailed in Knockcroghery...Any other info about the incident, such as the cause?

There was an ITG railtour that day and we had to bus around it if I remember correctly 

Not sure if its been mentioned here before but if you like early CIE diesels, this is the video for you!

First 10 mins shows how the IRRS digitized, edited and processed old film and is presented by Ciarán Cooney

The action starts around 12 mins in and shows a down Cork Sulzer 113 ( never see a video of of those before), double A classes, Sulzer's, E class, all the small GMs and amazing rolling stock etc.

Thank you to Tom Dowling, Ciarán Cooney and the IRRS for putting it together and hopefully they will process more for viewing

IE Rail Freight 2040 Strategy aims to have a five-fold increase in operations, including over 100 new weekly services across the network with new low carbon modes of transport.

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2021/1201/1264252-mayo-freight/

18 hours ago, Mayner said:

 

https://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/CIÉ_301(D)_Class

 

That pic was taken by the late great Paddy Kennedy, I found it many years ago as a 1 x 1 inch slide and had this gem of a photo lifted from it

2 hours ago, DiveController said:

Ha! so far DHL have had my Taras appear to have visited E. Midlands, Brussels, Miami, New York where they 'left' 5 days ago, presumably by ground. Possible they're in Miami again or maybe the customs clearance is occurring there even though they are somewhere, who the heck knows? They'll get here eventually I'm sure. DHL is complete hit or miss now (hit your box but miss the deadline they set). Crushed boxes but mostly minor damage I think (but I have to finish testing first). 200k people out of work in the US yet some of them seemingly cannot drive a truck, lol. Anyway, looking forward to this livery.

Thankfully, I've had zero issues with DHL. My models usually take 4 days Dublin - E. Midlands - CINCINNATI - Dallas USA

I'm not sure how all these trams ended up in Maine,  but next visit I'll see if there's anything from Ireland hidden in the acres of trams out back!

On 8/11/2021 at 9:36 AM, connollystn said:

I'm surprised that C.I.E. built the E class locomotives rather than buying shunters off-the-shelf. With the 1101 and 1102 samples there was evidence enough that they weren't capable of conctructing a decent diesel locomotive. 

Good point, Sixteen English Electric 0-6-0DE 350 hp locomotives, based on the Class 08 design but modified for 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge, were built new and exported 1951–53 to Australia, entering service on the Victorian Railways as the F class ( The CIE 401 were built in 57/58)

So, if anybody has a repainted Hornby/Lima/Bachmass BR 08 on an Irish layout, you can say it was imported from down under!

Would love to see the up to date pics of them now, so they are owned by the RSPI? 

Agreed, IRM #1 for customer service, I hope a few more new announcements come soon

On 16/11/2021 at 5:03 PM, spudfan said:

One of these would be nice

Silverfox A's perfect for experimenting with now  

Nice job on that CAF

I heard the cameras onboard are useless as nobody monitors them 

will there be some flat wagons ordered to go under the boom during transportation or maybe a couple of old liner flats

Can IRM & Accurascale model website orders be combined for shipping?

anybody got a photo of a  IR 141 shunting the BR blue/white Mk2s around Inchicore or between the carriage shops?

6 hours ago, ttc0169 said:

The owner of the site Jim Deegan. 

Thank you ttc0169, well done to Jim Deegan and everybody involved 

Very nice. Who owns that little loco and two coaches? 

I believe a Mk2D EGV can power up to 13 MK2D coaches?

any update on 7122, has it been scrapped?

I wish I knew JHB, could of been a Knock special, can't remember but it was a noise lovely to hear leaving Sallypark

remember a 14 piece  (13 x Mk2 Supertrain coaches and 1 x GSV van tagged on the rear) leaving Waterford around 9pm on Sunday evenings, could hear the 071 nearly all the way to Thomastown!