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2 hours ago, GSR 800 said:

The irony was lost on someone then..

What's 'irony'?

You'd be better off trying to get your hands on the 201(new) as many of them would be quite low milleage for their age. Think that Inchicore works is littered with 'moth balled' samples plus there's lots of spare parts.

15 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

I'm betting on IRM 071's before the turn of the decade, with a special limited edition 319 Retales variant just for me!

Would suggest that there's more of a demand for models other than the 071. As for the 319 - can't see a OO being produced just for one customer unless, that is, you're willing to pay €500K. Still think it'll either be the B101s, C201s or DART 8100s.

2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Are you Chinese?

He's not Chinese but the one thing he can TAKE AWAY from this is that it could be ages before IRM make their next major announcement.

2 minutes ago, Fowler4f said:

Referring to the the Group in the forum. Personally, just 1 / card, bunch of flowers & meal for 2.

Well, I'm an lonely auld git so the only person I'll be buying a card for is myself. Mind, I'm quite heavy so eating a meal for two isn't out of the question.

@exciecoachbuilder - Agree with your sentiment. My preference would certainly be the Park Royals, a passenger coach of that era (silver/green) is desired, especially, to haul behind my A30 and they operated up until the mid 1990s - don't recall any of the modern stock lasting that long.

21 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

considering the last announcement was a powered railcar, I doubt that anything in the next 6 months at least  will be powered.

It's going to be a major announcement so, more than likely, it'll be a powered unit/units. Can't rule out the DART 8100 series - sure that'd be popular.

26 minutes ago, Fowler4f said:

Two IRM A Class with sound, 054 & A46 on EBay UK starting @£100 each + p&p £12.

That's brilliant value sure, the sound chip is that alone [£100]. Will be interesting to see what they go for in the end. Wonder what scale he's going for? 

27 minutes ago, Fowler4f said:

It’s my Birthday tomorrow, any chance of some good news by then ?

As all out money will be spent on cards / flowers and meals out next week !

Cards? How many people are you in love with?*

*Reference to St Valentine's day which in next Tuesday

On 6/2/2023 at 11:29 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

Approaching 1200h on a Monday...

Could this be your lucky day???

Approaching 1200h on a Tuesday..............(still no word)

Now that we've established that there isn't enough demand for OO narrow gauge stock we can concentrate on what IRM are most likely going to announce later this month. I've a feeling that it'll be a passenger coach and the Park Royal is the one which comes to mind. Failing that, it'll be one of the other mainline diesels which have yet to be modelled. Just 26 sleeps to go.......

Hi Guys, another boring video of new items 2023 [Spring] for the British railway modeler. Didn't think it could be less inspiring than the Hornby one but, somehow, Bachmann managed to do it. Ideal bedtime viewing.....

Bachmann Europe | British Railway Announcements | SPRING 2023 [CC] - YouTube

34 minutes ago, Colin R said:

I know it has been said before but I would really like a 12mm gauge 2-6-0T Dingle style loco

Would there be much of a market for Irish narrow gauge in OO?

The vibe of this thread is sort of turning into RIP announcements rather than IRM announcements.

I like the old Daimler-Benz commercial vehicles, they have plenty of character. The one in the photograph above much be fairly ancient.

43 minutes ago, Colin R said:

.....but I suggested they get someone in who can give them a fair price for it all, which they did, but now I hear the son thinks it is a pot of gold and is asking really silly money for some of the collection.

Sounds like the son didn't really know his father and doesn't appreciate that the real value of the model railway collection was the enjoyment his dad got from operating them. Mind, I know lots of people who don't understand my fascination with model trains and some have asked what they're worth as an investment. Don't think many people consider model railways as a legitimate pass time.

Anyway, on to the subject at hand. While interested, I'm sort of not really bothered about what IRM's next major announcement will be. With the impending arrival of the Class 22 000 railcars I'm fairly covered. At some stage I'd like to have something for my silver A classes to haul but that is no longer the priority it once was, however, I'd find it hard to say no to silver B101 or C201 locomotives.

2 minutes ago, StevieB said:

You’re assuming that the announcement will be on the 1st rather than the 28th.

Stephen

I'm a very optimistic person, however, if IRM don't post anything tomorrow [2023-02-01] it's most likely it'll be 27 sleepless nights until their next major announcement.

On 27/1/2023 at 7:14 PM, BosKonay said:

this years first major IRM announcement is in the next month. 

Next month is tomorrow so can't wait for IRM's major announcement. With all of this excitement doubt I'll sleep tonight.

Can anyone see the irony in calling this thread 'Bargain Watch'?

@Darius43 - Thanks very much for responding to my query. I used to hear that continental European model railways were more expensive than Hornby et al but, that was with good reason. Never understood why Marklin stuck with the AC system - does it have an advantage over DC? Had a Marklin Hamo E19 locomotive at one time, sort of regret getting rid of it but, always try not to accumulate items if I'm not going to run them.

@Darius43 - Thanks for uploading those pictures. Would say that there weren't too many guys your age [at that time] in Britain who had as good of a model railway layout. Was in my 20s when I discovered there was something out there other than Hornby, Lima and the likes. Do you recall how the Marklin models compared to their British counterparts?

@Adrian - Fantastic stuff, your layout is very impressive and realistic looking, I am extremely jealous. The videos are good also - love the sound of the EMDs, my SDL39 (by ScaleTrains) sounds similar and think it may have the same prime mover.

Have to say that the A class looks great in all of the liveries, however, I'm a big fan of the silvers as it highlights all of the great details and love the way it gleams when the sun shines - just like today. Would love to see someone do a really good weathering job on one of the silver liveried A classes.

@Horsetan(six posts ago) - As you suggested that the third picture might be on the Dublin-Cork route the first place which came to mind is Mallow.

Hi Nibs has done a feature length review of the Accurascale class 92, however, at my age time is precious so won't be looking at this one.